Bearing in mind the problems in the United States with immigration at the moment I feel that El Norte should be watched again and reflected upon. America is a land of immigrants. The Bush administration needs to chill out and the laws need to change accommodate our friends from the south, not alienate them and criminalise them. I am an ex-pat American; an immigrant to the United Kingdom. I can only hope that the conservative right in the USA opens up its eyes and begins to welcome the brave Latinos and Latinas, as I myself have been welcomed into my adopted country. They need to learn to do unto others and they would have done unto themselves. Our Latin American friends have suffered terribly through the past fifty years as a result of the US government paranoia about the rise of socialism of any sort in their backyard. The Monroe Doctrine, which states that US interests must be protected at all costs in the western hemisphere, is at the root of the problems that led to the massacres in Guatemala in the 1980's. The film El Norte shows vividly what a terrible effect this had on our neighbours. Ordinary citizens did not realise what was happening; I believe that Americans are good people, but they are often misled by the government and the media. Now the American people have the opportunity to make it up to the Latins. I would love to see them make proper amends NOW!