Edited sentence: Her performance conveyed the good natured, yet stoic determination of a loving mother to extricate a family member from the web of post 9/11 immigration regulations - regulations that often fail to discriminate between the few truly dangerous terrorist threats and the vastly greater number of good people who, in an early day, formed the raw material of the great American melting pot.Thanks to her sensitive portrayal, many viewers will leave the film feeling regret for what America has lost as a result