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Nazario endangers self to take 'Enrique's Journey'
Minhaj Muneer
Issue date: 10/1/07 Section: Culture
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As she took breaths from the sobbing, she explained her bewilderment when she found out the gifts she was sending her friend in Central America weren't getting there.
She thanked Nazario for writing the book and opening her eyes to the corruption that takes place there.
Another UMKC student found the passages more revealing on the issue of immigration.
"I wasn't ignorant about the issue of immigration, but I didn't know the details of women and children having the hardships," said Tim Sylvester, junior, liberal arts and electrical & computing engineering. "It puts a human face on this issue." Nazario described Enrique's situation during the journey.
"He is hungry. Hours Pass. His hunger grows. Finally, he cannot stand it. He retrieves the first phone card from the friend who is holding it, and he sells it for food," Nazario wrote.
In another passage Nazario describes the setbacks and pain.
"I slept on a bed and had a hot meal," Nazario said. "These kids don't have that. They sleep and eat what they can."
With this book and the story of Enrique, Nazario brings to light the problem of illegal immigration.
As a journalist, she does not offer solutions or opinions in her book. She relays the human side of the people coming and their journey.
She feels politicians have been telling people many things and people are getting misled by this.
"If they want to stop the flow of illegal immigrants, you have to get it at its root," Nazario said. "You have to increase jobs and have true employer sanctions."
With a backdrop of politics, economics and illegal immigration, "Enrique's Journey" weaves the story of thousands who are troubled by circumstances and separation.
"If you separate kids from their parents, they have problems," Nazario said. "I saw how driven they are to be with their parents."
mmzx5@umkc.edu
She thanked Nazario for writing the book and opening her eyes to the corruption that takes place there.
Another UMKC student found the passages more revealing on the issue of immigration.
"I wasn't ignorant about the issue of immigration, but I didn't know the details of women and children having the hardships," said Tim Sylvester, junior, liberal arts and electrical & computing engineering. "It puts a human face on this issue." Nazario described Enrique's situation during the journey.
"He is hungry. Hours Pass. His hunger grows. Finally, he cannot stand it. He retrieves the first phone card from the friend who is holding it, and he sells it for food," Nazario wrote.
In another passage Nazario describes the setbacks and pain.
"I slept on a bed and had a hot meal," Nazario said. "These kids don't have that. They sleep and eat what they can."
With this book and the story of Enrique, Nazario brings to light the problem of illegal immigration.
As a journalist, she does not offer solutions or opinions in her book. She relays the human side of the people coming and their journey.
She feels politicians have been telling people many things and people are getting misled by this.
"If they want to stop the flow of illegal immigrants, you have to get it at its root," Nazario said. "You have to increase jobs and have true employer sanctions."
With a backdrop of politics, economics and illegal immigration, "Enrique's Journey" weaves the story of thousands who are troubled by circumstances and separation.
"If you separate kids from their parents, they have problems," Nazario said. "I saw how driven they are to be with their parents."
mmzx5@umkc.edu
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