6/29/2023 0 Comments Illegal by José Ángel N.![]() ![]() After two years of study, he passed the high school equivalency exam on his third attempt. A switch to evening work as a restaurant dishwasher enabled him to attend General Education Development (GED) classes during the day. But to qualify for a better job, he decided that he must learn English. After stealthily crossing the border and finding his way to relatives in Chicago, he was soon able to land a factory job. José left Mexico as a teenager for one simple reason: he anticipated earning five to ten times more money in the U.S. ![]() The author of this eventful memoir recounts his triumphs and setbacks during nearly two decades of living “amid the shadows” as an undocumented Mexican immigrant in Chicago. Reviewer: Richard Allinson | January 2015 ![]() Publisher: Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2014. Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant ![]()
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