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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
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Description
This book offers a powerful account of four young Mexican women coming of age in Denver, two of whom have legal documentation, two of whom who don't, and the challenges they face as they attempt to pursue the American dream. Helen Thorpe tells the story of four high school students whose parents entered this country illegally from Mexico. All four of the girls have grown up in the United States, and all four want to live the American dream. As the...
Author
Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Traveling across the country, journalist Karla Cornejo Villavicencio risked arrest at every turn to report the extraordinary stories of her fellow undocumented Americans. Her subjects have every reason to be wary around reporters, but Cornejo Villavicencio has unmatched access to their stories. Her work culminates in a stunning, essential read for our times. Born in Ecuador and brought to the United States when she was five years old, Cornejo Villavicencio...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Unauthorized: Portraits of Latino Immigrants takes readers inside the diverse contemporary worlds of undocumented Latino immigrants in the United States, exploring the myths and realities of education, health care, work, deportation, and more. This book aims to dispel common misconceptions while introducing readers to real people behind the headlines. Chapters explore the myths and realities of topics including education, health care, work, deportation,...
Series
Institute briefs volume 7, issue 1
Publisher
Family and Youth Institute, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension and College of Applied Sciences
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Series
FYI. Income volume 28
Publisher
Colorado Department of Revenue, Taxpayer Service Division
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Series
FYI. Income volume 28
Publisher
Colorado Department of Revenue, Taxpayer Service Division
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2019, c2018.
Language
English
Description
"For Francisco Cantú the border is in the blood: his mother, a park ranger and daughter of a Mexican immigrant, raised him in the scrublands of the Southwest. Haunted by the landscape of his youth, Cantú joins the Border Patrol. He and his partners are posted to remote regions crisscrossed by drug routes and smuggling corridors, where they learn to track other humans under blistering sun and through frigid nights. They haul in the dead and...
Author
Series
Issue brief volume 06-04
Publisher
Colorado Legislative Council
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
This issue brief discusses the services that the state must provide to undocumented immigrants and the associated costs of these services, and describes legislation regarding immigration that was passed during the 2006 legislative session.
15) Patsy: a novel
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Jamaican woman leaves her daughter behind to immigrate to New York, where the happier life she expected is difficult to find as an undocumented worker.
20) Native speaker
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
1996. c1995
Language
English
Description
Henry Park is a perpetual outside looking at American culture from a distance. He has betrayed Korea and America and feels he belongs nowhere.