The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona-Mexico Borderlands - Hardcover

Regan, Margaret

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807042277 ISBN 13: 9780807042274

Publisher: Beacon Press, 2010

Synopsis

Relates immigration stories from both sides of the Arizona-Mexico border, ranging from the illegal immigrants who risk death in Arizona's deserts to the Border Patrol agents charged with patrolling the increasingly militarized borderlands.

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Review:

“A keen-eyed perspective of how questionable public policy has resulted in far too much preventable loss of life, "The Death of Josseline "is highly recommended.”
—"Midwest Book Review"
 
“This should be required reading for everyone. . . .  It gave me inspiration.”
—Sandra Cisneros, author of "The House on Mango Street"
 
“The many admirers of "Enrique’s Journey will find much to admire, and fear, in this powerful report.”
"—Luis Alberto Urrea, author of "The Devil’s Highway: A True Story"
 
“A humane, sensitive, and informative perspective on a current and controversial topic . . . We all must pay attention.”
—Ana Castillo, author of "The Guardians
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"In "The Death of Josseline," Margaret Regan stands midpoint between immigration's push and pull . . . her clear and sympathetic eyes watching the south on its treacherous slog north.

"This should be required reading for everyone-from President Obama . . . to migrant rights activists. . . . It gave me inspiration."-Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street

"The many admirers of Enrique's Journey will find much to admire, and fear, in this powerful report."-Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Devil's Highway: A True Story

"Regan puts a human face on the multiple problems created by desperate, poverty-stricken people entering the United States illegally to look for work, and the costly measures taken by the American government to secure its borders."-Kirkus Reviews

"Regan . . . has compiled a compelling chronicle of the flow of migrants from northern Mexico into the 'Tucson Sector' of Arizona, distilling the many facets of this phenomenon into an enlightening account."-Booklist

"There may be no better way to understand the muddle that is U.S. immigration policy than to read The Death of Josseline. It helps explain, on a human level, the ebb and flow of human labor across political boundaries."-Ted Robbins, Southwest correspondent, NPR

About the Author:

\Margaret Regan writes for the Tucson Weekly and has won a dozen journalism awards for border reporting, including two national prizes. She lives in Tucson.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0807042277
• ISBN 13: 9780807042274
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256