No Option But North: The Migrant World and the Perilous Path Across the Border

Freeman, Kelsey

ISBN 10: 1632460971 / ISBN 13: 9781632460974

Edité par Ig Publishing, 2020

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N° de réf. du vendeur 1632460971-3-31985469

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• Titre: No Option But North: The Migrant World and the Perilous Path Across the Border
• Éditeur: Ig Publishing
• Date de parution: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1632460971
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781632460974
• Reliure: paperback
• État de l'article: Good
• Poids: 10 onces

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Synopsis

No issue has loomed larger since the election of Donald Trump than Mexican immigration. Despite the massive attention placed on the topic, few in the U.S. know what it's truly like to live on the other side of the Southern border. In the thick of the Trump candidacy in 2016, and through the travel bans his administration issued in 2017, journalist Kelsey Freeman lived in a small, industrial town in central Mexico, located along a migration pathway. There, she interviewed countless migrants who were fleeing poverty and violence at home only to become exceedingly vulnerable as they headed north toward the U.S. border. 'Migrar es sufrir,' was a common refrain among the migrants Freeman encountered. Migrating is suffering. No Option but North interweaves these harrowing and heart-breaking migrant stories with anecdotes from Freeman's experiences in Mexico to explore what it means to be a migrant in today's world. A timely chronicle of contemporary migration from Central America and Mexico, this powerful book exposes the fundamental moral quandaries that migrants face - from fleeing the expanding gang violence in Mexico and Central America to the increasingly hostile policies of the U.S. Through the empathetic voice of a young journalist immersed in a complex world, No Option but North peels back the layers of privilege underlying migration, rigorously analyses the political issues at stake, and ultimately adds powerful colour and force to the current immigration narrative.

À propos de l?auteur

Kelsey Freeman is a writer and educator most passionate about immigration policy, indigenous rights, social justice, and public policy. Her work focuses on the effects that policies have on specific communities, particularly migrant and Indigenous groups. Kelsey graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin College. After graduation, she received a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English and study migration in central Mexico. While volunteering at a local migrant shelter, and in the course of her time in Mexico, she conducted numerous in-depth interviews with migrants from across Central America and Mexico which formed the backbone of her book, No Option But North. Kelsey also talked with numerous leaders, teachers and everyday citizens and gained their diverse perspectives about the realities of the migratory cycle. Kelsey currently lives in Bend, Oregon, where she runs a college-readiness program for Native American high school students at Central Oregon Community College.