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The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez

By Aaron Bobrow-Strain

A Border Story. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.

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The harrowing story of a young undocumented Mexican woman living in the United States. Read about the struggles and hardships she faced in her personal life as well as her battle with the U.S. immigration system, and learn about the social history of U.S. border enforcement.

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Who should read The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez

History and anthropology students • policy makers • migrants in any country • human rights activists • anyone curious about the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico

About the author of The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez

Aaron Bobrow-Strain is an educator and an activist. In the 1990s he worked at the U.S.-Mexico border, and helped found the Walla Walla Immigrant Rights Coalition in Washington State. He works at Whitman College where he holds the positions of Professor and Baker Ferguson Chair of Politics and Leadership. He teaches on food, immigration, and the U.S.-Mexico border.

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