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Crossing Over - A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail (Paperback)
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Crossing Over - A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail (Paperback)
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"Beautifully written and important...Martinez shows us how
'America' is being reimagined by its uninvited, its disrespected,
its invisible, and he shows us that they will change us, whether we
like it or not."--"Los Angeles Times
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In the decade since "Crossing Over" first appeared, immigration
from Mexico has only become more fraught and more lethal, the
rallying cry of nativist politics and a pawn in the war on terror.
Yet the U.S.-Mexican border remains one of the most permeable
boundaries in the world, breached daily by Mexicans in search of
work. Thousands die crossing the line, and those who reach "the
other side" are branded illegals, undocumented and unprotected.
Following the emigration of the Chavez clan, an extended Mexican
family who lost three sons in a tragic border accident, Ruben
Martinez traces the migrants' progress from their small southern
Mexican town of Cheran to California, Wisconsin, and Missouri. Far
from joining the melting pot, Martinez argues, the seven million
migrants who are now here are creating a new Hispanic-influenced
culture that is dramatically altering both Mexico and the United
States.
Hailed as "valuable," "passionate," and "terrific," "Crossing Over"
puts a human face on the phenomenon of Mexican immigration and the
vibrant Latino culture it introduces to the U.S., and remains a
beautifully written classic of our time.
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