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291 index ACLU, 141, 180 acoplado system, 243 Acuña, Rudy, 135 affordable housing, 118, 121, 145, 158–159 African Americans, 49, 56, 70–71, 111, 162, 166, 205, 225 aging population needs, 85, 117 Aguilar, Antonio, 264–265 Almaguer, Teresa, 143–150 “American,” definition of, 49 amnesty, 27, 79, 83, 171, 199, 281n1 Anglos. See whites Annunciation House, 186–187 anti-immigrant sentiment: belief all immigrants are criminals, 16, 69, 275; changes in, 55; and jobs, 51, 71, 85, 89, 166, 192; Latino boss, 20–21, 56, 79, 100, 123, 161, 225–226, 260; Minutemen, 142, 194, 203–206; in sports, 128. See also 9/11 effects anti-Latino sentiment, 14, 16, 25, 29, 30; belief all Latinos are immigrants, 220, 271; by blacks, 165–166; hate crimes, 204, 277–278; Latino bosses, 100; over jobs, 71–72; protests, 71; racist signs, 213; in school, 32–33, 70–71 Anzaldúa, Gloria, 229 Arellano, Elvira, 205, 227 Arizona: deaths in border crossings, 201; increase in border crossings, 171, 175–176; Minutemen, 203–204; threatening sign on semi, 235; S.B. 1070, 278–279; Tucson, 39–40, 254–266 Aspira clubs, 155–157 assimilation, 31, 102–103 ataques, 154 Baca, Paulina, 177–190 baggage letters, 126 Baldemar, Velásquez, 165 Barnett brothers, 203–204 Batalla, Guillermo Bonfil, 287 Bayview, California, 146 Beltran, Brent, 191, 197, 282n3 Beltrán, Carmen Celia, 40 bilingual ability: and border identity, 269–270; growing up with, 26, 66, 68; maintaining, 251–252; raising children, 76; classes, 104; usefulness of, 91, 96 Bill of Rights, 179, 182, 187 binational development, 133 binational existence, 30 birthrate, Latino, 208 Black and Brown Freedom Schools, 166 Black Panthers, 159 blacks. See African Americans Bloomberg, Michael, 225 blueberry production, 49, 51 Bonilla, Jaime, 203 Border Angels, 197–207 border crossings: to attend school, 248–249; with coyotes, 17–18, 24, 170; deaths during, 200–202; to give birth in U.S., 245; multiple attempts, 17–18, 22–24; post-9/11, 44, 229–230, 241; pre-9/11, 22–24, 126, 138, 191–192, 196, 216, 231, 246, 252; reasons for, 80, 89, 95, 201–202, 205; seasonal, 9 borderlands: binational families, 27, 32, 177–178, 193–194, 198, 246; border identity, 178, 250, 269–271; cross-border connections, 131, 133, 176–178; fluidity of, 30; historically 292 conversations across our america part of Mexico, 229, 240–241; like a country, 176; mexicano majority, 241, 250–252; U.S. schools, 237 Border Network for Human Rights, 180, 184, 188 Border Patrol: and Annunciation House, 186; culturally biased entrance exam, 235; desert patrols, 201; intimidation, 174; Mexican Americans in, 235–236; and police, 129–130; profiling by, 195; selective raids, 241; shootings by, 186–187, 205; since 9/11, 126; smuggling immigrants, 129–130; Spanishspeaking , 241 Boricua Power (Sánchez), 153 boycotts, 29, 99–100, 164, 206, 221 Bracero Program (CBAW), 53, 227, 285 Bracero Project, 239, 243 Brennan, Cecilia, 139–142 Bridge training guide, 128 “Broken Borders” series, 206, 283n11 Brooklyn, New York, 155–159, 227–228 Brown Berets, 159 “browning,” 149 Caballero, Gloria, 10, 11–15 California Proposition 187, 140, 145–146, 193, 199–200, 282n4 Campbell, California, 204 Carbajal, Dave, 89 Carbajal, Osvaldo, 88 Carbajal, Verónica, 245–253 Cardenal, Ernesto, 59 CARECEN, 139 Carlsbad, California, 199 CASA, 171, 174 Casa Digna, 171, 173–174 Casa Familiar, 191, 195 Casa Romero, 171–172 Castro, Sal, 195 cat food in U.S., 73–74 Catholic Church, 55, 91, 120–121, 171–173, 189 CAUSA de Oregon, 53, 56 CBAW, 239 Center for Third World Organizing, 147 Central Americans, 58, 139, 171–172 Centro Latino, 58 Charles, Armando, 199 Chase, Jim, 204–205 Chávez, César, 195–196, 199, 211, 213–215, 221 Chávez Leyva, Yolanda, 131–138 Chicago, 115, 116–123, 227 Chicano movement, 79, 130, 195–196, 213, 261, 264–265 Chicano Park marches, 62 children: explaining racism to, 233; forgetting Spanish, 32, 228, 251, 270; going to white schools, 32–33, 220; hopes for, 14–15; and parent deported, 174, 178; and police, 194; raised as Americans, 11, 14; as translators , 156; with U.S. citizen parents, 28, 195; U.S. citizens with undocumented parents, 24, 61, 79–80; working, 113, 217, 227 Chinese Progressive Association, 146 cholos, 267–268 Christian Identity Movement, 54 Christmas in America, 74–75 churches: Catholic, 55, 91, 120–121, 171–173, 189; North Carolina, 169–170; outreach by, 94; skipping, 156–157; St. John...

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