When I started this journey of filming our documentary, “What is Treason?”, in April, I had a clear vision of what this 90-minute movie was going to be.
My first day of filming in San Diego changed everything.
I remember walking a section of the border in the Imperial Beach Station and thinking that all my work for 24 years was for nothing. I conducted endless interviews over several days with Border Patrol Agents, DHS employees, and citizen journalists. As I spoke to these brave individuals, I knew that what I was going to tell America was going to be completely different from what I thought I was going to say.
I flew home from San Diego back to Kansas City and I spent the whole flight thinking, “What did I just see?” and “How am I going to tell this story?”
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