'¡Americano!’s' major players hope the show prompts viewers to consider the rights of DREAMers. However, the lead producer and some co-producers have a history of donating to Republican candidates who've backed anti-immigration and anti-DACA policies
“When it comes to border security, that’s first and foremost,” Weisz said. “The federal government has done a terrible job of securing our border. I would say we have outstanding men and women in law enforcement working so hard to secure our border and keep the community safe, yet they are lacking the necessary resources. We need to ensure our borders keep the community safe, and keep people from being victims of vicious criminal cartels and border bandits.
“I was never in any moment made to think that my contributions were not important,” Santos added. “There is a level of collaboration and respect for who I am as a woman, as a Latina, as an immigrant, as a professional that I never before experienced in my life.” In reality, Valdovinos’s ex was deployed to Japan, where she served for her entire career. When she returned to the United States, she married a woman. “I was never supportive of it, but I did understand the intent to represent the sacrifice that men and women have in the armed services,” Valdovinos said of the creative choice to kill off a woman who isn’t actually dead. “But was I comfortable with it? Did I want it? Absolutely fucking not.
“The role of Javi was kind of a combination of a couple of different people Tony knew,” Barnard said. As the character developed over several drafts, Javi’s attraction to Tony transformed into something different: in the version that's now onstage, Tony is desperate to protect Javi from gangs. He founded La Machine, a consulting firm dedicated to transforming public policy, at the age of 24. But, Valdovinos said, “we simply weren’t winning.”
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