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Separated by the Border – A Birth Mother, a Foster Mother, and a Migrant Child`s 3,000–Mile Journey

Gena Thomas, Michelle Ferrig Warren (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2019
Inter-Varsity Press,US (Verlag)
978-0-8308-4575-0 (ISBN)

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In 2017 five-year-old Julia traveled with her mother, Guadalupe, from Honduras to the United States. Her harrowing journey took her through Mexico in the cargo section of a tractor trailer. Then she was separated from her mother, who was held hostage by smugglers who exploited her physically and financially. At the United States border, Julia came through the processing center as an unaccompanied minor after being separated from her stepdad who was deported.
Gena Thomas tells the story of how Julia came to the United States, what she experienced in the system, and what it took to reunite her with her family. A Spanish-speaking former missionary, Gena became Julia's foster mother and witnessed firsthand the ways migrant children experience trauma. Weaving together the stories of birth mother and foster mother, this book shows the human face of the immigrant and refugee, the challenges of the immigration and foster care systems, and the tenacious power of motherly love.

Gena Thomas is a writer and speaker who works at a nonprofit that empowers others through holistic development. She served as a missionary in northern Mexico for four years, holds a master's degree in international development, and is the author of A Smoldering Wick: Igniting Missions Work with Sustainable Practices. She lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with her husband, Andrew, and their two children.

Foreword by Michelle Ferrigno Warren

Introduction: Julia

Part I: Honduras

1. Emigración

2. Expatriation

Part II: Mexico

3. Río Bravo

4. Rio Grande

Part III: United States

5. Unaccompanied Minor

6. Dependent Children

7. Foster Daughter

8. "Quién Es Usted a Mi?" ("Who Are You to Me?")

Part IV: Honduras

9. Reunification/Reunificación

10. Reflections

Epilogue: Dear Julia

Acknowledgments

Appendix A: A Note to Other Foster Parents

Appendix B: An Interview with Elí Romero

Appendix C: Small-Group Discussion Questions

Notes

Glossary

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Erscheinungsdatum	17.09.2019
Verlagsort	Illinois
Sprache	englisch
Maße	141 x 209 mm
Gewicht	270 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8308-4575-5 / 0830845755
ISBN-13	978-0-8308-4575-0 / 9780830845750
Zustand	Neuware