Open Borders ‘Brotherhood’ Promises Anti-ICE Musical?
Upcoming film blurs line between legal, illegal immigration in time for midterms
You can learn a lot from social media.
Case in point? The marketing behind “Brotherhood: A Cinematic Musical” promises an empathetic look at immigration.
A key character has been trying to legally enter the U.S. for a decade, but the bureaucracy isn’t on his side. His neighbor gets a powerful lesson by watching his struggles up close.
A movie musical about two neighboring families — one American, and one Mexican — and what it means to truly love your neighbor.
The film sounds like an apolitical peek at two very different worlds, one that doesn’t stoke the culture war fires but appeals to our common humanity.
Look closer.
The film’s official web page blurs the line between legal and illegal immigration. It’s a tactic chronically employed by the Left.
“As immigrant families across the U.S. face uncertainty and fear, BROTHERHOOD issues a call to reconsider the message of a beloved patriotic anthem — “America, America, God shed His grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood…”
Immigrant families face nothing of the kind. Illegal immigrant families? Very likely, yes, because they broke America’s laws in their first act stateside. They may have to be sent back home.
That’s doubly true for illegal immigrants who have committed violent crimes.
The official web site also promotes the film’s apparent open border messaging, asking visitors to support the movie by joining “street teams” for marketing purposes. The street team instructions are blunt:
Brotherhood only changes hearts if it finds them. The street team is the crew that carries it there — fans and creators who turn a film into a movement, one share, one screen, one conversation at a time.
Open borders.
We’re a country of immigrants, but the current conversations ignore the legal part of the equation. We’ve already seen what happens when the country’s borders are left wide open.
It’s a key reason President Donald Trump is in his second, non-consecutive term in office.
The film is also part of a broader, anti-ICE effort across the modern Left. The official “Brotherhood” Instagram page makes that clear.
Our very own @lili_bolanos4, consulting producer and key cultural advisor on Brotherhood, spoke today at the @uproarutah press conference, courageously sharing her family’s story as we advocate for no ICE detention centers in Utah. We are so proud of you, Lili, and so grateful for your heartfelt advocacy and tireless work. We’re lucky to have you, but the world is even more lucky you’re here. ❤️#loveyourneighbor #immigration #immigrantsmakeamericagreat
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Open borders. Period.
They can’t say that phrase, but everything about the film and its social media messaging screams it.
Why can’t they say it? The same reason progressive Democrats like Kamala Harris hide their true stances on key issues. They know they’re deeply unpopular, so if they camouflage them with flowery rhetoric the voter may empower them all the same.
That’s where the arts come in. A movie like “Brotherhood” can tap into our emotions in ways a headline or news story can’t.
“Brotherhood” is set for an Oct. 2 release date. Can it change any hearts and minds on the illegal immigration front. Perhaps. Perhaps not.
It won’t be for lack of trying, though.
I would tell Lili here, from that Instagram post to go ‘f**** herself and her open boarders agenda’.