TY  - BOOK
AU  - Washington,John
TI  - The dispossessed: a story of asylum at the US-Mexican border and beyond
SN  - 9781788734721
AV  - JV6483 
U1  - 325.73 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Verso
KW  - Immigration enforcement
KW  - United States
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Emigration and immigration ; Government policy
KW  - Emigration and immigration ; Political aspects
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - El Salvador
KW  - Mexico
N2  - The author relates the experiences of Arnovis, a 24-year-old Salvadoran man in search of asylum, to illustrate the current context and discussion of human migration into the United States, as well as other Western nations; "The first comprehensive, in-depth book on the Trump administration's assault on asylum protections. Arnovis couldn't stay in El Salvador. If he didn't leave, a local gangster promised that his family would dress in mourning--that he would wake up with flies in his mouth. "It was like a bomb exploded in my life," Arnovis said.The Dispossessed tells the story of a twenty-four-year-old Salvadoran man, Arnovis, whose family's search for safety shows how the United States--in concert with other Western nations--has gutted asylum protections for the world's most vulnerable. Crisscrossing the border and Central America, John Washington traces one man's quest for asylum. Arnovis is separated from his daughter by US Border Patrol agents and struggles to find security after being repeatedly deported to a gang-ruled community in El Salvador, traumatic experiences relayed by Washington with vivid intensity. Adding historical, literary, and current political context to the discussion of migration today, Washington tells the history of asylum law and practice through ages to the present day. Packed with information and reflection, The Dispossessed is more than a human portrait of those who cross borders--it is an urgent and persuasive case for sharing the country we call home." --
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