Cross Cultural Solidarity

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Undocumented America: Books

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Leisy J. Abrego, Cecilia Menjívar, & Leah Schmalzbauer: Immigrant Families.

Leisy J. Abrego: Sacrificing Families: Navigating Laws, Labor, and Love Across Borders.

Abigail Leslie Andrews: Undocumented Politics Place, Gender, and the Pathways of Mexican Migrants.

David Bacon:

Sarah C. Bishop: Undocumented Storytellers: Narrating the Immigrant Rights Movement.

Noelle Kateri Brigden: The Migrant Passage: Clandestine Journeys from Central America.

Laura Briggs: Taking Children: A History of American Terror.

Alicia Schmidt Camacho: Migrant Imaginaries: Latino Cultural Politics in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands.

Francisco Cantú: The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border.

Leo Chavez: The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation.

Aviva Chomsky:

Loren Collingwood & Benjamin Gonzalez O’Brien: Sanctuary Cities: The Politics of Refuge.

Wayne A. Cornelius & Hillary S. Kosnac: One Step In and One Step Out: The Lived Experience of Immigrant Participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program.

Jason De Leon: The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail.

Joanna Dreby:

Jorge Durand, Nolan J. Malone, & Douglas S. Massey: Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration.

Kevin Escudero: Organizing While Undocumented: Immigrant Youth’s Political Activism under the Law.

Claire Fox: The Fence and the River: Culture and Politics at the U.S.-Mexico Border.

Paul Ganster & David E. Lorey: The U.S.-Mexico Border Today: Conflict and Cooperation in Historical Perspective.   

Angela S. García:Legal Passing: Navigating Undocumented Life and Local Immigration Law.

María Cristina García: Seeking Refuge: Central American Migration to Mexico, the United States, and Canada.

Roberto G. Gonzales: Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America.

Reyna Grande: The Distance Between Us: A Memoir.

Bill Ong Hing: Ethical Borders: NAFTA, Globalization, and Mexican Migration.

Z. Anthony Kruszewski, Tony Payan, & Kathleen Staudt: Human Rights along the U.S.–Mexico Border: Gendered Violence and Insecurity.

Catherine Lee: Fictive Kinship: Family Reunification and the Meaning of Race and Nation in American Immigration.

Jamie Longazel: Undocumented Fears: Immigration and the Politics of Divide and Conquer in Hazleton, Pennsylvania.

Alejandro Lugo: Fragmented Lives, Assembled Parts: Culture, Capitalism, and Conquest at the U.S.-Mexico Border.

Valeria Luiselli: Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions.

Daniel E. Martínez, Jeremy Slack, & Scott Whiteford: The Shadow of the Wall: Violence and Migration on the U.S.-Mexico Border.

Ana Raquel Minian: Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration.

Sonia Nazario: Enrique’s Journey: The Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother.

Walter J. Nicholls:

Benjamin Gonzalez O’Brien: Handcuffs and Chain Link: Criminalizing the Undocumented in America.

MartinezOscar:The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail.

A. K. Sandoval-Strausz: Barrio America: How Latino Immigrants Saved the American City.

Rebecca M. Schreiber: The Undocumented Everyday: Migrant Lives and the Politics of Visibility.

Alexis M. Silver: Shifting Boundaries: Immigrant Youth Negotiating National, State, and Small-Town Politics.

David Spener: Clandestine Crossings: Migrants and Coyotes on the Texas-Mexico Border.

Luis Alberto Urrea:

Jose Antonio Vargas: Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen.

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio: The Undocumented Americans.

Laura Wides-Muñoz: The Making of a Dream: How a group of young undocumented immigrants helped change what it means to be American.

Chris Zepeda-Millán: Latino Mass Mobilization: Immigration, Racialization, and Activism.