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Illegal: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone

Terry Greene Sterling enters the fearful ghettoes of Arizona, the gateway for nearly half of the nation's undocumented immigrants and the state that is the least welcoming toward them, to tell the stories of the men, women, and children who have crossed the border.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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