Voices of the border : testimonios of migration, deportation, and asylum / edited by Tobin Hansen and María Engracia Robles Robles, ME ; translated by David Hill and Sathya Honey Vicoria ; foreowrd by Sean Carroll, SJ.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hansen, Tobin, editor.

Robles Robles, María Engracia, editor.

Hill, David (Translator), translator.

Honey, Sathya, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Mexican-American Border Region.

Immigrants.

Refugees--Mexican-American Border Region.

Refugees.

Deportees--Mexican-American Border Region.

Deportees.

Mexicans--Mexican-American Border Region.

Mexicans.

Central Americans--Mexican-American Border Region.

Central Americans.

Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions--21st century.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Social conditions.

North America--Mexican-American Border Region.

Physical Description:

xxii, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Migrants, refugees and deportees live through harrowing situations, yet not much is widely known about their experiences. Politicians and commentators mischaracterize and demonize, herald border crises, and speculate about who people are and how they live. This book reflects a desire to communicate their perspectives and experiences. Each one of them goes through the emotional and psychological intensity of alternating motion and stillness. They live through this cycle, and then relive it again and again through memory. Yet these memories are rarely shared. This book emerged as a collaboration between people affiliated-via professional, vocational, religious, and humanitarian commitments, all deeply personal-with the Kino Border Initiative (KBI), a Jesuit-run migration advocacy organization based in Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora. KBI runs several programs in Mexico and the United States, especially in Nogales, Sonora, by providing services, such as meals, health care, and political and economic aid, to migrants, deportees, and refugees. This book is envisioned as a resource for those who seek to understand the stories of migrants , as well as the cycles of migration, deportation, and political asylum; the public policies that act upon them; and the consequences of these dynamics. This book is not intended to be a scholarly examination of the migrant crisis. Rather, it is an important collection of the first-hand experience of migrants and a tribute to the work of the staff and volunteers at the Kino Border Initiative"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Testimonios From Nogales / Tobin Hansen

2. Wealth Inequality And Migration / Tobin Hansen

3. Violence And Maras / Jorge A. Andrade Galindo

4. Gendered Violence / Cecilia Guadalupe Espinosa Martinez

5. Separated From Family / Me

6. Clandestine Border Crossings / David Hill

7. Abuses By Government / Joanna Williams

8. Mexico As The New Southern Us Border / Jorge A. Andrade Galindo

9. Deporting Through Crime And Race / Tobin Hansen

10. Deported From Home / Tobin Hansen

11. Dismantling Access To Asylum / Joanna Williams

12. Spiritual Life / Samuel Lozano De Los Santos

13. Valuing Voices / Tobin Hansen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781647120849

1647120845

OCLC:

1226073642