Young Central American Migrants, in Their Own Words
Young Central American Migrants, in Their Own Words
By
Benjamin Russell
A review of Juan Pablo Villalobos' The Other Side, a book for young adults on the realities of migration to the U.S.
This article is adapted from AQ's latest issue on the politics of water in Latin America
People smugglers, metal blankets, rip currents that threaten to tear babies from mothers’ arms: The Other Side would fit neatly in a Stephen King novel — if the stories weren’t so gut-wrenchingly familiar.
All are recurring monsters in the North American immigration story. “You can’t tell what time it is when you’re in the freezer,” one chapter begins, referring to an ice-cold...
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