04269nam 2200697Ia 450 991080974750332120200520144314.012991917110816521212(CKB)2550000000101422(OCoLC)797834449(CaPaEBR)ebrary10563892(SSID)ssj0000655152(PQKBManifestationID)11940438(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655152(PQKBWorkID)10595974(PQKB)10406620(MiAaPQ)EBC3411756(MdBmJHUP)muse19878(Au-PeEL)EBL3411756(CaPaEBR)ebr10563892(CaONFJC)MIL450421(OCoLC)923438263(EXLCZ)99255000000010142220090820d2010 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCrossing with the Virgin stories from the migrant trail /Kathryn Ferguson, Norma A. Price, and Ted Parks ; with forewords by Claudia Aburto Guzman and John M. Fife1st ed.Tucson University of Arizona Pressc20101 online resource (239 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0816528543 Includes bibliographical references.Foreword - Claudia Aburto Guzmán -- Foreword - Rev. John M. Fife -- Discovering the Migrant Trail -- Stories from the Migrant Trail -- Norma -- Ted -- Kathryn -- Ted -- Norma -- Kathryn -- Norma -- Ted -- Homage - Kathryn -- Epilogue"Over the past ten years, more than 4,000 people have died while crossing the Arizona desert to find jobs, join families, or start new lives. Other migrants tell of the corpses they pass--bodies that are never recovered or counted. Crossing With the Virgin collects stories heard from migrants about these treacherous treks--firsthand accounts told to volunteers for the Samaritans, a humanitarian group that seeks to prevent such unnecessary deaths by providing these travelers with medical aid, water, and food. Other books have dealt with border crossing; this is the first to share stories of immigrant suffering at its worst told by migrants encountered on desert trails. The Samaritans write about their encounters to show what takes place on a daily basis along the border: confrontations with Border Patrol agents at checkpoints reminiscent of wartime; children who die in their parents' desperate bid to reunite families; migrants terrorized by bandits; and hovering ghost-like above nearly every crossing, the ever-present threat of death. These thirty-nine stories are about the migrants, but they also tell how each individual author became involved with this work. As such, they offer not only a window into the migrants' plight but also a look at the challenges faced by volunteers in sometimes compromising situations--and at their own humanizing process. Crossing With the Virgin raises important questions about underlying assumptions and basic operations of border enforcement, helping readers see past political positions to view migrants as human beings. It will touch your heart as surely as it reassures you that there are people who still care about their fellow man."- from eBook CentralNoncitizensMexican-American Border RegionHumanitarian assistanceMexican-American Border RegionBorder crossingMexican-American Border RegionIllegal immigrationMexican-American Border RegionUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationSocial aspectsMexicoEmigration and immigrationSocial aspectsNoncitizensHumanitarian assistanceBorder crossingIllegal immigration304.8/730720922Ferguson Kathryn1711155Price Norma A.1942-1711156Parks Ted1955-1711157MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809747503321Crossing with the Virgin4102275UNINA$63.0004/13/2016Soc