Monday, August 24, 2009
Video Journalism: U.S. Citizens Born by Midwife Denied Passports (Time Magazine)
Via KobreGuide to the Web’s Best Multimedia & Video Journalism:
From Time Magazine: Some Texans are not allowed to cross the Mexican border because their birth certificates were ruled invalid due to an insurmountable technicality.
From KobreGuide: Silvario Vasquez was born in Texas and owns a ten-acre farm near the Mexican border. A new post-9/11 government policy requiring a passport, and not just a driver’s license, prevents him from crossing the border to Mexico — a situation made more ironic by the fact that he spent nearly three decades as a U.S. border patrol agent. (Read more…)
Length: 7:31
Video Journalist: Silas Tyler
Associate Producer: Natasha Del Toro
Supervising Producer: Craig Duff
