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THE LAND OF OPEN GRAVES living and dying on the migrant trail Jason De León With photographs by Michael Wells university of california press WhiteHouse.go A Dedecatrd to discovering and sharing knowledge and creative visiin, authorea and schlarn this imert to perpetuate scholarship od the Schollordhip is to be creates...by awevking -Ralph Ealdo Emerson Te publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Authors Imprint Endowment Fund of the University of California Press Foundation, which was established to support exceptional scholarship by frst-time authors. THE LAND OF OPEN GRAVES california series in public anthropology Te California Series in Public Anthropology emphasizes the anthropologist’s role as an engaged intellectual. It continues anthropology’s commitment to being an ethnographic witness, to describing, in human terms, how life is lived beyond the borders of many readers’ experiences. But it also adds a commitment, through ethnography, to reframing the terms of public debate—transforming received, accepted understandings of social issues with new insights, new framings. Series Editor: Robert Borofsky (Hawaii Pacifc University) Contributing Editors: Philippe Bourgois (University of Pennsylvania), Paul Farmer (Partners In Health), Alex Hinton (Rutgers University), Carolyn Nordstrom (University of Notre Dame), and Nancy Scheper-Hughes (UC Berkeley) University of California Press Editor: Naomi Schneider THE LAND OF OPEN GRAVES living and dying on the migrant trail Jason De León With photographs by Michael Wells university of california press University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Oakland, California © 2015 by Te Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data De León, Jason, 1977– author. Te land of open graves : living and dying on the migrant trail / Jason De León ; with photographs by Michael Wells. pages cm.— (California series in public anthropology ; 36) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-520-28274-2 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-520-28275-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-520-95868-5 (ebook) 1. Immigration enforcement—Social aspects—Arizona. 2. Immigration enforcement—Social aspects—Mexican- American Border Region. 3. Border security—Social aspects—Arizona. 4. Border security—Social aspects— Mexican-American Border Region. 5. Mexico—Emigration and immigration. 6. United States—Emigration and immigration—Government policy. I. Title. jv6475.d4 2015 325.73—dc23 2015016328 Manufactured in the United States of America 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Te paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (r 2002) (Permanence of Paper). For Ignacio Cruz, María José, A., N., y W. But home was a dream, one I’d never seen . . . —Jason Isbell US-Mexico border near Sasabe, Arizona. Photo by Michael Wells.
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