Immigrants // Current TV

Migrant Workers Wildcat For Unpaid Wages

Migrant farm workers in Ontario hold wildcat strike for unpaid wages. Employer... more

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Two Events You Don't Want To Miss:

Two upcoming events in Toronto: One a victims of crime claimants workshop. The other a... more

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Harsh Reality of Border Crossing with "Coyotes": Scenes From Vanguard

Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel begins his journey from the Mexican border town... more

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Arizona's Overflowing Morgues Full of Unidentified Migrants: Scenes From Vanguard

Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel investigates the record-setting number of dead... more

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Labour Says Bill C-49 Anti-Refugee

Statement from the Public Service Alliance of Canada about Bill C-49

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Weekly Noise Demonstration For The Tamil Detainees

Notice from No One Is Illegal vancouver about their weekly "noise... more

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Weekly Diaspora: ICE Deports Children, Disabled, and Domestic Violence Victims

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger For the past several months, the... more

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Life And Death On The Border: Vanguard Premiere

Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel travels to the U.S./Mexico border to... more

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Dangerous Border Crossing: Vanguard Sneak Peek

In this exclusive clip from the upcoming three-part Vanguard special, "War On the... more

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Train To Nowhere; Inside an Immigrant Death Investigation documentary released

When the bodies of eleven Central Americans and Mexicans were found inside a freight car in Denison, Iowa, the nation took notice. Reporters descended on the small farming community, searching for information about how and why this group ended up inside a locked railcar, where they would die horrific deaths.

The documentary, “Train to Nowhere; Inside an Immigrant Death Investigation,” offers an honest, yet compassionate look at the 2002 deaths of the eleven undocumented immigrants. It takes the viewers from the streets of southern Texas, to the hills of a Guatemalan farm, to the Iowa town where the bodies were found.

The film is part crime story, part immigration perspective. The film breaks free of the standard immigration story, however, in examining the case from various viewpoints: that of one victim's New York brother, a long-time immigration agent, and a train conductor imprisoned for working with the smugglers who locked the railcar to throw off U.S. Border Patrol inspectors. Viewers will see beyond the superficial levels of the people involved in the story and understand the complexities of their personalities and the situation. The older brother from Guatemala, once an undocumented immigrant himself, struggles with anger and, sometimes, guilt. Even though he urged his little brother to remain in Central America, his own financial success showed the younger man what could be achieved. The immigration agent, who traveled north as a boy with his migrant farm worker grandfather and father, believes in strict border control yet often encounters those who question his loyalty to the United States because of his Mexican heritage. The former train conductor, once paid to help slip people into the United States by train, argues he was trying to help the immigrants gain a chance at better lives. This is a crime story that also illustrates how immigration is such a complex issue, far from black and white.

The film will make its broadcast premiere on Iowa Public Television (PBS) on October 12, 2010 at 7pm.When the bodies of eleven Central Americans and Mexicans were found inside a freight... more