TY  - BOOK
AU  - De León,Jason
TI  - Land of open graves: living and dying on the migrant trail 
T2  - California series in public anthropology
SN  - 9780520282759 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - JV6475 .D4 2015
U1  - 325.73 D377L 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - California
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Immigration enforcement
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Arizona
KW  - Mexican-American Border Region
KW  - Border security
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - United States
KW  - Government policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prevention through deterrence -- Dangerous ground -- Necroviolence -- Memo and Lucho -- Deported -- Technological warfare -- The crossing -- Exposure -- You can't leave them behind -- Maricela -- We will wait until you get here
N2  - "Anthropologist Jason De León sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time--the human consequences of US immigration policy. The Land of Open Graves reveals the suffering and death that take place daily in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona as thousands of undocumented migrants attempt to cross from Mexico into the United States. Drawing on the four major fields of anthropology, De León uses an innovative combination of ethnography, archaeology, linguistics, and forensic science to produce a scathing critique of 'Prevention through Deterrence,' the federal border enforcement policy that encourages migrants to cross in areas characterized by extreme environmental conditions and high risk of death. For two decades, this policy has failed to deter border crossers while successfully turning the rugged terrain of southern Arizona into a killing field"--Provided by publisher
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