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Publisher
Fundación BBVA Bancomer
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Español
Description
Speaks with families in Mexico of people who have gone to work in the United States. Touches on the economic and social impact on the divided families from the point of view of those who remain in Mexico, rather than those who emigrate.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Each of these 13 stories of Mexicans in the United States are rich and humanizing, illuminating the scope and breadth of a frequently stereotyped population. Eileen Truax tells the stories of thirteen Mexican immigrants, some documented, some not livingin America. Truax offers a comprehensive, highly personal portrait of the great diversity of the Mexican community by using the stories, words, and life experiences gathered from countless interviews....
3) Another man's sombrero: a conservative broadcaster's undercover journey across the Mexican border
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The president and congress are at an impasse, while vigilante groups patrol our nation's borders looking for one of the million yearly invaders. Why are 20 million people disregarding America's sovereign borders and laws to come to this country? Popular radio host Darrell Ankarlo follows the lives of several Mexican citizens as they contemplate their existence south of the border, their temptation to sneak into America, and what waits for them here....
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2004]
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Describes the attempt of twenty-six men to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, a region known as the Devil's Highway, detailing their harrowing ordeal and battle for survival against impossible odds. Only 12 men came back out. 2 maps.
Author
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Collection of stories heard from migrants crossing the Arizona desert to find jobs, join families, or start new lives. These are firsthand accounts told to volunteers for the Samaritans, a humanitarian group seeking to provide these travelers with medical aid, water, and food.
Author
Series
Family Values and Social Change volume Volume 1
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
"At the age of 8, Reyna Grande made the dangerous and illegal trek across the border from Mexico to the United States, and discovered that the American Dream is much more complicated that it seemed."--Provided by publisher.
11) Blockading the border and human rights: the El Paso operation that remade immigration enforcement
Author
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Del premiado periodista y experto en inmigración Alfredo Corchado nos llega la extensa historia de la gran migración mexicana desde finales de los años ochenta hasta la actualidad. Cuando Alfredo Corchado se traslada a Filadelfia en 1987 como corresponsal de The Wall Street Journal, se sintió como si fuera el único mexicano en la ciudad. Pero en el restaurant Tequilas conecta con otros dos mexicanos y un mexicoamericano que se sentían...