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Book Review - Land Of Open Graves by Jason De Leόn
I finished The Land of Open Graves: Living and
Dying on the Migrant Trail.
It was a gift from my friend Carolina,
creator of My (un)Documented Life blog. It was written by Jason De Leόn, an
anthropologist of Mexican descent, who spent 5 years in the field, in his journey
to complete this project. At its heart,
his work depicts the violence faced by border crossers “as they attempt to
enter the US without authorization by walking across the vast Sonoran desert of
Arizona”. Its focus is on the Prevention through Deterrence (PTD) policy
enacted in 1993.
The author explained that when the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was passed in 1994, the U.S. promised economic prosperity for Mexico if it would open up its ports of entry for inexpensive goods. Shortly thereafter, Mexico was abundant with U.S. subsidized corn that put millions of Mexican farmers out of work
Google gave me some background on NAFTA. Its purpose was to expand the flow of goods between Canada, US and Mexic…
The author explained that when the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was passed in 1994, the U.S. promised economic prosperity for Mexico if it would open up its ports of entry for inexpensive goods. Shortly thereafter, Mexico was abundant with U.S. subsidized corn that put millions of Mexican farmers out of work
Google gave me some background on NAFTA. Its purpose was to expand the flow of goods between Canada, US and Mexic…
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