Devil's highway' was a stance of standing back and looking at my prejudices. Luis Alberto Urrea reduced this mass of numbers to individuals. All the time, we are faced with the problem of immigrants in the news -- the issue of foreigners entering the U.S. has always been a problem, and I think during hard times (such as the current recession) this problem becomes aggravated and more sensitive due to local resources being that much more limited and valuable.

The issue is, too, that we are ego-centrist (the center of our universe) and, after that, depending on experience, can relate closest to our similar group that we identify with. Anything outside that ken may seem alien to us and threatening. The closer an entity is to us, the more real and heartfelt their sufferings; the more different they are to us -- with alien ideology, cultural practices, beliefs, opinions, way...
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