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ENGL 122 - Leong - Devil's Highway - Luis Alberto Urrea

This guide is intended to help students working on a research project about the author Luis Urrea.

eBooks on Immigration

Operation Gatekeeper and Beyond: The War on "Illegals" and the Remaking of the U.S.-Mexico Boundary by Joseph Nevins; Mike Davis (Foreword by)
Call Number: DVC - Stacks JV6483 .N47 2010
Publication Date: 2001-11-21
Immigration - eBook by Ilan Stavans (Editor)
Call Number: online eBook
Publication Date: 2008-08-30
Immigration Outside the Law by Hiroshi Motomura
Call Number: online eBook
Publication Date: 2014-07-01
Handcuffs and Chain Link by Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien
Call Number: online eBook
Publication Date: 2018-07-25

Books on Immigration

Coyotes: A Journey Through the Secret World of America's Illegal Aliens by Ted Conover
Call Number: DVC Stacks - HD8081.M6 C65 1987
Publication Date: 1987
Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
Call Number: DVC Stacks - E184.H66 N397 2006
Publication Date: 2006
Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail by Rubén Martínez; Joseph Rodriguez (Photographer)
Call Number: DVC Stacks - E184.M5 M388 2001
Publication Date: 2001-10-03
Twilight on the Line: Underworlds and Politics at the U.S.-Mexico Border by Sebastian Rotella
Call Number: DVC Stacks - HV5831.M46 R67 1998
Publication Date: 1998-01-17
Mexican Migration to the United States: Perspectives from Both Sides of the Border by Harriet Romo and O. Mogollón
Call Number: DVC Stacks - E184.M5 M528 2016
Publication Date: 2016
Detained and Deported: Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire by Margaret Regan
Call Number: DVC Stacks - JV6483 .R44 2015
Publication Date: 2015-03-10

Border Patrol - Official Government Sites

U. S. Border Patrol - Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security

Visas - Official Government Sites

Visas - U. S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs
Information on obtaining a work, study, temporary, or immigrant visa.
Temporary (Non-immigrant) Workers
In order for you to come to the United States lawfully as a non-immigrant to work temporarily in the United States your prospective employer must generally file a non-immigrant petition on your behalf.
H-2A Temporary Agricultural Workers
The H-2A program allows U. S. employers or U.S. agents who meet specific regulatory requirements to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary agricultural jobs.
Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Visa Ineligibilities (by grounds for refusal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (Fiscal Year 2015)
U. S. State Department document.
Visa Statistics - U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs
The Report of the Visa Office is an annual report providing statistical information on immigrant and non-immigrant visa issuances by consular offices.