What happens to migrants after they are deported from the United States
and dropped off at the Mexican border, often hundreds if not thousands
of miles from their hometowns? In this eye-opening work, Jeremy Slack
foregrounds the voices and experiences of Mexican deportees, who
frequently become targets of extreme forms of violence, including
migrant massacres, upon their return to Mexico.
Navigating the complex world of the border, Slack investigates how the
high-profile drug war has led to more than two hundred thousand deaths
in Mexico, and how many deportees, stranded and vulnerable in unfamiliar
cities, have become fodder for drug cartel struggles. Like no other book
before it, Deported to Death reshapes debates on the long-term impact
of border enforcement and illustrates the complex decisions migrants
must make about whether to attempt the return to an often dangerous life
in Mexico or face increasingly harsh punishment in the United States.