Title Crossing with the Virgin : stories from the migrant trail / Kathryn Ferguson, Norma A. Price, and Ted Parks ; with forewords by Claudia Aburto Guzmán and John M. Fife

Published Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 212 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Claudia Aburto Guzmán -- Foreword -- Rev. John M. Fife -- Discovering the Migrant Trail -- Volunteer -- Ted Parks -- First Samaritan Patrol -- Norma Price -- It�s Personal -- Kathryn Ferguson -- Stories from the Migrant Trail -- Story One -- Norma -- Story Two -- Kathryn -- Story Three -- Norma -- Story Four -- Kathryn -- Story Five -- Ted -- Story Six -- Kathryn -- Story Seven -- Norma -- Story Eight -- Kathryn -- Story Nine -- Ted -- Story Ten -- Ted -- Norma -- Story Eleven Story TwelveStory Thirteen -- Story Fourteen -- Ted -- Story Fifteen -- Story Sixteen -- Story Seventeen -- Kathryn -- Story Eighteen -- Story Nineteen -- Story Twenty -- Story Twenty-one -- Story Twenty-two -- Ted -- Story Twenty-three -- Story Twenty-four -- Story Twenty-five -- Norma -- Story Twenty-six -- Story Twenty-seven -- Story Twenty-eight -- Story Twenty-nine -- Kathryn -- Story Thirty -- Story Thirty-one -- Story Thirty-two -- Story Thirty-three -- Norma -- Story Thirty-four -- Story Thirty-five -- Story Thirty-six TedStory Thirty-seven -- Story Thirty-eight -- Story Thirty-nine -- Homage -- Kathryn -- Epilogue -- Further Reading and Resources Summary Over the past ten years, more than 4,000 people have died while crossing the Arizona desert to find jobs, join families, or start new lives. Other migrants tell of the corpses they pass--bodies that are never recovered or counted.<br /><br /> Crossing With the Virgin collects stories heard from migrants about these treacherous treks--firsthand accounts told to volunteers for the Samaritans, a humanitarian group that seeks to prevent such unnecessary deaths by providing these travelers with medical aid, water, and food. Other books have dealt with border crossing; this is the first to share stories of immigrant suffering at its worst told by migrants encountered on desert trails.<br /><br />The Samaritans write about their encounters to show what takes place on a daily basis along the border: confrontations with Border Patrol agents at checkpoints reminiscent of wartime; children who die in their parents' desperate bid to reunite families; migrants terrorized by bandits; and hovering ghost-like above nearly every crossing, the ever-present threat of death.<br /><br />These thirty-nine stories are about the migrants, but they also tell how each individual author became involved with this work. As such, they offer not only a window into the migrants' plight but also a look at the challenges faced by volunteers in sometimes compromising situations--and at their own humanizing process.<br /><br /> Crossing With the Virgin raises important questions about underlying assumptions and basic operations of border enforcement, helping readers see past political positions to view migrants as human beings. It will touch your heart as surely as it reassures you that there are people who still care about their fellow man Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Subject Humanitarian assistance -- Mexican-American Border Region Border crossing -- Mexican-American Border Region Noncitizens -- Mexican-American Border Region Illegal immigration -- Mexican-American Border Region SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Noncitizens Illegal immigration Border crossing Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects Humanitarian assistance SUBJECT United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects Subject Mexico North America -- Mexican-American Border Region United States Form Electronic book Author Price, Norma A., 1942- Parks, Ted, 1955- ISBN 9780816521210 0816521212

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