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Author: Irma Noriega Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1588201597 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 321
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When Alexandra's mother dies and poverty becomes an everyday issue, Alexandra ventures into the United States of America as an illegal alien. During her journey, the indoctrination she received during her childhood by her father play a major role in determining her behavior in every social setting. However peculiar, the characters tat interact with her also behave in total compliance with their own unique childhood indoctrination. As the events unfold, Alexandra's life is not stable. It is composed every day, by acting on what is needed at any given moment for survival. Overall, the story portrays the steps taken by a teenage girl attempting to find acceptance and position in a hostile world. Without parental guidance or personal life planning, faith is the only strength she holds onto. With faith in God, she confronts and transcends a gamut of unexpected tragedies: single motherhood, racism, abortion, cultural prejudice, presupposed sex roles, abuse, discrimination, unemployment and other vicissitudes. Follow a true story of self-discovery, love and courage in the midst of suffering and bias. Her message: happiness is found within. It is not brought about by the environment in which one lives, but by the decision to interpret events that occur as lessons or failures. A story of passion, innocence, and a deep longing for love that never seemed to be there until---- This is a woman's history that became a miracle and the miracle became her---- I dare anyone to stop reading this intriguing and mesmerizing book and set it down. A must for anyone who's experienced a tragedy that shook the very foundation of the soul. READ IT and you'll experience sadness, anger, hatred, pity, happiness. You'll cry, laugh, ball your fists in anger but most of all you'll walk away with an extreme appreciation of the human spirit! ! ! Confessions of an Illegal Alien by Inna Noriega will definitely move you in more ways than one. Paul Benitez
Author: Irma Noriega Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1588201597 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 321
Book Description
When Alexandra's mother dies and poverty becomes an everyday issue, Alexandra ventures into the United States of America as an illegal alien. During her journey, the indoctrination she received during her childhood by her father play a major role in determining her behavior in every social setting. However peculiar, the characters tat interact with her also behave in total compliance with their own unique childhood indoctrination. As the events unfold, Alexandra's life is not stable. It is composed every day, by acting on what is needed at any given moment for survival. Overall, the story portrays the steps taken by a teenage girl attempting to find acceptance and position in a hostile world. Without parental guidance or personal life planning, faith is the only strength she holds onto. With faith in God, she confronts and transcends a gamut of unexpected tragedies: single motherhood, racism, abortion, cultural prejudice, presupposed sex roles, abuse, discrimination, unemployment and other vicissitudes. Follow a true story of self-discovery, love and courage in the midst of suffering and bias. Her message: happiness is found within. It is not brought about by the environment in which one lives, but by the decision to interpret events that occur as lessons or failures. A story of passion, innocence, and a deep longing for love that never seemed to be there until---- This is a woman's history that became a miracle and the miracle became her---- I dare anyone to stop reading this intriguing and mesmerizing book and set it down. A must for anyone who's experienced a tragedy that shook the very foundation of the soul. READ IT and you'll experience sadness, anger, hatred, pity, happiness. You'll cry, laugh, ball your fists in anger but most of all you'll walk away with an extreme appreciation of the human spirit! ! ! Confessions of an Illegal Alien by Inna Noriega will definitely move you in more ways than one. Paul Benitez
Author: Jose Angel N. Publisher: University of Illinois Press ISBN: 0252096185 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 137
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A day after José Ángel N. first crossed the United States border from Mexico, he was caught and then released onto the streets of Tijuana. Undeterred, N. crawled back through a tunnel to San Diego, where he entered the United States to stay. Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant is his timely and compelling memoir of building a new life in America. Arriving in the 1990s with a ninth grade education, N. traveled to Chicago where he found access to ESL and GED classes. He eventually attended college and graduate school and became a professional translator. Despite having a well-paying job, N. was isolated by a lack of legal documentation. Travel concerns made promotions impossible. The simple act of purchasing his girlfriend a beer at a Cubs baseball game caused embarrassment and shame when N. couldn't produce a valid ID. A frustrating contradiction, N. lived in a luxury high-rise condo but couldn't fully live the American dream. He did, however, find solace in the one gift America gave him–-his education. Ultimately, N.'s is the story of the triumph of education over adversity. In Illegal, he debunks the stereotype that undocumented immigrants are freeloaders without access to education or opportunity for advancement. With bravery and honesty, N. details the constraints, deceptions, and humiliations that characterize alien life "amid the shadows."
