"Bring Them Home" Screening & Panel Discussion at Catalina Film Festival

855 Elm Avenue,Long Beach CA 90813

22 September, 2022

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Announcing "Bring Them Home" docu-short has been accepted to the Catalina Film Festival! Join us for a special screening event of the award-winning film "Bring Them Home" and Q&A panel discussion with Amanda Schuft, Directing Attorney at Immigrant Defenders (IMMDEF). Our panel discussion will dive into current issues facing deported veterans, the progress that has been made in bringing them home, and what is still needed to help solve this complex issue. Following the panel discussion, we will host a complimentary cocktail reception for our audience and guests to network and mingle. 6:00 PM - Film Screening 6:30 PM - Q&A discussion with Amanda Schuft of IMMDEF 7:00 PM - Cocktail Reception *Beer & wine included ABOUT BRING THEM HOME BRING THEM HOME is an award-winning short documentary about discarded American heroes, deported military veterans. After producing the music video for their song "Excuse My Accent," artists Robert "Rob Young" Walker and Andrei "Drei Ros" Rosca met Hector Barajas; a deported US military veteran. Upon hearing his story, they embarked on a journey to shed light on the issue. In the film, the two connect with military and political experts while travelling to Tijuana, Mexico and gathering first-hand accounts from more deported US veterans at "The Bunker," which is a meeting place for veterans who are currently exiled. This honest documentary, highlights the complexity of the military deportation problems by following Hector Barajas and other veterans through their journeys and to the founding of The Deported Veterans Support House. ABOUT IMMDEF We are a next-generation social justice law firm that defends our immigrant communities against injustices in the immigration system. IMMDEF  is fighting back every day against the immigration system's campaign of cruelty against migrants at the border, with a focus on assisting children and families. Each day the situation at the border deteriorates further and the need for additional resources and capacity to help, is clear.  Unfortunately, our immigration legal system routinely fails to live up to basic human standards. Access to an attorney for all immigrants involved in deportation proceedings, is the first step that we must take to ensure fairness in U.S. immigration courts. Our model of universal representation is built on this principle. It is our long‐term goal to ensure that no immigrant is forced to face an unjust immigration system alone.