These are statements made on October 16th during an the historic 12-hour Citizens' Time of Prince William County's Board of Supervisors' Hearing on anti-illegal immigration resolution.
From United States Commission on Civil Rights hearing held on Dec. 14, 2007 in Prince William County, VA. Purpose was to look into possible Civil Rights abuses resulting from the county's Immigration Resolution.
Frank Principi/Patrick Garland -- Woodbridge, VA. Two very different community leaders discuss immigration -- conversations and videos featuring one or the other. See indivdual videos for detailed descriptions.
Some of the consequences of the Prince William County Immigration Resolution include: falling retail sales, closing businesses, the highest foreclosure rates in the region, higher taxes, higher crime, and falling property values. All of this nearly a year before the Wall Street credit crisis.
Now a feature-length documentary, this project began as an "Interactive Documentary" on YouTube about the politicization of the immigration issue in Prince William County, VA. During the first year of production, we often responded to viewer feedback, including requests for more coverage on certain story lines, contextual clarifications, and even on-site production. Clips on this page have been shot and edited by independent filmmakers -- Eric Byler, Annabel Park, Jeff Man -- with additional production support from Jonathan Liang Stafstrom, Zhibo Lai, Jay Kim, Tom Moore, Tomiko Anders, Levi Magyar, Leo Torrezao, Luke HIllman and Harry Yoon. Special thanks to Liz Barhns and Dan Rapela at PWC Channel 23 for courtesy footage.
9500 Liberty, the feature film, is produced by Chris and Alex Rigopulos.
Now a feature-length documentary, this project began as an "Interactive Documentary" on YouTube about the politicization of the immigration issue in Prince William County, VA. During the first year of production, we often responded to viewer feed...
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