Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here

The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

De: Jonathan Blitzer

Narrado por: Jonathan Blitzer, André Santana

Duración: 18 h y 14 m

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A National Bestseller • Named a Best Book of 2024 (So Far) by New York Times

“What an incredibly thorough documentation of the causes of the immigration crisis, the discussions that have been going on through multiple administrations.”—Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

“Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here is sure to take its place as one of the definitive accounts of the U.S. and Central American immigration puzzle. . . . Hopefully, those with the power to change things will listen.”—Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post

“[A] timely and instructive history of the immigration crisis . . . Conflicts over immigration often arise from similarity rather than difference, and the strangers at our border have a familiar history that Blitzer tells in meticulous and vivid detail. It is our own.”—Matthieu Aikins, The New York Times

An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the southern border told through the lives of the migrants forced to risk everything and the policymakers who determine their fate, by New Yorker staff writer Jonathan Blitzer

Everyone who makes the journey faces an impossible choice. Hundreds of thousands of people who arrive every year at the US-Mexico border travel far from their homes. An overwhelming share of them come from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, although many migrants come from farther away. Some are fleeing persecution, others crime or hunger. Very often it will not be their first attempt to cross. They may have already been deported from the United States, but it remains their only hope for safety and prosperity. Their homes have become uninhabitable. They will take their chances.

This vast and unremitting crisis did not spring up overnight. Indeed, as Blitzer dramatizes with forensic, unprecedented reporting, it is the result of decades of misguided policy and sweeping corruption. Brilliantly weaving the stories of Central Americans whose lives have been devastated by chronic political conflict and violence with those of American activists, government officials, and the politicians responsible for the country’s tragically tangled immigration policy, Blitzer reveals the full, layered picture for the first time.

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here is an odyssey of struggle and resilience. With astonishing nuance and detail, Blitzer tells an epic story about the people whose lives ebb and flow across the border, and in doing so, he delves into the heart of American life itself. This vital and remarkable story has shaped the nation’s turbulent politics and culture in countless ways—and will almost certainly determine its future.

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“Sweeping and insightful . . . a New Yorker magazine writer who for years has been one of the most perceptive chroniclers of a complex and often misunderstood bane of U.S. policymakers. Writing with clarity and grace, while avoiding the mawkish tone sometimes associated with tales of the border, Blitzer makes a compelling case that the United States and Central America are knit as one . . . The themes explored in the book feel all the more relevant as we enter a presidential campaign in which immigration is once again a centrally toxic issue . . . Far from reading like a dry policy tome, Blitzer’s book makes its case by telling in vivid detail the stories of a cast of representative figures spread over five decades . . . Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here is sure to take its place as one of the definitive accounts of the U.S. and Central American immigration puzzle, a long and ongoing saga with no real solution in sight . . . And yet, after reading Blitzer’s book, one can’t help but think that the impossible might be possible—that maybe, just maybe, this could be fixed. He’s not trying to lay out a set of policy solutions. He’s making a more nuanced plea, a rejection of the 'selective amnesia' of politics in favor of a deeper understanding of how we—as a nation and as a region—got here. It is a book with a 'mission' . . . Hopefully, those with the power to change things will listen.”—Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post

“As Jonathan Blitzer shows in Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here, his timely and instructive history of the immigration crisis, the trouble at the border isn’t likely to be solved soon, since it is the outcome of a long and vexed entanglement between the United States and its southern neighbors . . . Conflicts over immigration often arise from similarity rather than difference, and the strangers at our border have a familiar history that Blitzer tells in meticulous and vivid detail. It is our own.”—Matthieu Aikins, The New York Times

“What we’re seeing today on the southern border and in cities including New York, where more than 100,000 migrants arrived in the past year—are reverberations of a long, violent history that implicates the United States for its meddling in Central America. This is the story that Jonathan Blitzer painstakingly documents in his new book, Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here . . . Blitzer shows all the ways our immigration system is in shambles. A series of misguided actions and their consequences brought us to this point. This book begins the reckoning we desperately need.”—The Atlantic

Worth the time, a lot of investment though

I read and listen to a lot of nonfiction books, particularly United States and United States history history. When I got this book, I was expecting more along the lines of typical nonfiction books, going through policies and events, which this book definitely does. However, there is a lot of storytelling in here. Which, at first was kind of a turn off for me and I was about ready to stop listening. Not that the stories were not appealing, but I wanted to talk more about the events and policies. Over the course of the book, I grew to appreciate the stories that were told. All of them had their own significance and I got a real prospective of what it must’ve been like for these people who were just trying to get better lives. To me, as someone who knows little to no immigration history, or anything like that, the idea that most of these people Were not looking to the US as thier home, they were looking to go back to their home countries. That fact, kind of made me look at it a different angle. As my title says, this book is a lot of investment as a listener in my opinion, but worth it

Nuanced Informative History

A nourishing, evocative, and well-researched book on immigration. The different points-of-view were fascinating. I feel like I have a thorough document of the issues from all sides. Thank you for writing this, Jonathan.

Excellent research

I have followed Central American politics for years, but this book was extremely informative and enlightening. The performance was top notch as well. Highly recommend.

Learning the history through individual lives.

The history of Central America and the US involvement has always been vague to me. I knew things, I didn't understand others, but this book created a timeline that put everything in order. It's a complete and fascinating and horrible story all at the same time. I wish everyone understood how our involvement in the governments makes us culpable. We need to do more to actually help the people we've caused pain. If we had the will, we would find a way.

How America Created its Own Border Problem

As I read this, it occurs to me that the former President would make the US as unstable as the Latin American countries we have helped destabilize over the past century. Using false news and stats, he would rig the election results, install submissive judges and energize his own private army of gangs.

An epic story of different people who worked for justice in the Central American wars that were often created by the US.

Well read by the Author.., Word word word word word word s astupid to require 15 words

The effort put in to researching the immigration story of the US during the most recent decades.

I was born Central American to a US born person worked for the US government there during the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. The writer’s grasp of the issues is spot on as his story educates his readers on the tragic social political reality of Central America of the past decades and how the US impacted the political processes there resulting in the cruel and almost impossible immigration crisis we are all currently living through in the US. Thank you, Jonathan Blitzer for this empathic tribute to all the immigrants.

Solid backstory to current crisis

Great background of the US involvement in the northern triangle that has led to some of the mess at the border.

Great history lessons

I knew nothing about the border crises and US policy toward migrants. This book describes problems people face in their countries of origin and problems getting to the USA and difficulties once here. Very informative.

Great education about U.S. immigration policy and its effect on Central America.

This book covers topics all Americans should be familiar with. We'll done. Sad at times.