Resources in the St. Luke Library

Immigration/Migration (PDF)

Children
- Wilkes, Sybella. One Day We Had to Run: Refugee Children Tell Their Stories. (In the “People” section.)

Teens
Nazario, Sonia. Enrique’s Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with His Mother- Adapted for Young People.

Adult and Teens
Note:
- The Books are in either the Adult “Peace & Justice - Immigration” section or the Adult “Fiction” section.
-The DVD’s are on thee video/DVD shelves listed under “Peace & Justice.” 

Books:
Fiction
Boyle, T.C.. Tortilla Curtain.
Jaramillo, Ann. La Linea.
Straight, Susan. Highwire Moon.

Peace & Justice: Immigration/Migration
Alarcon, Alicia. The Border Patrol Ate My Dust.
Bacon, David. Communities Without Borders: Images & Voices from Immigration.
           - Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration & Criminalizes Immigrants.
           - The Right to Stay Home: How US Policy Drives Mexican Migration.
Cantu, Francisco. The Line Becomes a River.
Chomsky, Aviva. “They Take Our Jobs!” & 20 Other Myths about Immigration.
Conover, Ted. Coyotes: A Journey through the Secret World of America's Illegal Aliens.
Davidson, Miriam. Lives on the Line: U.S.-Mexico Border.
De La Torre, Miguel. Trails of Hope and Terror: Testimonies on Immigration.
Fernandes, Deepa. Targeted: Homeland Security and the Business of Immigration.
Gill, Jerry H. BorderLinks: The Road is Made by Walking.
- BorderLinks ll: Still on the Road.
Global Exchange. The Right to Stay Home: Alternatives to Mass Displacement and
             Forced Migration in North America.
Holmes, Seth M., PhD, MD. Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the  
            United States.
Hyatt, Michael. Migrant Artifacts: Magic and Loss in the Sonoran Desert.
Jones, Parrish W. Ph.D.. Presbyterians on the Frontier: A Story of Presbyterian Border
            Ministry 1984-2014.
Legrain, Philippe. Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them.
Martinez, Ruben. Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail.
Nazario, Sonia. Enrique's Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with
             His Mother.
Nevins, Joseph. Operation Gatekeeper: U.S.-Mexican boundary.
            - Dying to Live: The Story of US Immigration in an Age of Global Apartheid.
Ortiz, Theresa. Never Again A World Without Us.
Pipher, Mary. The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American
            Community.
Regan, Margaret. The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona Borderlands.
Urrea, Luis Alberto. The Devil's Highway. (The story of 40 migrants who travel the
            “Devil's Highway” to the U.S.).
Yukich, Grace. One Family Under God: Immigration Politics Under God: Immigration
            Politics and Progressive Religion in America.

Resource notebooks:
BorderLinks. Action Toolkit, newsletters, brochures.
Immigration Resource Notebook- contains articles written by Ernesto Portillo from the
         Tucson newspaper. Other relevant articles are also included and updated periodically.
St. Luke. Sealing Our Border: Why it Won't Work.
St. Luke Seminar- Immigration Articles. (10/2006, 3-ring notebook).

DVD movies:
- Crossing Arizona. This is a full-length documentary about migrants coming through Arizona. It was aired at the Sundance Film Festival and was praised by film critic, Roger Ebert. Described as relatively unbiased, the film depicts groups who help migrants as well as the views of Minutemen and ranchers. (2 hours)
- Germano, Roy. The Other Side of Immigration.
- Maryknoll. Lives for Sale: Documentary on Immigration & Human Trafficking. This investigative documentary exposes the painful, rarely seen human side of illegal immigration, especially the growing black market trade of human beings.
- Tolley, Brett. Dying to Get In. This film, developed by BorderLinks, discusses why migrants come to the U.S. It also shows some people coming from Altar, Mexico. John Fife and Rick Ufford Chase are featured. (45 min)