audiobook Ulster Sails West: The Story of the Great Emigration from Ulster to North America by William F. Marshall in History

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In an ironic reversal of the American dream; a staggering 20;000 members of the immigrant community of Midwood; Brooklyn (known as Little Pakistan); voluntarily left the United States after 9/11. Tram Nguyen reveals the human cost of the domestic war on terror and examines the impact of post-9/11 policies on people targeted because of immigration status; nationality; race; and religion. Nguyen's evocative narrative reporting-about the families; detainees; local leaders; community advocates; and others living on the front lines-tells the stories of people who witnessed and experienced firsthand the unjust detainment or deportation of family members; friends; and neighbors. Tram Nguyen reveals the human cost of the domestic war on terror and examines the impact of post-9/11 policies on people targeted because of immigration status; nationality; and religion. Nguyen's evocative narrative reporting-about the families; detainees; local leaders; community advocates; and others-is from those living and suffering on the front lines. We meet Mohammad Butt; who died in detention in New Jersey; and the Saleems; who flee Queens for Canada. We even follow a self-proclaimed'citizen patroller' who monitors and detains immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border.We Are All Suspects Now; in the words of Mike Davis; "takes us inside a dark world . . . where the American Dream is fast turning into a nightmare and suggests proactive responses to stop our growing climate of xenophobia; intimidation; and discrimination."In the fall of 2004; I; too; suffered a devastating Department of Homeland Security-related loss; joining the post-9/11 suspect community in a way I had never expected or imagined . . . We are indeed; all of us; suspects."--from the Foreword by Edwidge Danticat