The dispossessed a story of asylum at the US-Mexican border and beyond John Washington
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: London New York Verso 2020Description: xi, 334 Seiten 1 Illustration 22 cmContent type:- Text
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- Band
- 9781788734721
- 1788734726
- Immigration enforcement -- United States
- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 21st century
- Emigration and immigration
- Emigration and immigration ; Government policy
- Emigration and immigration ; Political aspects
- Immigration enforcement
- History
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 21st century
- El Salvador -- Emigration and immigration
- Mexico -- Emigration and immigration
- El Salvador
- Mexico
- United States
- USA
- Flüchtlingspolitik
- Asylrecht
- 325.73
- JV6483
- AAC
- MS 3600
- 89.94
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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single unit book | HAC Library - Holdings of the American Academy in Berlin HAC – 1st floor – Library Room – Open Stacks | R (Reference collection) | R:JV6483 .W37 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 2023-4516 |
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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