3. Questions
Former border patrol agent questions his job at the US-Mexican border and its effect on his humanity. Read by Joseph Balderrama.
Former Border Patrol agent, Francisco Cantu begins to question his work policing the US/Mexican border and how it is affecting his humanity.
Francisco Cantu's memoir about working for the US Border Patrol also tells the personal stories of those who risk all for a better life in the US.
Born to the daughter of a Mexican immigrant, the border is in his blood. His decision to become a law enforcer came after four years of learning about it through policy and history while studying international relations, and the realisation that theory isn't enough. He needs to be on the ground to understand the border in all its beauty, ugliness and danger.
After four years the personal toll leads him to leave the Patrol but when an immigrant friend does not return from a trip to Mexico Cantu is returned to a world which he discovers is impossible to leave behind.
His evocative account is interwoven with reflections on the history, culture, nature and psychology of the border, and is more broadly about life on either side of a boundary, wherever it is.
Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Read by Joseph Balderrama.
Producer: Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on ±«Óătv Radio 4 in February 2018.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Joseph Balderrama |
| Author | Francisco Cantu |
| Abridger | Richard Hamilton |
Broadcasts
Wed 28 Feb 2018 09:45±«Óătv Radio 4 FM- Thu 1 Mar 2018 00:30±«Óătv Radio 4
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