9781788734721-1788734726-The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum and the US-Mexican Border and Beyond

The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum and the US-Mexican Border and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9781788734721
ISBN-10: 1788734726
Author: John Washington
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Verso
Format: Hardcover 352 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781788734721
ISBN-10: 1788734726
Author: John Washington
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Verso
Format: Hardcover 352 pages

Summary

The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum and the US-Mexican Border and Beyond (ISBN-13: 9781788734721 and ISBN-10: 1788734726), written by authors John Washington, was published by Verso in 2020. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other Central America (Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum and the US-Mexican Border and Beyond (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Central America books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.82.

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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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