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A little over a month ago Victor cane home with a handful of discount DVDs. Many of these were movies we used to own on VHS, but got rid of after we no longer owned a VCR. One of these movies was An American Tail. I grew up on this movie. I knew every word to Somewhere Out There .  And somewhere in there, I did kind of know that it was a story of immigration. But I don't recall that being of any great interest to me as a kid. So imagine my surprise when during our most recent viewing, my kids were pelting me with questions relating to the plot line, but of course launched into the much larger and messier root discussion about immigration.  There was a lot of pausing happening, and a lot of we'll look more up on this later. Over the course of the next few weeks our discussions were amazing. We made a trip to the library, and nearly gave Daddy a hernia when he carried the bag loaded with books that a very nice young man at the research desk helped me track...