Waiting for José : the Minutemen's pursuit of America / Harel Shapira.

"They live in the suburbs of Tennessee and Indiana. They fought in Vietnam and Desert Storm. They speak about an older, better America, an America that once was, and is no more. And for the past decade, they have come to the U.S. / Mexico border to hunt for illegal immigrants. Who are the Minutemen?...

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Main Author: Shapira, Harel, 1979-
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013.
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Physical Description:xxiii, 176 pages.
Format: Book

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