{"product_id":"to-sin-against-hope-life-and-politics-on-the-borderland-9781781680872","title":"To Sin Against Hope: Life and Politics on the Borderland","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alfredo Gutierrez\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Verso\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Verso\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Emigration \u0026amp; Immigration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlfredo Gutierrez's father, a US citizen, was deported to Mexico from his Arizona hometown--the mining town where Alfredo grew up. This occurred during a wave of anti-immigrant hysteria stoked by the Great Depression, but as Gutierrez makes clear, in a book that is both a personal chronicle and a thought-provoking history, the war on Mexican immigrants has rarely abated. Barack Obama now presides over an immigration policy every inch the equal of Herbert Hoover's in its harshness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis family experiences inspired Gutierrez to pursue the life of a Chicano activist. Kicked out of Arizona State University after leading a takeover of the president's office, he later became the majority leader of the Arizona State Senate. Later still, he was a successful political consultant. He remains an activist, and in this engrossing memoir and essay, he dissects the racism that has deformed a century of border policy--leading to a record number of deportations during the Obama presidency--and he analyzes the timidity of today's immigrant advocacy organizations. \u003ci\u003eTo Sin Against Hope\u003c\/i\u003e brings to light the problems that have prevented the US from honoring the contributions and aspirations of its immigrants. It is a call to remember history and act for the future.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890543804567,"sku":"9781781680872","price":2374.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781781680872.webp?v=1781180444","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/to-sin-against-hope-life-and-politics-on-the-borderland-9781781680872","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}