Trails of hope and terror : testimonies on immigration / Miguel A. De La Torre.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• De La Torre, Miguel A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Emigration and immigration.
• Christianity.
• United States--Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Christianity.
• Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Christianity.
• Noncitizens--United States.
• Illegal immigration--United States.
• Noncitizens.
• United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 211 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, [2009]

Contents:

• Creating borders and their consequences
• Testimony from a border crosser
• Testimony from a border activist
• Testimony on being a Good Samaritan
• Testimony about the border patrol
• Voice of the people
• Economic realities
• Testimony from a Central American farmer
• Testimony from a Euroamerican farmer
• Testimony from a rancher on the border
• Testimony from a U.S. day laborer
• Testimony from a labor organizer
• Demythologizing the immigration debate
• Testimony about detention
• Testimony from a U.S. resident
• Family values
• Testimony from a college-bound young adult
• Testimony about separated families
• Testimony about faith
• Postcard images on the trail
• Testimony from a community organization
• The politics of fear
• Testimony about ethnic discrimination
• Testimony from the African American community
• Testimony from the Tohono O'odham nation
• Christian perspectives
• A Catholic voice
• A mainline Protestant voice
• An evangelical voice
• A Latino liberationist voice
• Ethical responses
• The new sanctuary movement
• Civil initiative
• Testimony from a scholar-activist
• Timeline for legislation on Hispanic immigration.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

• 9781570757983
• 1570757984

OCLC:

319320812