Thread: Maxwells next film on immigration, this is great!!!

CROSS KEYS Gods and Generals filmmaker Ron Maxwell casually relaxed recently at the home of businessman Walter Curt in Rockingham County. Until, that is, the subject turns to immigration.

Immigration is the subject of Maxwells next project, a documentary film scheduled to be released in December.

U.S. immigration policy, Maxwell said, is controlled by the corporate, political and intellectual elite who want to bring down U.S. borders for their own gain at the expense of the countrys institutions.

Financial Backing

Curt agrees with Maxwell on immigration and contributed $100,000 to fund the film through the Conservative Caucus Foundation of Vienna.

Charles Orndorff, administrative vice president, estimated the budget for the documentary at between $500,000 and $1 million.

The Conservative Caucus lobbies Congress on legislative issues, Orndorff said. The foundation participates in research and education activities, he added.

Curt, who made millions with the company he founded, SEI Inc., has historically contributed to conservative political candidates and causes.

On immigration, Curt said he has direct experience on how the federal government handles the issue.

When he owned the Harrisonburg-based SEI, Curt, with 2,000 employees, had one of the largest private companies providing services, including green cards, to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Curt said he has seen how immigration service employees try to do their job in an ever-changing political environment.

That is one of the most politically whip-sawed agencies I have ever seen, Curt said from his home. They were torn in half no matter what they did.

Curts insight into the immigration service has convinced him that Maxwell is right on the issue and led to his backing of the film.

It needs to be done, he said.

Growing Problem

Maxwells previous films include Gettysburg (1993) and Gods and Generals (2003), both feature films on the Civil War.

Maxwell of Flint Hill filmed portions of Gods and Generals in the Shenandoah Valley. His latest film is being filmed outside the region.

Some estimates place the number of illegal immigrants at about 12 million people nationally.

Locally, Harrisonburg has struggled with 38 percent of its public school students in the English as a Second Language program.

The percentage was tops in Virginia this past school year.

The figure for this fall was not available.

National Issue

Maxwell considers himself a maker of makes films based on historic subjects.

But he has taken a year off to make the documentary on immigration, which in the last year or two has become one of the most hotly debated issues on the political and social scenes.

Immigration is totally out of control and our infrastructure is totally overwhelmed, he said in an interview on Wednesday.

Maxwell said he was not singling out any particular immigrant group. Those people who say the issue is about race are trying to stop the conversation, he said.

The issue, he said, is about a huge number of people who come here illegally and dont belong here.

Separatists

Maxwells documentary grew out of his growing awareness of the immigration problem as he traveled back and forth from New York City, where he grew up, to Los Angeles.

He was raised in an ethnic neighborhood in New Jersey in the 1950s that included Italians, Polish and German immigrants.

Assimilation into the culture was important to them, he said. There was no inkling of separatism. There was no inkling of anti-Americanism, he said.

But that is not the same feeling, he says, among immigrants today,

One way or another, either by out right annexation, which could happen in 20 to 30 years from now, or through demographic change, they see it as a re-conquering, Maxwell said of some Mexican politicians and intellectuals.

Triple Threat

A central part of the problem, Maxwell said, are post patriotic non-citizens running large corporations that put financial interests above those of the country.

The corporate leaders are in an alliance with politicians and opinion leaders in the Hispanic community, he said.

They are taking America to the New World order, which will have no borders, Maxwell said.

Because of this coalition, politicians are disconnected to the desires of the countrys citizens, Maxwell said.

They are not elected, he said, to be representatives of the billions of people in the world that want to come here.

Stern Measures

Maxwell favors cracking down on illegal immigration by enforcing current laws.

He favors stiff penalties for large businesses that hire illegal immigrants.

Maxwell supports no amnesty for illegal immigrants. He wants to make sure that those here illegally have no chance of gaining U.S. citizenship.

He also supports building a wall to protect the international borders.

Walls along highways for noise abatements are built but none are constructed for national security, Maxwell pointed out.

Its a complete collapse of will, he said. Its worse than that: Its a betrayal of the American people.

Citizen Action

As grim a picture Maxwell paints on immigration, the filmmaker believes it is not too late for Americans to do something to curb the tide.

Every election, even those at the local level, are important, he said.

This is now about reclaiming our sovereignty, he said. Its going to happen at the grassroots.

If politicians do not listen to voters, Maxwell said an alternative is for people to stop paying taxes.

The American people are funding their own suicide. If we stop paying taxes, this craziness stops, he said

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This guy is great- I loved his "Gods and Generals". I recommend it for anyone who is into the Civil War. I saw him give an interview on Fox during some illegal alien demanding rally in DC. He was awesome and I remember him saying he would be doing a film about immigration-cannot wait to see it!

Nicole

After reading what he says here this is gonna be important and powerful all should be following this.