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Voices of the Border

Testimonios of Migration, Deportation, and Asylum
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These powerful stories of migrants' experiences reveal the painful consequences of public policy Migrants, refugees, and deportees live through harrowing situations, yet their personal stories are often ignored. While politicians and commentators herald border crises, and speculate on these peoples' lives, the actual memories of migrants are rarely shared. In the tradition of oral storytelling, Voices of the Border recounts the stories migrants have told, offering a window into individual and shared experiences of crossing the United States-Mexico border. This collection emerged from interviews conducted by the members of the Kino Border Initiative (KBI), a Jesuit organization that provides humanitarian assistance and advocates for migrants. Based in Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora-twin border cities connected by shared histories, geographies, and cultures-the editors and their colleagues have documented migrants' testimonios. These personal narratives of lived experiences, presented in the original Spanish, with English translations, show us these individuals' strength and courage in the face of injustice. Chapter introductions-written by migrant advocates, humanitarian workers, religious leaders, and scholars-provide context. These powerful stories help readers better understand migrants' experiences, and consequences of public policy for their communities.
Tobin Hansen is an associate teaching professor of social science at the University of Oregon's Robert D. Clark Honors College and a cultural anthropologist who researches human population movements, state power, and social identities. He has been a volunteer at KBI since 2014. Maria Engracia Robles Robles is a Missionary Sister of the Eucharist and feedback coordinator at KBI. She is the author of Las ultimas seran las primeras: El discipulado de las mujeres en los Evangelios.
"These stories, by turns heartbreaking, infuriating and moving, will enable readers to see migrants in a new way, as they come to know them not simply as a political issue but as human beings with rich and complicated lives-like all of us. Open this book and encounter some contemporary parables. And then let your heart be opened."-James Martin, SJ, author, Jesus: A Pilgrimage and Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone
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