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Dying to Cross: The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History
On May 14, 2003, a familiar risk-filled journey, taken by hopeful Mexican immigrants attempting to illegally cross into the United States, took a tragic turn. Inside a sweltering truck abandoned in Texas, authorities found at least 74 people packed into a "human heap of desperation." After months of investigation, a 25-year-old Honduran-born woman named Karla Chavez was found responsible for leading the human trafficking cell that led to this grisly tragedy in which 19 people died.
Through interviews with survivors who had the courage to share their stories and conversations with the victims' families, and in examining the political implications of the incident for both U.S. and Mexican immigration policies, Jorge Ramos tells the story of one of the most heartbreaking episodes of our nation's turbulent history of immigration.
Book Details
- Publisher: Rayo
- Publish Date: Jun 13rd, 2006
- Pages: 208
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.02in - 5.30in - 0.51in - 0.35lb
- EAN: 9780060789459
- Categories: • United States - General• General• Emigration & Immigration
About the Author
Jorge Ramos has won eight Emmy Awards and the Maria Moors Cabot Award for excellence in journalism. He has been the anchorman for Univision News for the last twenty-one years and has appeared on NBC's Today, CNN's Talk Back Live, ABC's Nightline, CBS's Early Show, and Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor, among others. He is the bestselling author of No Borders: A Journalist's Search for Home and Dying to Cross. He lives in Florida.
Jorge Ramos ha sido el conductor de Noticiero Univision desde 1986. Ha ganado siete premios Emmy y el premio Maria Moors Cabot por excelencia en perio dismo otorgado por la Universidad de Columbia. Además ha sido invitado a varios de los más importantes programas de televisión como Nightline de ABC, Today Show de NBC, Larry King Live de CNN, The O'Reilly Factor de FOX News y Charlie Rose de PBS, entre otros. Es el autor bestseller de Atravesando Fronteras, La Ola Latina, La Otra Cara de América, Lo Que Vi y Morir en el Intento. Actualmente vive en Miami.
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What people are saying
The news that matters to US Latinos—in English. Y para leerlo en español: @UniNoticias.
OPINION: Nearly 20 years ago, Jorge Ramos wrote a book – 'Dying to Cross'– about the danger of #migrants being trapped in suffocating truck trailers. "I hoped this would never happen again. But I was wrong," @jorgeramosnews writes in his latest column. https://t.co/djjRY3LL9R
Editor in Chief @TexasTribune · Board Member @CJR @TexasLyceum @FreedomHouse @PulitzerPrizes
Essential excerpt from Jorge Ramos’s “Dying to Cross: The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History.” Next May 13 will be 20 years since 19 migrants died in a tractor-trailer in South Texas. A full generation + 4 presidents + no action from Congress. https://t.co/JfcQnZ67hh
Immigrant and journalist. Inmigrante, periodista, conductor del Noticiero Univision y Al Punto, y entrevistador de “Algo Personal” en ViX.
RT @NFAPResearch: The story is detailed in @jorgeramosnews book Dying to Cross: The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History https://t.co/xJ7Fimrm9z
What people are saying
The news that matters to US Latinos—in English. Y para leerlo en español: @UniNoticias.
OPINION: Nearly 20 years ago, Jorge Ramos wrote a book – 'Dying to Cross'– about the danger of #migrants being trapped in suffocating truck trailers. "I hoped this would never happen again. But I was wrong," @jorgeramosnews writes in his latest column. https://t.co/djjRY3LL9R
Editor in Chief @TexasTribune · Board Member @CJR @TexasLyceum @FreedomHouse @PulitzerPrizes
Essential excerpt from Jorge Ramos’s “Dying to Cross: The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History.” Next May 13 will be 20 years since 19 migrants died in a tractor-trailer in South Texas. A full generation + 4 presidents + no action from Congress. https://t.co/JfcQnZ67hh