Soledad had to dropped out school at age 12 because her parent could no longer afford it, making her partially illiterate (much like the Bangladesh women in the film we watched earlier this semester). She then went to work cleaning and cooking until she met her now husband at age 17. Soledad’s husband, a few months later, left to find work in the United States. This left Soledad, like the women from the microcredit film, trying to support herself by selling crackers in the street until her husband eventually found work on a fruit farm near Sodus. After working for the same farmer, they were left with a choice to return to their home in Mexico, or face the continued stress and anxiety caused by the ICE agent raids. This film also follows a group of residents who stand watch, looking for ICE agents outside the “underground” Catholic Church, while a numerous amount of undocumented immigrants were
Soledad had to dropped out school at age 12 because her parent could no longer afford it, making her partially illiterate (much like the Bangladesh women in the film we watched earlier this semester). She then went to work cleaning and cooking until she met her now husband at age 17. Soledad’s husband, a few months later, left to find work in the United States. This left Soledad, like the women from the microcredit film, trying to support herself by selling crackers in the street until her husband eventually found work on a fruit farm near Sodus. After working for the same farmer, they were left with a choice to return to their home in Mexico, or face the continued stress and anxiety caused by the ICE agent raids. This film also follows a group of residents who stand watch, looking for ICE agents outside the “underground” Catholic Church, while a numerous amount of undocumented immigrants were