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"Each of these 13 stories of Mexicans in the United States are rich and humanizing, illuminating the scope and breadth of a frequently stereotyped population. Eileen Truax tells the stories of thirteen Mexican immigrants, some documented, some not living in America. Truax offers a comprehensive, highly personal portrait of the great diversity of the Mexican community by using the stories, words, and life experiences gathered from countless interviews. We meet Omar Leon, a day laborer in Los Angeles who coordinates the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, and plays with the popular band Los Jornaleros del Norte. We learn about Jeanette Vizguerra, who came to symbolize the sanctuary movement when she took shelter in a church in Denver in February 2017 to avoid an order of deportation. On April 20, she got a phone call telling her Time magazine had named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. After crossing the border illegally with his mother as a child, Al Labrada joined the military after high school to get on a path to citizenship; in March 2017 he was promoted to Captain in the Los Angeles Police Department. Many Mexicans in the United States are here legally, yet are still subject to the virulent anti-immigrant sentiment and bigotry that has existed for centuries"-- Provided by publisher.
"Dreamers and their allies, those who care about immigration justice, and anyone interested in the experience of Mexicans in the US will respond to these stories of Mexican immigrants (some documented, some not) illuminating their complex lives. Regardless of status, many are subjected to rights violations, inequality, and violence--all of which existed well before the Trump administration--and have profound feelings of being unwanted in the country they call home"-- Provided by publisher.

"¿En qué momento una persona que busca un futuro profesional, la cura para una extraña enfermedad o simplemente la garantía de tener un plato en la mesa se convierte en un delincuente? ¿En qué momento acaba la persona y comienza el prejuicio? Tal vez cuando sus historias quedan en el olvido. Son trece los casos con los que Eileen Truax destruye el estigma que el miedo y la ignorancia ha construido alrededor de los inmigrantes mexicanos: un abogado, una fotógrafa y hasta un capitán de policía, entre otros, descubren la realidad de quienes eligen, con espíritu y voluntad, hacer su vida en Estados Unidos."--Page 4 of cover.

"In 2001 a bill was presented to the US Congress, known as the DREAM Act. The purpose of this bill was to fix the immigration status of almost two million undocumented youth who came to the country as minors through no choice of their own but now as young adults, with no legal identity, they may be unable to attend college, and live under the constant threat of deportation. These young people are known as Dreamers. As part of activist organizations like United We Dream, National Immigration Youth Alliance, Dreamactivists, among others, these (mostly) Latin American or Asian origin youth that have lived in the US for most of their lives, have worked during the last years to make visible one of the most complex faces of the immigration problem: what to do with those who were brought to this country brought by their parents and had no part in making that decision; who have already received a public K-12 education; who have served in the military, and who lack citizenship rights. "-- Provided by publisher

• Introducción. Todos somos soñadores
• Un chico necesita ayuda
• Salir de las sombras
• El vendedor de sueños
• De vuelta a un mundo desconocido
• Sueños de California
• Soñar en Arizona
• Perder la vida en un sueño
• La Acción Diferida, el alivio temporal
• Undocuqueers : salir de las sombras dos veces
• Epílogo. La reforma que viene
• Anexo. DREAM Act.

En el año 2001 se presentó al congreso de Estados Unidos una inciativa de ley conocida como DREAM Act. Su objectivo: Regularizar la situación legal de más de un millón de inmigrantes indocumentados que ingresaron al país cuando eran menores de edad y se enfrentan ahora al fantasma de la deportación, a no poder continuar sus estudios, a quedarse sin personalidad jurídica. Bajo organizaciones activistas como United We Dream, National Immigration Youth Alliance y Dreamactivists, estos jóvenes de origen latinoamericano o asiático, pero que sólo recuerdan su vida en la Unión Americana, se han dedicado a hacer pública una de las aristas más complicadas del problema migratorio: Qué hacer con quienes eran menores cuando ingresaron ilegalmente a ese país, aquellos en cuya educación ha invertido el Estado, que incluso han servido en las fuerzas armadas y se quedarán sin los derechos propios de la ciudadanía