the filmmaker chronicled the pregnancies of two women one living in the united states illegally the other with an undocumented mexican husband it was the period just after donald trump's electoral college victory. after the election high. draft that there were vigil anti crips car and door to door in our neighborhood and my son was born and i was holding him in my arms and i lose her hiding my husband and the floorboards. the political tension right now in the us is really heavy and it's affecting people in very traumatic ways so. making a documentary about these kinds of issues is a way to allow the. these communities to express themselves and to have that platform. ileana is well acquainted with such stories she also has undocumented friends and relatives all possible texas where she grew up is right on the mexican