Description: "Central American mothers share their stories about seeking protection in the U.S. as extortion and killing by criminal groups soared, as the abuse and murder of women exploded, and as the rule of law disintegrated in their home countries. They left home to ensure their own survival and to make a future for their children. Increasingly depicted as a national security threat as undocumented migrants, this is the story of their struggle to find a secure foothold in this country"--
Brief description: Susan J. Terrio is Professor Emerita of Anthropology and French Studies at Georgetown University. She is the author of Whose Child am I? Unaccompanied, Undocumented Children in U.S. Immigration Custody and the co-editor of Illegal Encounters: The Effect of Detention and Deportation in the Lives of Young People.
Review Quotes: "Deft storytelling, seasoned legal and anthropological understanding, and an unflinching moral compass--these are some of the attributes that make Susan Terrio's probing study of Central American women's forced migration to the United States such a valuable addition to the literature on this searing, contemporary issue."--Jacqueline Bhabha, author of Can We Solve the Migration Crisis?