Articles liés à We Built the Wall: How the US Keeps Out Asylum Seekers...

We Built the Wall: How the US Keeps Out Asylum Seekers from Mexico, Central America and Beyond - Couverture rigide

Truax, Eileen

 
9781786632173: We Built the Wall: How the US Keeps Out Asylum Seekers from Mexico, Central America and Beyond
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1786632179 ISBN 13 : 9781786632173
Editeur : Verso Books, 2018

Synopsis

For decades, the American political asylum process has been used to punish enemies and reward friends of the US government. Refugees from Cuba can walk through an open door. People fleeing Eastern Europe have been judged very differently than those trying to escape persecution in 'friendly' but deeply violent states like Mexico, El Salvador, Colombia and Honduras. From a storefront law office in the US border city of El Paso, Texas, one man set out to challenge that system. Carlos Specter has filed hundreds of political asylum cases on behalf of human rights defenders, journalists, and political dissidents, and though his legal activism has only inched the process forward - 98% of refugees from Mexico are still denied asylum - his myriad legal cases and the media fallout from them has increasingly put US immigration policy, the corrupt state of Mexico, and the political basis of immigration, asylum, and deportation decisions-on the spot. We Built the Wall is an immersive, engrossing story of a new front in the immigration wars.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l'auteur

Originally from Mexico, Eileen Truax is a journalist and immigrant currently living in Los Angeles. She contributes regularly to Hoy Los Angeles and Unidos and writes for Latin American publications including Proceso, El Universal, and Gatopardo. Truax often speaks at colleges and universities about the Dreamer movement and immigration. She is the author of Dreamers: An Immigrant Generation's Fight for Their American Dream.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Verso Books
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1786632179
ISBN 13 
9781786632173
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
208
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Terminal Video
n.pederzini@terminaldistribuzione.com

Via Bruno Buozzi, 24/26,
Granarolo dell'Emilia BO,
Italie