Cantu, N. (1995). Canicula: Snapshots of A Girlhood en la Frontera. New Mexico: The University of New Mexico Press. Cantu’s book tells about little snapshots of her life that meant the most to her growing up. It contains actual photos of her own life and actually gives an actual face to the story. Those photographs add light to the fact that these characters are human beings; not statistics or fictional characters. That during the 1940s many Mexican Americans were dealing with a large amount of racism and hostility as a result of the border.
Chomsky, A. (2007). "They take our jobs!": And 20 other myths about immigration. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
Chomsky’s book debunks 20 different myths about illegal migrants coming and staying in the United States. From illegal immigrants in the United States, the different laws the…show more content… It also contains interviews with people who have tried to cross the border and those who have crossed. The type of people who migrates to the United States. How the people smuggling operates in Mexico, and how border patrol affects those people decisions to come to the United States. How those people’s decision to come to the United States and how it impacts their family, health, and their hometowns economy.
Cisneros, H., & Rosales, J. (2009). Latinos and the nation's future. Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press.
This book shows how much the Latino community has grown over the past decade. How the United States cannot continue it large growth, progress, and greatness without great improvement in the Latino community’s economic and education status. The future of the nation is great linked to that of the Hispanic community not only to its size, but also of its youthfulness.
Durand, J., & Massey, D. S. (2004). Crossing the border: Research from the Mexican Migration Project. New York: Russell Sage
