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Everyone who is gone is here : the United States, Central America, and the making of a crisis / Jonathan Blitzer.

Author/creator Blitzer, Jonathan author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York : Penguin Press, [2024]
Copyright Notice ©2024
Descriptionxi, 523 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Portion of title United States, Central America, and the making of a crisis
Contents Part 1. The heart doctor ; The true identity of the people of God ; The general and his boots ; Spanish for Vietnam ; Something immigrant and hungry ; Pro bono coyotes ; We can't stop, but do we have any other choice? ; They don't even let you fuck in peace ; The Guatemalan solution ; The red bishop ; Living as long as the republic does ; Smugglers with a conscience ; Stepsister of the government ; The heart doctor speaks ; A park called pain ; Sanctuary goes to trial ; Nothing more permanent than a temporary immigrant ; The doctor and the general -- Part 2. Half anthropologist, half wannabe hood ; Gang wars ; La clínica del Pueblo ; Hispanics versus Blacks versus Whites ; War zones ; Operation blockade ; Above the rest ; The third rail of American politics ; Fast Eddie ; The sisters ; The trial ; Homieland ; The reformers -- Part 3. The voice of God ; Deporter in chief ; Border emergency ; Memory card ; Trump ; Killing fields ; Los nerds ; La pastora ; Stay at your own risk ; Do I have to come here injured or dead? ; The highlands at the border ; We need concrete information ; The caravan ; Solidarity 2000 ; Remain in Mexico ; Rewriting asylum -- Part 4. The heart doctor ; The Wuhan of the Americas ; Eddie and Juan ; Keldy ; Lucrecia ; Simply not who we are ; Home.
Abstract "An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the southern border that tells the story of the migrants forced to risk everything and the policy makers determining their fate"; Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 473-506) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Blitzer, Jonathan. Everyone who is gone is here New York : Penguin Press, 2024 9781984880819
Genre/formInformational works.
Genre/formIllustrated works.
Genre/formDocuments d'information.
Genre/formOuvrages illustrés.
LCCN 2023023980
ISBN9781984880802 (hardcover)
ISBN1984880802 (hardcover)
ISBN(electronic book)
Stock numberPenguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 SAN 201-3975

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