Border Incident
The Shame of Two Nations!
CrimeDramaThrillercaliforniasmuggling (contraband)illegal immigrationfilm noirundocumented immigrantquicksandfederal agent
A noir-inflected crime thriller about two agents infiltrating a human smuggling ring, grappling with exploitation and institutional corruption across the U.S.-Mexico border.
The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.
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