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No option but north : the migrant world and the perilous path across the border /

In the thick of Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016, and through the travel bans his administration issued in 2017, journalist Kelsey Freeman spent nine months interviewing Central American and Mexican migrants in a shelter in central Mexico, along the migrant path. No Option But North...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Freeman, Kelsey (Author)
Other Authors: Freeman, Tess (Photographer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : IG Publishing, [2020]
Subjects:
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy > 21st century.
Central America > Social conditions.
Central America > Emigration and immigration.
Mexico > Social conditions.
Mexico > Emigration and immigration.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Anecdotes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Por Necesidad
  • 1: Divided by Law
  • 2: La Violencia
  • 3: "Mis niños comen y visten"
  • Part Two: The Privilege to Cross the Border Legally
  • 4: Race, Class, and Nationality Matter
  • 5: The Complications of Asylum
  • Part Three: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Migration Sea
  • 6: La Bestia
  • 7: Polleros and Other Delincuentes
  • 8: The New Cartel Industry: Kidnapping
  • 9: Los Centroamericanos y la migra mexicana
  • Part Four: Because Power Matters
  • 10: Gender, Whiteness, and Privilege
  • 11: Chronicles of Post-election Days in Mexico
  • Part Five: Leaving the Shelter, Coming Home
  • 12: La Delincuencia on the Inside
  • Afterword: Corruption in All Corners, I Turn to Stories
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes.