Wow, this is a powerful book. Cantu becomes a Border Patrol agent on the US-Mexico border, in part to try to understand the big picture of immigration. He had studied international relations and thought this might give him a glimpse into the issues. He followed the system rules, doing the job to his best ability, but after several years it wore him down. Later, while working at another job, he makes a new friend who is an undocumented worker. The struggles of this friend give Cantu a different perspective on the issue and a deeper and sobering understanding of the system and its ramifications.
There is a lot of food for thought in this book. Some of the descriptions of the violence that takes place in Mexico had me feeling agitated. And it also shed more light on the reasons people so desperately want to leave Mexico and other countries in Latin America.
I wish we could FIX our terrible immigration policies. People are stuck in a system that hurts them in all directions.
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