Since the mother can be deported, the most likely inference is that Marta is the daughter of an undocumented immigrant mother. This implies he knows that she is a citizen. The child is supposed to "anchor" the family in the US because the authorities would be less likely to deport the parents, so the thinking goes.) In addition, Harlan mentions that Marta's mother could be deported, but not Marta herself. (An "anchor baby" has birthright citizenship in the US. She's referred to as an "anchor baby" at one point, which is slang for a US-born child of undocumented immigrants. For all the debate about immigrants and immigration, Marta herself was born in America, thus making her just as American as the Thrombleys - and even if she wasn't, the movie is arguing that she is still a person, worthy of being treated with respect, decency, and compassion regardless of ancestry. This would add a humorous touch as each of the Thrombeys imagines that Marta is from some more "exotic" location in South America. If that's what the statue is, it would suggest that the family is Mexican. However, in the apartment that Marta shares with her family, there is a statue that resembles the Virgin of Guadalupe. For all their fine words, they're not really interested in her. Despite their claim to treat her as "part of the family", everyone who brings it up gives her a different nationality, which suggests they don't actually know which is the correct one, which in turn suggests that they've never bothered to find out. Marta's original nationality isn't clarified, partly because Marta's nationality is used to illustrate the thoughtlessness of the Thrombeys. Maybe she thought it would turn out that way for her, too. Many times in movies, characters do confront the bad guy in similar ways and survive. It is also interesting that Fran said she watched movies often. She was naive and tried to confront Ransom and get the real proof or a confession before bringing in anyone else. She had no other evidence that Ransom did anything, so if he showed up, that must mean he was expecting something to be in the tox screen and, therefore, was guilty. Fran was also trying to prove that Ransom actually did something wrong, because the "evidence" she had, the tox screen, proved that the correct medication was in Harlan's system. Whatever the reason, the movie does not make it clear. Perhaps she thought he would try to retrieve that first before "murdering her" if that was his intention. She was, after all, under the impression that she had evidence of his crime stashed away. It is possible that Fran did not know that Ransom would have murdered her then and there, and it is also possible that Fran, herself, might have wanted to blackmail Ransom. People do silly things and only realise after the fact. That was, indeed, a very silly thing for Fran to do.
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