Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis By Jonathan Blitzer

Declared a Highly Anticipated Book of 2024 by The Millions, Foreign Policy, and Alta

"Absolutely remarkable... a profound contemplation on one of the major paradoxes of American lifeand an homage to the astounding resilience of the human spirit."Keefe Patrick Radden

"An intense, agonizing, and expertly written story." Lepore, J.

By New Yorker staff writer Jonathan Blitzer, an epic, tragic, and extensively covered chronicle of the catastrophic humanitarian situation at the southern border recounted through the stories of the migrants driven to risk everything and the officials who decide their destiny

Every traveler must make an impossible decision. Many thousands of individuals travel great distances from their homes to arrive to the US-Mexico border each year. Although many migrants originate from further abroad, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras account for the lion's share of their origins. Some are escaping famine, crime, or persecution. Frequently, it won't be their first try to cross. Even though they have already been expelled from the US, this is still their best chance of security and wealth. Their houses are no longer fit for habitation. They'll take the risk.

This enormous and ongoing issue did not appear out of nowhere. In fact, as Blitzer illustrates via her extraordinary, forensic research, it is the outcome of decades of wrong policies and widespread corruption. For the first time, Blitzer presents the complete, nuanced picture by deftly fusing the accounts of American activists, public servants, and the politicians in charge of the nation's tragically convoluted immigration policy with those of Central Americans whose lives have been destroyed by ongoing political unrest and violence.

The journey of hardship and resiliency is found in Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here. Blitzer explores the core of American existence as he narrates an epic tale of the people whose lives fluctuate over the border with astounding complexity and detail. The nation's volatile politics and culture have been impacted in innumerable ways by this important and amazing narrative, which will almost surely affect the country's future.

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