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The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border

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by Francisco Cantú

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Did Jose make it across ?
Dan In an interview with the Francisco Cantu, mentions vaguely about Jose's and his family:

"Audience Member: I don’t feel I can call you Paco because I d…moreIn an interview with the Francisco Cantu, mentions vaguely about Jose's and his family:

"Audience Member: I don’t feel I can call you Paco because I don’t know you, but I really would like to know, having read your book, whether you’re still in touch with José’s family, or have you seen José himself?

Lauren Markham: I also want to know that.

Francisco Cantú: I can tell you that José is alive. I can tell you that I’m in touch with him, but it makes him unsafe to tell you any more than that. He is living a very precarious life. It doesn’t matter on which side of the border he is; that life is very precarious. Seeing José’s story unfold and becoming close with his family and his boys, who had never crossed the border, seeing all the ways that the border was brought to them, shows us how these borders work. It’s really hard to understand that the kinds of fear that undocumented people are living with is the kind of fear that we would imagine someone in a faraway war-torn country living with. I know undocumented people who are afraid to leave their homes, I know undocumented people who literally think a helicopter is going to land in their yard. They think that’s legitimately in the realm of possibilities. The helicopter will land in their yard and take their kids away."

Source: https://www.guernicamag.com/francisco...(less)
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Did author study abroad?
Melissa Hi Steve,

According to a Vox interview, Cantu left the BP when he became a Fulbright Fellow. He went to the Netherlands to study rejected asylum seeker…moreHi Steve,

According to a Vox interview, Cantu left the BP when he became a Fulbright Fellow. He went to the Netherlands to study rejected asylum seekers who decided to stay after their deportation orders.(less)
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