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11-16-2016, 02:44 PM
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/alexa-moutevelis-coombs/2016/11/16/ncis-cynically-uses-veterans-advance-liberal
By Alexa Moutevelis Coombs | November 16, 2016 | 1:18 AM EST
Tuesday night’s episode of CBS’s NCIS, "Home of the Brave," (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/49661-s14e07-home-of-the-brave/?do=getLastComment) wasn't very brave with its special illegal immigration subplot. In fact, they took the easy way out by creating perhaps the most sympathetic character imaginable to make their point on deportation.
Victor Medina is a decorated Marine who was brought to this country legally as a baby, natch – they even have him say the cliché, “I haven't been to Mexico since I was a baby, I don't even speak Spanish.” Medina lost his green card after being sent to prison for a bar fight in which he was honorably defending a woman from her drunk boyfriend, but the woman lied to police to protect her abuser. The only thing missing from this sob story is a pregnant wife and a bunch of little kids for him to be pried away from, but don't worry, we get to meet his wonderful, patriotic mother.
Medina should have been deported after prison but “government agencies don't always communicate as effectively as we'd like,” and he fell through the cracks. Now, 10 years later, he is back on ICE’s radar because NCIS put out a BOLO on him when he fled a murder scene. Of course, he only fled to escape ICE after heroically attempting to revive the victim with CPR and chase down the killer. Despite all this, Officer Baldwin, the ill-humored ICE agent sent to take him away, coldly intones, "Victor Medina has squandered his right be in this country. I'm here to deport him."
By Alexa Moutevelis Coombs | November 16, 2016 | 1:18 AM EST
Tuesday night’s episode of CBS’s NCIS, "Home of the Brave," (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/49661-s14e07-home-of-the-brave/?do=getLastComment) wasn't very brave with its special illegal immigration subplot. In fact, they took the easy way out by creating perhaps the most sympathetic character imaginable to make their point on deportation.
Victor Medina is a decorated Marine who was brought to this country legally as a baby, natch – they even have him say the cliché, “I haven't been to Mexico since I was a baby, I don't even speak Spanish.” Medina lost his green card after being sent to prison for a bar fight in which he was honorably defending a woman from her drunk boyfriend, but the woman lied to police to protect her abuser. The only thing missing from this sob story is a pregnant wife and a bunch of little kids for him to be pried away from, but don't worry, we get to meet his wonderful, patriotic mother.
Medina should have been deported after prison but “government agencies don't always communicate as effectively as we'd like,” and he fell through the cracks. Now, 10 years later, he is back on ICE’s radar because NCIS put out a BOLO on him when he fled a murder scene. Of course, he only fled to escape ICE after heroically attempting to revive the victim with CPR and chase down the killer. Despite all this, Officer Baldwin, the ill-humored ICE agent sent to take him away, coldly intones, "Victor Medina has squandered his right be in this country. I'm here to deport him."