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If you are an American citizen, especially if you came to this country via birth to two American citizens, and especially if you live in a state that is removed from the Mexican-American border, it may be easy for you to contemplate those who are coming to America via illegal means as characterized by our current president during his election campaign: "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have
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Although this is not a book that one actually 'likes' because of its content, I am glad I read it. I work with immigrants, teaching English to adults, and I am just horrified with what is happening not only at our borders, but all over our land. The people I work with are wonderful, harder-working than many people born here (at least in my county) and willing to do jobs nobody else wants, and who just want a peaceful life. I have seen some of them who even have their papers in order be harassed
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A young man graduates from college where his major was international relations and where he developed an interest in border politics and joins the border patrol. He discovers that life isn’t fair, that decent people get hurt, and that bad guys often do win. He also finds out that killing and endangering lives is a part of law enforcement work and that law enforcement jobs are not for everyone.
The author then quits the border patrol and begins to virtue signal about helping a nice man wi ...more
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