"This book is a thorough investigation of the most human responses to the most difficult of human situations, undocumented migration. It brings our sensibility down from the raw numbers and data to the level of human feeling and solidarity for one's brother and sister. Few studies in the literature on migration that combine the language of globalization, civil religion, spiritual duty, and civic organization. Van Ham's narrative is thorough, clear, intense, and engaging."–Tony Payan, author of The Three U.S.-Mexico Border Wars: Drugs, Immigration, and Homeland Security