Tierra de Todos: Nuestro Momento Para Crear una Nacion de Iguales
Descriere: Estados Unidos es un país que hoy tiene habitantes de primera y de segunda clase. Esto tiene que cambiar, y pronto. Hay 12 millones de indocumentados, pero también hay una esperanza: la promesa que Barack Obama le hizo a Jorge Ramos de que durante su primer año como presidente apoyaría una reforma migratoria. Tierra de todos es un libro urgente y necesario, que pretende ayudar a que se realice esta reforma. Este es un libro que da voz a los que no la tienen. Un libro que todo inmigrante debe tener y, sobre todo, este es un libro que todos los que critican a los inmigrantes deben leer, para que entiendan que Estados Unidos es un mejor país gracias a todas las personas que vinieron de otros países.
Autori: Jorge del Rayo Ramos | Editura: Vintage Books USA | Anul aparitiei: 2009 | ISBN: 9780307475190 | Numar de pagini: 180 | Categorie: Politics
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