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Inside Siglo XXI - Inside Latin America's Largest Immigration Detention Center (Paperback)
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Inside Siglo XXI - Inside Latin America's Largest Immigration Detention Center (Paperback)
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Loot Price R341
Discovery Miles 3 410
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Much has been written In English about the experiences and
treatment of immigrants from south of the Rio Grande once they have
entered the United States. But this account, by the itinerant,
effervescent and highly original journalist Belen Fernandez, offers
a different and wholly original take. Belen Fernandez shows us what
life is like for would-be migrants, not just from the Mexican side
of the border but inside Siglo XXI, the notorious migrant detention
center in the south of the country. Journalists are prohibited from
entering Siglo XXI; Fernandez only gained access because she
herself was detained as a result of faulty paperwork when she
attempted to return to the US to renew her passport. Once inside
the facility, Fernandez was able to speak with detained women from
Honduras, Cuba, Haiti, Bangladesh, and beyond. Their stories,
detailing the hardships that prompted them to leave their homes,
and the dangers they have experienced on an often-tortuous journey
north, form the core of this unique book. The companionship and
support they offer to Fernandez, whose antipathy to returning to
the United States, the country they are desperate to enter, is a
source of bemusement and perplexity, demonstrates a spirited
generosity that is deeply moving. In the end, the Siglo XXI center
emerges as a strikingly precise metaphor for a 21st century in
which poor people, effectively imprisoned by American political and
economic policies, nevertheless display astonishing resilience.
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