La Migra Me Hizo los Mandados (Spanish Edition)

La Migra Me Hizo los Mandados (Spanish Edition)

Radio personality Alicia Alarcon invited listeners who had migrated to the United States to call and share their stories. These pages highlight the experience of immigrants from all over South and Central America who decide to leave their respective homelands. These difficult and gritty stories are the stories of the successful, the ones who make it across, past the natural and the bureaucratic obstacles along the border, only to scratch together lives on the other side. "This wonderful firsthand description of the immigration experience is recommended for public and academic libraries and bookstores." These intriguing but heartbreaking passages reveal young and old, men and women, who must overcome the impossible as they hope to find a better place than the one they've left behind. These difficult and gritty stories are the stories of the successful, the ones who make it across, past the natural and the bureaucratic obstacles along the border, only to scratch together lives on the other side. ALICIA ALARCÓN was born in Jocotepec, Jalisco, Mexico. Her parents moved their large family to Mexicali, on the border to the United States, to provide a better living for their children. She has been a journalist for La Opinión, Univisión, and CNN Radio in Los Angeles. She currently hosts a program on Radio Única 1580 AM in Los Angeles. Used Book in Good Condition