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The Worst Immigrant Tragedy In American History
Harper
June 2006
On Sale: June 1, 2006
208 pages
ISBN: 006078945X
EAN: 9780060789459
Kindle: B000VYX8RW
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Non-Fiction
On May 14, 2003, a familiar risk-filled journey, taken by
hopeful Mexican immigrants attempting to illegally cross
into the United States, took a tragic turn. Inside a
sweltering truck abandoned in Texas, authorities found at
least 74 people packed into a "human heap of desperation."
After months of investigation, a 25-year-old Honduran-born
woman named Karla Chavez was found responsible for leading
the human trafficking cell that led to this grisly tragedy
in which 19 people died. Through interviews with
survivors who had the courage to share their stories and
conversations with the victims' families, and in examining
the political implications of the incident for both U.S. and
Mexican immigration policies, Jorge Ramos tells the story of
one of the most heartbreaking episodes of our nation's
turbulent history of immigration.
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