false 39608 0805049088 9780805049084 3 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169300440m/39608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39608.Crossing_Over_A_Mexican_Family_on_the_Migrant_Trail 21656 Ruben Martinez 145 33 5 0 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Apr 26 21:40:23 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 26 22:14:24 -0700 2007
In the second half of the book, Martinez visits many of the families from this small Mexican town at their US residences. He describes the trouble they have finding a place in communities that aren't very welcoming. It is interesting that many families who exist near the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder in the United States are considered wealthy when they return to their communities of origin.

In all, this is a fantastic book. It certainly doesn't tell the whole story of migration between Mexico and the United States, but it tells an important part. ]]>