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Showdown in the Sonoran Desert : religion, law, and the immigration controversy /

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This text offers reflections on a daunting and controversial ethical question: How should we treat the strangers who enter this country illegally? To understand the experience of those directly confronted by this problem, Rose travelled to the Sonoran desert at the border between the US and Mexico.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rose, Ananda
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
United States > Emigration and immigration > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Emigration and immigration > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Immigrants > Civil rights > United States.
Noncitizens > United States.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Mexican-American Border Region > Emigration and immigration.
Illegal immigration > United States.
Émigration et immigration > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Immigrants clandestins > États-Unis.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Émigration et immigration.
Immigration clandestine > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Illegal immigration
Emigration and immigration
Emigration and immigration > Government policy
Emigration and immigration > Religious aspects > Christianity
Noncitizens
Immigrants > Civil rights
North America > Mexican-American Border Region
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This text offers reflections on a daunting and controversial ethical question: How should we treat the strangers who enter this country illegally? To understand the experience of those directly confronted by this problem, Rose travelled to the Sonoran desert at the border between the US and Mexico.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 186 pages) : map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199890941
0199890943
9780199949793
0199949794