Since 2003, new directives in France have introduced the notion of expulsion quotas to be met each year. These targets, quantified for the first time in history, have provoked violent criticism. Arrests, including schools, have gradually led citizens to turn to civil disobedience against what they call « the politics of numbers ». Is this frenzy of numbers really a solution to the immigration problem? Can it be applied without leading to excesses? This film exposes the inner workings of France’s immigration policy and questions its legal frameworks, pitting the just against the legal.