Why Immigrants Come to America: Braceros, Indocumentados, and the Migra

by Robert Joe Stout

Book Overview

Stout plunges the reader into the social and political upheaval that the immigration question exerts on 21st century America. Personal encounters, conversations, interviews and newspaper accounts provide a vivid and accurate picture of indocumentado life, both in the workplace and at home. They highlight the successes and failures of immigrants, as well as the challenges and contradictions that those who pursue them and deport them face. He chronicles...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313348308
• ISBN13: 9780313348303
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.4"