Immigration in America: Asylum, Borders, and Conflicts
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Danielle Smith-Llera
Danielle Smith-Llera grew up in coastal Virginia, hearing unforgettable tales about her Mexican and Irish ancestors. She first moved overseas to teach in international schools in Hungary and Brazil. Life in the U.S. Foreign Service has taken her around the world to live in India, Jamaica, Romania, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Washington, DC. She loves sharing stories—fiction, nonfiction, and a mixture of both—in classrooms, museum exhibits, and, of course, books.
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Immigration in America - Danielle Smith-Llera
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Chapter One: Hatred in Plain Sight
Chapter Two: Hope and Struggle
Chapter Three: New Americans
Chapter Four: Close the Borders?
Chapter Five: Open the Borders?
Chapter Six: Confusion at the Border
Get Involved
Glossary
Additional Resources
Source Notes
Select Bibliography
About the Author
Index
Copyright
Back Cover
HATRED IN PLAIN SIGHT
Cactus plants rise out of the dry earth of the southern Arizona desert. Summer temperatures can reach 125 degrees Fahrenheit (52 degrees Celsius). Winter temperatures can drop below freezing at night. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found 14-year-old Marco there alone in January 2019. They asked if he was thirsty, hungry, or afraid. The boy told them he had traveled by car and bus more than 2,000 miles (3,219 kilometers) from his home country of Guatemala. He hoped to live in Kentucky where his brother had settled. But he did not have permission to cross the border onto U.S. soil.
The southern border the U.S. shares with Mexico is 1,900 miles (3,058 km) long. The 4,000-mile (6,437 km) northern border with Canada is the longest barrier between countries in the world. Fences can mark these borders. Bodies of water such as the Rio Grande or the Great Lakes can too. Sometimes only a sign identifies the border. But often nothing marks the line between two nations in southern deserts and northern forests.
Marco (in black jacket) is one of many teenagers who have fled their troubled home countries. As have immigrants in times past, these teens hope to find a better life in the U.S.
Dangerous terrain frightens people attempting to cross without documents. But customs officers can be frightening too. They wear bulletproof vests and carry weapons. They patrol the borders on horseback, jet skis, in off-road vehicles, helicopters, and planes. They follow people’s tracks through snow, mud, and sand. They learn to speak Spanish to find out people’s stories and how they arrived at the U.S. border.
FACT
Undocumented immigrants have been called illegal immigrants or simply illegals. The word illegal is often considered offensive, as the word can describe actions, but not human beings. Human beings are neither legal nor illegal.
Easy Crossing
The largest border crossing in the U.S. is located near San Diego, California. It is also one of the busiest in the world. Almost 95,000 people cross into the U.S. from Mexico at the San Ysidro port of entry every day. They travel by car—or by foot—along a wide pedestrian walkway built by the U.S. government. Everyone must show CBP officers important documents. They must prove they have permission to enter the U.S. by land, air, or sea. CBP officers admit more than 1 million visitors through about 300 ports of entry every day.
People sometimes wait for hours to cross the border from Mexico into California.
Anyone crossing the border must have a passport. It is created in a person’s home country. It includes a person’s full name, age, gender, and place of birth. With this information, U.S. border officials can check computer records. Someone who has committed crimes may be barred from crossing into the U.S. Border officials also check these databases to see if travelers may be dangerous. They may be