Reviews
"This is an extraordinary book about the courageous journeys of peoples crossing the U.S.-Mexico border--and about U.S. citizens who are erasing those borders with acts of mercy and defiance. . . . a page turner." --Demetria Martinez, author of Mother Tongue, "Peel back phrases like illegal alien and undocumented worker and you'll find the voices heard in this book, poor people coming north to survive. And the local people who try to help them. Homeland Security has a nice ring to it but the migrants hunted in this book have no homeland and know no security. Learn the tragedy that is the border and listen to the tales of our fellow human beings as they are hunted on American ground." -Charles Bowden, author of Down by the River: Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family, This is an extraordinary book about the courageous journeys of peoples crossing the U.S.–Mexico border—and about U.S. citizens who are erasing those borders with acts of mercy and defiance. . . . a page turner.” —Demetria Martinez, author ofMother Tongue, "This is an extraordinary book about the courageous journeys of peoples crossing the U.S.-Mexico border-and about U.S. citizens who are erasing those borders with acts of mercy and defiance. . . . a page turner." -Demetria Martinez, author of Mother Tongue, "Trading off chapters, the authors deliver immigrants' stories calmly and objectively, but their compassionate message is clear, and especially timely in light of Arizona's controversial new immigrant laws. Though difficult to read, this important collection provides vital, humanizing perspective on a divisive issue, with stories that will stick with readers for a long time."-- Publishers Weekly starred review, Peel back phrases like illegal alien and undocumented worker and you’ll find the voices heard in this book, poor people coming north to survive. And the local people who try to help them. Homeland Security has a nice ring to it but the migrants hunted in this book have no homeland and know no security. Learn the tragedy that is the border and listen to the tales of our fellow human beings as they are hunted on American ground.” —Charles Bowden, author ofDown by the River: Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family, "Trading off chapters, the authors deliver immigrants' stories calmly and objectively, but their compassionate message is clear, and especially timely in light of Arizona's controversial new immigrant laws. Though difficult to read, this important collection provides vital, humanizing perspective on a divisive issue, with stories that will stick with readers for a long time." —Publishers Weekly starred review, "Trading off chapters, the authors deliver immigrants' stories calmly and objectively, but their compassionate message is clear, and especially timely in light of Arizona's controversial new immigrant laws. Though difficult to read, this important collection provides vital, humanizing perspective on a divisive issue, with stories that will stick with readers for a long time." - Publishers Weekly starred review, "Peel back phrases like illegal alien and undocumented worker and you'll find the voices heard in this book, poor people coming north to survive. And the local people who try to help them. Homeland Security has a nice ring to it but the migrants hunted in this book have no homeland and know no security. Learn the tragedy that is the border and listen to the tales of our fellow human beings as they are hunted on American ground." --Charles Bowden, author of Down by the River: Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family
