The U.S.-Mexico border is experiencing a significant influx of undocumented immigrants, a situation that has escalated into a political crisis. The Sunday Times has reported on the perilous journeys undertaken by hundreds of thousands of people in recent months. Concurrently, Jonathan Blitzer's new book, “Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here,” has been highlighted by multiple sources, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, as a comprehensive examination of the immigration crisis. Blitzer's work is described as a timely and instructive history that traces the complex relationship between the U.S. and Central America. The book is said to weave together the narratives of migrants, activists, and politicians over the past fifty years.
Review by Manuel Roig-Franzia: In his new book, “Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here,” Jonathan Blitzer unpacks how Central America’s fraught history with the U.S. has fueled America’s immigration crisis. https://t.co/1Bb2pITgaS
"A timely and instructive history of the immigration crisis" told in "meticulous and vivid detail." Everyone Who is Gone Is Here in the @nytimes: https://t.co/h66n3QOuD8
In “Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here,” a sweeping history of the immigration crisis, Jonathan Blitzer “profiles a cast that includes migrants, activists and politicians, unspooling their stories across a half-century in three acts,” says our reviewer. https://t.co/jwdKYA7uYI
LISTEN: @JonathanBlitzer tells the larger story of the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border through the stories of individuals making the journey from Central America. https://t.co/aNDjWhHJAl
In “Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here,” a “timely and instructive history of the immigration crisis,” Jonathan Blitzer argues that it’s unlikely to be solved soon, being the result of a “long and vexed entanglement between the U.S. and its southern neighbors.” https://t.co/WgmMG1Y9kS
Hundreds of thousands of people have illegally crossed the US-Mexico border in recent months, provoking a political crisis. Watch as the Sunday Times witnesses a high-risk journey ⬇️ https://t.co/rVfXhjYV1J