Border Crossing Bureaucracy
October 30th, 2009 | Published in Synopsis
Most airline travelers know to watch what they say while negotiating cumbersome airport security. Even jokes can be taken seriously. But few people remember that a similar environment occurs at the border ports of entry. Mexican civil rights attorney Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson learned this the hard way when he was taken into protective custody simply for mentioning that the drug war in Mexico sometimes made him fearful for his life. Also, Story Corps Historias features two Latino political families: The Salazar Family of Colorado and the Grijalva Family of Arizona. And writer Jesse Katz’s little league baseball infused memoir, The Opposite Field.
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