- Emigration and immigration, Border security, Government policy, Immigration enforcement
"Anthropologist Jason De León sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time--the human consequences of US immigration policy. The Land of Open Graves reveals the suffering and death that take place daily in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona as thousands of undocumented migrants attempt to cross from Mexico into the United States.
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- Author
- Jason De León
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 371
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780520958685
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