| Illegal: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone Contributor(s): Sterling, Terry (Author) |
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ISBN: 1599218615 ISBN-13: 9781599218618 Publisher: Lyons Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 364.137 |
| LCCN: 2010513242 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.65 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Arizona - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Cultural Region - Mexican - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From a deadly border to America's kidnapping capital--the secret lives at the heart of the immigration controversy Arizona's violent border is the busiest gateway for illegal immigration in America, making Arizona Ground Zero for the immigration debate. No state is as hostile to the undocumented, and no city is as unwelcoming as Phoenix. Yet Phoenix is home to thousands who live in the shadows, where civil rights are neglected and lives are lost. Illegal sheds light on the invisible immigrants who persevere despite kidnappings and drug wars, an ongoing recession, and laws barring them from working, learning, and driving. By profiling these undocumented people, and those--like notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio--who persecute them, author Terry Greene Sterling courageously reveals the changing face of immigration in America and gives new insight into a divisive national crisis. |
