Illegal: One Immigrant's Life or Death Journey (2020) Documentary Screening

Free Event | No Registration Required As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close, this screening of Illegal: One Immigrant’s Life or Death Journey to the American Dream is a reminder that stories like this one deserve attention year-round. The documentary follows Salvadoran immigrant Laz Ayala's decades-long journey from the civil war he fled as a teenager to U.S. citizenship, framing his fight for reform within a much older American story: a nation built and rebuilt by people willing to risk everything for a better future. Ayala's own recollections of that flight, and the years he spent navigating the immigration system afterward, reflect an experience many families before him have shared. What does the pursuit of a better life reveal about who has always called this country home? Garfield Public Library 500 Midland Avenue Garfield, NJ 07026 973-478-3800 Garfield - Community Room