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Hunting season immigration and murder in an all-American town

Documents the true story of a Long Island immigrant's murder in 2008, citing the hate biases that compelled a group of teens to attack the Ecuadorean victim, who became a symbol of flaws in America's immigration system.

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Main Author: Ojito, Mirta A.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2013]
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Murder > New York (State) > Patchogue > Case studies.
Latin Americans > New York (State) > Patchogue > Case studies.
Racism > New York (State) > Patchogue > Case studies.
Immigrants > New York (State) > Patchogue > Case studies.
Patchogue (N.Y.) > Ethnic relations > Case studies.
Patchogue (N.Y) > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects > Case studies.
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Summary:Documents the true story of a Long Island immigrant's murder in 2008, citing the hate biases that compelled a group of teens to attack the Ecuadorean victim, who became a symbol of flaws in America's immigration system.
Physical Description:xii, 252 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-252).
ISBN:9780807001813 (cloth)
0807001813 (cloth)
Author Notes:

Mirta Ojito , a newspaper reporter since 1987, has worked for the Miami Herald , El Nuevo Herald , and, from 1996 to 2002, the New York Times , where she covered immigration, among other beats, for the Metro desk. She has received numerous awards, including a shared Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 2001 for a series in the Times about race in America. The author of Finding Mañana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus , she is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in New York City.


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