mexican-american border region

Nataly and Consuelo, cheese plant workers in Lava Landing, California, try to find a way to cure Consuelo of her fear of public transportation and long car rides in order for the girls to take a trip to Mexico and do what needs to be done to free her recently deceased father from purgatory.

Discusses the economics, events, and customs that have shaped the history of the border between Mexico and the United States, and addresses many of the issues that surround the region.

Journalist and researcher Laufer helps to understand the background to the current state of Mexican immigration: the story of how the border has become a fraud, resulting in nothing more than the criminalization of Mexican and other migrants, the bloating of the mismanaged Immigration and Naturalization Service, the deterioration of living standards along the frontier, and the enrichment of American employers. Laufer argues for free movement across the border, ending a deadly charade that taunts and abuses workers the U.S. economy deperately needs, and making it easier for the U.S. to enforce restrictions against those people to whom it wants to deny entry.--From publisher description.

Study of how the U.S.-Mexico border and its culture have been portrayed in literature, art, and mass media.

Presents a comprehensive account of U.S. immigration and border enforcement through the life story of a young migrant who dies in the California desert.

An illustrated collection of poetry about the people who live along the border between the United States and Mexico. Presented in English and Spanish.

Argues that anti-immigration groups are racist; explores the history of violence against immigrants; and contends that the United States needs to adopt a pro-worker and pro-immigrant agenda.

Two young men, part of an expedition to patrol the Mexican border in the early days of the Republic of Texas, find their dreams of glory turning to a struggle for survival after they are taken prisoner and become pawns in an international showdown to decide the fate of Texas.