Stranger : The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era

Named one of the "World's 50 Greatest Leaders" in 2016 by Fortune magazine, and largely considered the most influential journalist in the Latino community, Jorge Ramos writes a "manifesto" on the Latino immigrant experience in the United States under the presidency of Donald Trump. What does it mean to be a Latino immigrant, or just an immigrant, in the Trump era? When Ramos confronted candidate Donald Trump about his controversial remarks on Mexicans, the need for a wall and deportations during a 2015 press conference in Iowa, a member of Trump's security team threw him out of the room. A seasoned journalist, Ramos took the episode "personally" and uses it to explore his own biography as an immigrant, with the US's long immigration history as a backdrop, and drawing from the latest data and immigration statistics to respond to Trump's claims. Ramos takes readers along on his journey through America's history and his own immigration story in an effort to explain why, after thirty five years in this country, after having left his family and friends to pursue a career in journalism, after having two US-born children, after becoming an Emmy Award-winning journalist and a U.S citizen, and even after fulfilling his American Dream, he still feels like a stranger. The book is dedicated to the Dreamers, who are, in Ramos' view, "the future of this country." Jorge Ramos, An Emmy Award-winning Journalist, Univision's Longtime Anchorman And Widely Considered The Voice Of The Voiceless Within The Latino Community, Was Forcefully Removed From An Iowa Press Conference In 2015 By Then-candidate Donald Trump After Trying To Ask About His Plans On Immigration. In This Personal Manifesto, Ramos Sets Out To Examine What It Means To Be A Latino Immigrant, Or Just An Immigrant, In Present-day America. Using Current Research And Statistics, With A Journalist's Nose For A Story, And Interweaving His Own Personal Experience, Ramos Shows Us The Changing Face Of America While Also Trying To Find An Explanation For Why He, And Millions Of Others, Still Feel Like Strangers In This Country. Prologue -- Get Out Of My Country -- Far From Home -- Stranger -- My Road North -- The Revolution Is Here -- Hatred -- There Is No Invasion -- A Useless Wall -- No One Is Illegal -- Obama: Deporter In Chief -- Our 2016 Mistake -- Fear And Dreamers -- Latinos: The Struggle To Define Ourselves -- Being An Immigrant In The Trump Era -- When I Return To Mexico -- A Mexican Childhood -- On Amphibians And Translators -- When To Stop Being Neutral -- It's Just Television, That's All -- Disobey! A Letter To My Children. Jorge Ramos ; Translated From The Spanish By Ezra E. Fitz. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 185-206). "There are times when I feel like a stranger in this country. I am not complaining and it's not for lack of opportunity. But it is something of a disappointment. I never would have imagined that after having spent thirty five years in the United States I would still be a stranger to so many. But that's how it is." Jorge Ramos, an Emmy award-winning journalist, Univision's longtime anchorman and widely considered the "voice of the voiceless" within the Latino community, was forcefully removed from an Iowa press conference in 2015 by then-candidate Donald Trump after trying to ask about his plans on immigration. In this personal manifesto, Ramos sets out to examine what it means to be a Latino immigrant, or just an immigrant, in present-day America. Using current research and statistics, with a journalist's nose for a story, and interweaving his own personal experience, Ramos shows us the changing face of America while also trying to find an explanation for why he, and millions of others, still feel like strangers in this country. "It is precisely this pattern of confrontation... that has won Ramos the trust of so many Hispanics. They know that in many countries south of the United States, direct questions can provoke not simply a loss of access but also a loss of life." --Marcela Valdes, The New York Times