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Rising Up: the Alams
Producer: Third World Newsreel Call for Change
2005
Color
11 minutes
US
English subtitles
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Rising Up: the Alams

As part of the Homeland security measures, immigrant men from 25, mostly Muslim countries were required to enroll in a Special Registrationprogram. The result: no evidence of terror, but some 13,000 people are now being deported mostly for expired visas. The Alams were among the many families who believed that voluntarily participating in the Special Registrationwould show their loyalty. Instead, they face the prospect of breaking up their family, despite a decade of hard work and the raising of two children. Working with DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving), the Queens South Asian activist group, the Alams have become activists, organizing to fight for their right to stay.
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Screenings
• Middle East Studies Association Film Festival, 2005
• Association For Asian Studies Conference, 2006

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