- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
-
Introduction The Descendants -
Prologue Nepantla -
Part I The Texas-Mexico Borderlands -
1 The Miracle Tree -
2 The Rebel -
3 The Venerable -
4 The Activist and the Ordinance -
5 The Bonder and the Dealer -
6 The Agents -
7 The Wall -
8 The Chokepoint -
9 The Woman in the Woods -
10 The Healing -
Part II The New York–Canada Borderlands -
11 The Sort of Homecoming -
12 The Trade -
13 The War -
14 The Saint -
15 The Activist and the Obelisk -
16 The Movement -
17 The Mother Tongue -
18 The Bridge -
19 The River -
20 The Words That Come Before All Else -
Epilogue The United States of In-between - Acknowledgments
- About the Author
The Agents
The Agents
- Chapter:
- (p.73) 6 The Agents
- Source:
- All the Agents and Saints
- Author(s):
Stephanie Elizondo Griest
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
The author spends a day at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection checkpoint in Falfurrias, Texas. Located 90 miles north of the border, it is one of the busiest checkpoints in the U.S., with about 275,000 pounds of narcotics seized annually. She interviews several border patrol agents about their work as she observes the lines of traffic swerving through surveillance cameras, K-9 patrol, and roadside interrogations. Next, the author travels to the home of visual artist Celeste De Luna. Though her work seems to epitomize dissent, De Luna complicates her images by revealing that her husband is himself an immigrant (from El Salvador) yet works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Keywords: U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, Falfurrias, Texas, border checkpoint, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, undocumented immigrant, Tejano, U.S. Mexico border, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, deportations, Celeste De Luna
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
-
Introduction The Descendants -
Prologue Nepantla -
Part I The Texas-Mexico Borderlands -
1 The Miracle Tree -
2 The Rebel -
3 The Venerable -
4 The Activist and the Ordinance -
5 The Bonder and the Dealer -
6 The Agents -
7 The Wall -
8 The Chokepoint -
9 The Woman in the Woods -
10 The Healing -
Part II The New York–Canada Borderlands -
11 The Sort of Homecoming -
12 The Trade -
13 The War -
14 The Saint -
15 The Activist and the Obelisk -
16 The Movement -
17 The Mother Tongue -
18 The Bridge -
19 The River -
20 The Words That Come Before All Else -
Epilogue The United States of In-between - Acknowledgments
- About the Author