Jeremy Slack is Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Texas at El Paso. He is editor of The Shadow of the Wall: Violence and Migration on the U.S.-Mexico Border.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. The Violence of Mobility
2. I Want to Cross with a Backpack
3. Te Van a Levantar-They Will Kidnap You:
Deportation and Mobility on the Border
4. They Torture You to Make You Lose Feeling
5. Guarding the River: Migrant Recruitment
into Organized Crime
6. The Disappeared, the Dead, and the Forgotten
7. Resistance, Resilience, and Love: The Limits
of Violence and Fear
8. "Who Can I Deport?": Asylum and the Limits of
Protection against Persecution
Conclusions: Requiem for the Removed
Appendix: A Note on Researching in Violent Environments
Notes
References
Index