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Hear my voice

the testimonies of children detained at the southern border of the United States
2021
"A moving picture book for older children and families that introduces a difficult topic, amplifying the voices and experiences of immigrant children detained at the border between Mexico and the US. The children's actual words (from publicly available court documents) are assembled to tell one heartbreaking story, in both English and Spanish (back to back). Each spread is illustrated in striking full-color by a different Latinx artist. A portion of sales will be donated to human rights organizations that work with children on the border"--Provided by publisher.

Family separation and the U.S.-Mexico border crisis

2020
"This volume provides an authoritative, evenhanded overview of the Trump administration's family separation and child detention policies at the U.S.-Mexico border--and the impact of those policies and actions on children, their parents, border security, and American politics"--Provided by publisher.

Frontline

President Obama's tough immigration enforcement
Examines President Obama's policies regarding illegal aliens and discusses immigrant detention and deportation in the United States.

No human is illegal

an attorney on the front lines of the immigration war
For author Mulligan Sep?lveda, the son and husband of Spanish-speaking immigrants, the battle for immigration reform is personal. Mulligan Sep?lveda writes of visiting border detention centers, defending undocumented immigrants in court, and taking his services to JFK to represent people being turned away at the gates during Trump's infamous travel ban.

American gulag

inside U.S. immigration prisons
2004
Presents an expose of the prison system run by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, revealing some of the abuses that reportedly have taken place in these facilities, and discussing how the prisons operate in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. in 2001.
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