A timely and powerful chronicle of a generation's great civil rights battle as witnessed through the experiences of five young undocumented immigrants fighting to become Americans. We often call them DREAMers: young people who were brought or sent to the United States as children. They attend our local schools; work jobs that contribute to our economy. Some apply to attend university here, only to discover their immigration status when the time comes...

En esta obra, la discriminación hacia los mexicanos en Estados Unidos, la violencia del sistema carcelario y la deportación de indocumentados se enriquecen con recuerdos y reflexiones sobre la vida, el arte y la filosofía. El periodista y el expandillero se mezclan y se enredan en un viaje entre la crónica y la biografía que representa la vida de muchos emigrantes.

Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.

The lives of a fourteen-year-old Mexican prostitute, living in the United States illegally, and a wealthy American girl intersect in a dramatic way.