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Also by Jorge Ramos:

Take A Stand, March 2018
Trade Size / e-Book
Take a Stand, March 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
A Country for All, July 2010
Paperback
The Gift of Time, June 2008
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Dying To Cross, June 2006
Paperback / e-Book
The Latino Wave, April 2005
Trade Size (reprint)
The Other Face of America, April 2003
Trade Size (reprint)

DYING TO CROSS
By: Jorge Ramos

The Worst Immigrant Tragedy In American History

Harper
June 2006
On Sale: June 1, 2006
208 pages
ISBN: 006078945X
EAN: 9780060789459
Kindle: B000VYX8RW
Paperback / e-Book
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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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Daily Show with Jon Stewart - December 5, 2013