By Faces the U.S. immigration crisis head on―by learning and sharing the stories of migrating people fleeing violence and poverty, and from minors held inside a maximum-security detention center. Using poetry, the children share their pasts, struggles, hopes, and dreams. Among them, Carlitos, a 13-year-old boy who escaped a gang to try to make a safe and honest life on his own after his mother’s death, and Karla, a teenager whose family begged her to flee for safety after she was shot. Introduces readers to migrating people at the border, including a woman who was chased from her home amid violence, and a dedicated father who was arrested and beaten while searching for work to make a more secure life for his wife and daughter. Offers insights into ways we might create a better immigration system that treats all people with dignity. Read more.