穿越国境

水向低处流，人向高处走。

如果付出同样的劳动，而有着不同的生活水准，谁不想往更好的国家去？

但如果不是在原来的祖国生存不下去，又有谁会想要去移民？

社会是分层的。既需要有知识的医生、律师，也需要有愿意从事劳务工作的洗衣工、环卫工。所以既需要引进具有创新能力的高科技人才，也需要在农忙时节引进大量的劳务工人。移民政策就是为了调节这些不同的需求。

影片最后入籍归化宣誓的一场戏，让我想到很多。

如果世界上的国家不是按民族来划分，而是按不同的宗教信仰或不同的政治倾向来划分，每个国家都有自己不同的理念和原则，你加入这个国家，愿意在这个国家工作和生活，你就要认同它的理念，并宣誓效忠于这个国家，否则就离开它，移居到自己喜欢的国家去。

无论基督教、伊斯兰教、儒教，无论纳粹的国家社会主义、凯恩斯的国家资本主义、哈耶克的自由市场经济、苏维埃的共产主义，都划分在一定的地域内做自己的社会实验，让民众自己来用脚投票。然后按预先制定的规则，当人口占土地的比例低于某个数值时，这个国家就可以被宣布为自然消亡。

哈哈哈！这样多好！

Although these people have their various flaws and dark sides, these negative aspects make them appear more real. They are just some people like you and me, trying to pursue a better life by immigrating. In any case, in exchange for the legal residence of the “Great World” pass, they are struggling between moral and immoral, loyalty and betrayal, hell and heaven, and desperation and justice.

Here comes an interesting question: is person a person? When you are born, you are British person, American person, Indian person, Chinese person, etc. If we remove the label “American”, you are just a “person”. If we plus “America”, you have an extra credit to mark yourself. However, at the same time, you are also one step far away from the essence of “person” which can be divided by the nation labels. The conflicts between religious traditions and moral liberation, economic protection and cheap labor force, integrity police and corrupt officials are all happening under the US national flag. Perhaps the country is only a concentrated expression of all these contradictions. Either people choose coming here or leaving here, they are just choosing something called “hope”.

The United States is a place where many people want to go. Before they get the green card, everyone has to worry about being forced to leave someday. While looking for jobs, salaries, medical cares, etc., whether or not you have a green card have a huge disparity. At the end of the film, the lucky people who vowed to become new citizens of the United States under the giant Stars and the Mexican female corpse who died on the road of smuggling formed a series of shocking and contrastive pictures. At that moment, I felt my body is trembling. I realize that freedom, vitality and creativity will only be fostered in a tolerant place, and only an open society can be confident, attractive and cohesive. Please don’t forget that immigrants have always contributed to the prosperity of US powers. If the Statue of Liberty is their last spiritual belief, please don't let these people who worship her devoutly become the sacrifice and die in the path of pursuing their dreams.

电影的前半段还是挺不错的，基本上交代了每一个移民者的处境，每一个也合情合理。后面的交代感觉没什么意思了。犹太人蒙混过关，澳大利亚美女遣返，中东小女孩被遣返，我以为她要真的搞自杀式袭击了，墨西哥妈妈死在寻子路上，韩国人被伊朗帅哥救赎，但是伊朗家族一家即便都已经入籍了，但家族依然保守。

可能电影只是想客观的描述真实世界里最常见的结局没有啥象征。但是观众看来是想入美国籍，要不就是有钱，要不就是运气爆表，美国不养穷人，不讲亲情，没有言论自由，即便入籍，伊朗人还是伊朗人，保守家族还是看不惯美二代的潮妹。

这就对了，本就没有天堂，无论到哪，物竞天择的自然法则也不会有变，美国更加如此。至于要说这样对不对，那自然不符合我们社会主义国家公平正义的价值观，为什么美国能成为其他国家和地区人民想要移民去的地方，在疫情后时代，如果你还认为是他制度先进，科技发达，其他地区的政府不作为，那只能说各有各的世界观了。

想起姜文的北京人在纽约，作为移民主题的作品，可能更能让我们看到中国人在那个时代的欲愁酸楚。