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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
It is a story that many of us think we know but don't, and Erik Larson tells it thrillingly, switching between hunter and hunted while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progressive Era. Full of glamour and suspense, Dead Wake brings to life a cast of evocative characters, from famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat to pioneering female architect Theodate Pope to President Woodrow Wilson, a man lost to grief, dreading the...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Discusses the corruption in the U.S. asylum procedure and the despotism in the Mexican government.
Durante décadas ha operado una máquina anti inmigratoria del gobierno estadounidense en connivencia con el mexicano, cometiendo violaciones a los derechos humanos e incumpliendo los estatutos internacionales para brindar refugio. En un país que empezó teniendo perseguidos políticos desde el salinismo, hasta el masivo desplazamiento forzada a causa...
Author
Publisher
Norwood House Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Informational text uses a historical framework to discuss issues surrounding immigration. Sections include opinions from notable Americans on various sides of the issue followed by encouragement for readers to analyze each opinion"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
An award-winning author examines the history of American immigration--a critical topic in 21st century America--particularly those lesser-known stories of immigrants who were denied entrance into the States or detained for security reasons.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Imagine if every month the government deposited $1,000 into your bank account, with nothing expected in return. It sounds crazy. But it has become one of the most influential and hotly debated policy ideas of our time. Futurists, radicals, libertarians, socialists, union representatives, feminists, conservatives, Bernie supporters, development economists, child-care workers, welfare recipients, and politicians from India to Finland to Canada to Mexico--all...
Author
Language
English
Description
"I wrote this book because I love my country and I'm concerned about our future," writes Bill Clinton. "As I often said when I first ran for President in 1992, America at its core is an idea, the idea that no matter who you are or where you're from, if you work hard and play by the rules, you'll have the freedom and opportunity to pursue your own dreams and leave your kids a country where they can chase theirs."
President Bill Clinton gives us his...
Author
Publisher
Encounter Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In San Diego, not far from the gates of the fantasy world at Disneyland, tent cities line the freeways remind us of an ugly reality. Homeless individuals are slowing rail traVc between Sacramento and the Bay Area, and swarming subway trains in Los Angeles in search of a place to sleep when they're not languishing on Skid Row. Drug use among the homeless is plaguing communities, with discarded needles threatening children playing at public parks....
Publisher
Kino Lorber, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a migrant who found himself in the deadly stretch of the Sonora Desert known as "the corridor of death," and shows how one life becomes testimony to the tragic results of the U.S. war on immigration. As the real-life drama unfolds we see this John Doe, unidentifiable at his point of death, become a living and breathing human being with an important life story. Eventually, the authorities are able to identify the man as a 29 year-old...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Inside the hard-fought battles and secret negotiations over immigration reform on Capitol Hill. Explore President Obama's push for policy changes that could affect the fate of millions and define what it means to be American for decades to come.
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