El Paso
Five Families and 100 Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory
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Jazmine Ulloa's El Paso examines a century of life at the U.S.
–Mexico border through intimate portraits of five families, revealing how migration, race, and memory shaped the city and the nation.
Drawing on reporting, oral histories, and archival research, Ulloa connects local events—like the 2019 Walmart massacre—to broader threads in American immigration policy and nativist violence.
She argues that El Paso is both America’s mirror and its new Ellis Island, showing how Latino identity is integral to U.S.
history.
The book blends rigorous journalism with narrative storytelling influenced by Mexican oral traditions and corridos.
It serves as both a love letter to El Paso and a critique of the bipartisan detention-and-deportation system built over decades.
–Mexico border through intimate portraits of five families, revealing how migration, race, and memory shaped the city and the nation.
Drawing on reporting, oral histories, and archival research, Ulloa connects local events—like the 2019 Walmart massacre—to broader threads in American immigration policy and nativist violence.
She argues that El Paso is both America’s mirror and its new Ellis Island, showing how Latino identity is integral to U.S.
history.
The book blends rigorous journalism with narrative storytelling influenced by Mexican oral traditions and corridos.
It serves as both a love letter to El Paso and a critique of the bipartisan detention-and-deportation system built over decades.
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