Hunting Season

Immigration and Murder in an All-American Town

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, Crimes & Criminals, Murder, True Crime
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Author: Mirta Ojito ISBN: 9780807001820
Publisher: Beacon Press Publication: October 15, 2013
Imprint: Beacon Press Language: English
Author: Mirta Ojito
ISBN: 9780807001820
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication: October 15, 2013
Imprint: Beacon Press
Language: English

The true story of an immigrant's murder that turned a quaint village on the Long Island shore into ground zero in the war on immigration
 
In November of 2008, Marcelo Lucero, a thirty-seven-year-old undocumented Ecuadorean immigrant, was brutally attacked and murdered by a group of teenagers as he walked the streets of Patchogue, a quiet Long Island town. The teenaged attackers were out "hunting for beaners," their slur for Latinos, and Lucero was to become another victim of the anti-immigration fever spreading in the United States.  But in death, Lucero's name became a symbol of everything that was wrong with our broken immigration system: porous borders, lax law enforcement, and the rise of bigotry. With a strong commitment to telling all sides of the story, journalist Mirta Ojito unravels the engrossing narrative with objectivity and insight, providing an invaluable peephole into one of America's most pressing issues.

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The true story of an immigrant's murder that turned a quaint village on the Long Island shore into ground zero in the war on immigration
 
In November of 2008, Marcelo Lucero, a thirty-seven-year-old undocumented Ecuadorean immigrant, was brutally attacked and murdered by a group of teenagers as he walked the streets of Patchogue, a quiet Long Island town. The teenaged attackers were out "hunting for beaners," their slur for Latinos, and Lucero was to become another victim of the anti-immigration fever spreading in the United States.  But in death, Lucero's name became a symbol of everything that was wrong with our broken immigration system: porous borders, lax law enforcement, and the rise of bigotry. With a strong commitment to telling all sides of the story, journalist Mirta Ojito unravels the engrossing narrative with objectivity and insight, providing an invaluable peephole into one of America's most pressing issues.

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