And the desert, Francisco goes on, is a "central character": not only in his memoir, but in terms of "what this border is and what it means". Walking the line: US border Patrol agent turned author Francisco Cantú"One of the big tensions about a landscape is that, often, it's very different to the human dramas played out there. A decade ago, Francisco had finished studying immigration and border issues in college, before working for think-tanks and non-profits - all of which strongly informed his decision to join the Border Patrol. And I was surprised by how many Border Patrol agents had the same, or stronger, connections to the border." He joined the Border Patrol looking for answers.

Source: Irish Independent March 11, 2018 02:26 UTC