Author: Mae M. Ngai Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 1400850231 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 411
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This book traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in U.S. immigration policy—a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the twentieth century. Mae Ngai offers a close reading of the legal regime of restriction that commenced in the 1920s—its statutory architecture, judicial genealogies, administrative enforcement, differential treatment of European and non-European migrants, and long-term effects. She shows that immigration restriction, particularly national-origin and numerical quotas, remapped America both by creating new categories of racial difference and by emphasizing as never before the nation's contiguous land borders and their patrol. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.
Author: Diane Guerrero Publisher: Henry Holt Books For Young Readers ISBN: 1250134862 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 257
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"The star of Orange Is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, Diane Guerrero presents her personal story in this middle grade memoir about her parents' deportation and the nightmarish struggles of undocumented immigrants and their American children"--
Author: John Perkins Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers ISBN: 1576755126 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 430
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Perkins, a former chief economist at a Boston strategic-consulting firm, confesses he was an "economic hit man" for 10 years, helping U.S. intelligence agencies and multinationals cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to American business.
Author: Jose Antonio Vargas Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0062851365 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 209
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THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER “This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American.” —Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow “l cried reading this book, realizing more fully what my parents endured.” —Amy Tan, New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and Where the Past Begins “This book couldn’t be more timely and more necessary.” —Dave Eggers, New York Times bestselling author of What Is the What and The Monk of Mokha Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, called “the most famous undocumented immigrant in America,” tackles one of the defining issues of our time in this explosive and deeply personal call to arms. “This is not a book about the politics of immigration. This book––at its core––is not about immigration at all. This book is about homelessness, not in a traditional sense, but in the unsettled, unmoored psychological state that undocumented immigrants like myself find ourselves in. This book is about lying and being forced to lie to get by; about passing as an American and as a contributing citizen; about families, keeping them together, and having to make new ones when you can’t. This book is about constantly hiding from the government and, in the process, hiding from ourselves. This book is about what it means to not have a home. After 25 years of living illegally in a country that does not consider me one of its own, this book is the closest thing I have to freedom.” —Jose Antonio Vargas, from Dear America
Author: Roger Daniels Publisher: Macmillan + ORM ISBN: 1466806850 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 337
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As renowned historian Roger Daniels shows in this brilliant new work, America's inconsistent, often illogical, and always cumbersome immigration policy has profoundly affected our recent past. The federal government's efforts to pick and choose among the multitude of immigrants seeking to enter the United States began with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Conceived in ignorance and falsely presented to the public, it had undreamt of consequences, and this pattern has been rarely deviated from since. Immigration policy in Daniels' skilled hands shows Americans at their best and worst, from the nativist violence that forced Theodore Roosevelt's 1907 "gentlemen's agreement" with Japan to the generous refugee policies adopted after World War Two and throughout the Cold War. And in a conclusion drawn from today's headlines, Daniels makes clear how far ignorance, partisan politics, and unintended consequences have overtaken immigration policy during the current administration's War on Terror. Irreverent, deeply informed, and authoritative, Guarding the Golden Door presents an unforgettable interpretation of modern American history.
Author: Madeline Y. Hsu Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 1400866375 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 353
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Conventionally, US immigration history has been understood through the lens of restriction and those who have been barred from getting in. In contrast, The Good Immigrants considers immigration from the perspective of Chinese elites—intellectuals, businessmen, and students—who gained entrance because of immigration exemptions. Exploring a century of Chinese migrations, Madeline Hsu looks at how the model minority characteristics of many Asian Americans resulted from US policies that screened for those with the highest credentials in the most employable fields, enhancing American economic competitiveness. The earliest US immigration restrictions targeted Chinese people but exempted students as well as individuals who might extend America's influence in China. Western-educated Chinese such as Madame Chiang Kai-shek became symbols of the US impact on China, even as they patriotically advocated for China's modernization. World War II and the rise of communism transformed Chinese students abroad into refugees, and the Cold War magnified the importance of their talent and training. As a result, Congress legislated piecemeal legal measures to enable Chinese of good standing with professional skills to become citizens. Pressures mounted to reform American discriminatory immigration laws, culminating with the 1965 Immigration Act. Filled with narratives featuring such renowned Chinese immigrants as I. M. Pei, The Good Immigrants examines the shifts in immigration laws and perceptions of cultural traits that enabled Asians to remain in the United States as exemplary, productive Americans.
Author: Irma Noriega
Author: Irma Noriega
Author: Ray Monroe
Author: Jose Angel N.
Author: Mae M. Ngai
Author: Robert W. Heimburger
Author: Diane Guerrero
Author: John Perkins
Author: Jose Antonio Vargas
Author: Roger Daniels
Author: Madeline Y. Hsu