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A review by nocturama
The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail by Óscar Martínez
4.0
by simply documenting, in vivid and often horrifying detail, the brutal reality facing central americans traveling through mexico as they attempt to reach the us, oscar martinez makes the most compelling argument for open borders i’ve ever read. as our former president continues frothing at the mouth about "chaos at the border" and "migrant crime," and as our current president continues to deport migrants by the millions, every american should consider what martinez writes in the afterword:
"Undocumented migration to the United States will not stop ... [It] may fluctuate depending on the year, but like a river it continues, ebbing and flowing, always finding its way to the sea."
the question, then, is whether we treat these people--who have already endured hell to reach the border--with sadistic cruelty, as is our current policy, or with the respect and humanity they deserve.
"Undocumented migration to the United States will not stop ... [It] may fluctuate depending on the year, but like a river it continues, ebbing and flowing, always finding its way to the sea."
the question, then, is whether we treat these people--who have already endured hell to reach the border--with sadistic cruelty, as is our current policy, or with the respect and humanity they deserve.