Risking the American Dream

A Mexican family crossing the border into Arizona illegally discovers a young mother badly injured in the desert. Do they continue ahead to what they hope will be their promised land, or do they find notify the Border Patrol about the injured woman and risk losing their American dream? Margaret Regan of the Tucson Weekly uses compelling narrative writing to tell us this tale of life and death, hope and despair, and heroes and villains in "Marta's Story."
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