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Crossing Borders: The Reconciliation of a Nation of Immigrants Audiobook
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Moving stories of American immigrants and their journeys
In an era when immigration on a global scale defines the fears and aspirations of Americans, Crossing Borders presents the complexities of migration through the stories of families fleeing violence and poverty, the government and nongovernmental organizations helping or hindering their progress, and the American communities receiving them.
Ali Noorani, who has spent years building bridges between immigrants and their often conservative communities, takes listeners on a journey to Honduras, Ciudad Juarez in Mexico, and Texas, meeting migrants and the organizations and people that help them on both sides of the border. He reports from the inside on why families make the heart-wrenching decision to leave home. Going beyond the polemical, partisan debate, Noorani offers sensitive insights and real solutions.
Crossing Borders will appeal to a broad audience of concerned citizens across the political spectrum, faith communities, policymakers, and immigrants themselves.
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“This book, a combination of memoir and analysis, frames how we arrived at this crisis, and how to go forward. The book never exchanges utopianism for realism nor does it ever exchange despair for hope. In this way, this book can help anyone to think through how to build coalitions, how to seek to persuade skeptics, and how to press on against daunting odds.”
— Christianity Today
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“Ali Noorani knows immigration. Crossing Borders is authoritative and objective—passionate, yet surprisingly hopeful. This book is crucial to our understanding of American immigration and therefore of America.”
— Al Franken, media personality, former US senator, and New York Times bestselling author -
“Immigration policy is complex and endlessly challenging on a good day…Fortunately for all of us, Ali Noorani has dedicated his life to bringing humanity and thoughtfulness to the issue. His moral clarity and searching intelligence are more important than ever.”
— New Yorker -
“Ali Noorani gently helps those of us who have been too blind or too busy to see what we have missed in our responsibilities to offer all people dignity, love our neighbor, and care for the stranger.”
— Elizabeth Neumann, former DHS assistant secretary for counterterrorism and threat prevention
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About Ali Noorani
Ali Noorani, president and CEO of the National Immigration Forum, is the author of There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Immigration. He is a sought-after commentator and has been interviewed by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Economist, the Associated Press, and more. He is also a frequent guest on a range of television and radio shows, including MSNBC, the Bill O'Reilly Show, PBS Newshour, NPR, and is an op-ed contributor to CNN.com and FoxNewsLatino.com, and a regular guest on local talk radio shows across the country.