Susan Kuklin
With refreshing candor, photos and interviews usher us into the lives of eleven undocumented young people bravely speaking out.
"Maybe next time they hear someone railing about how terrible immigrants are, they'll think about me. I'm a real person."
Meet nine courageous young adults who have lived in the United States with a secret for much of their lives: they are not U.S. citizens. They came from Colombia, Mexico, Ghana,
Five refugees recount their courageous journeys to America — and the unimaginable struggles that led them to flee their homelands — in a powerful work from the author of Beyond Magenta and We Are Here to Stay.
"From 1984, when I was born, until July 16, 2017, when I arrived in the United States, I never lived in a place where there was no war." — Fraidoon
An Iraqi woman who survived capture
