The relationship between religion, migration: ASU professor explains

Professor Leah Sarat was interviewed on KAET’s "Horizonte" about the relationship between religion and migration in Mexico and the United States, which she explores in depth in her book “Fire in the Canyon: Religion, Migration, and the Mexican Dream” (NYU Pres, 2013).

She also spoke about the “Caminata Nocturna,” or “night hike” in the state of Hidalgo that simulates the border crossing experience.

“Unfortunately, headlines describing the event as a 'theme park' and 'border amusement park' are grossly misleading. Far from an exploitative mockery of immigrant experience, the border simulation is a grass-roots effort by the members of an indigenous town to tell the story of a migration reality they have lived first-hand,” says Sarat. “The true story behind the border simulation is one of resilience, creativity and collective survival. It is the story of the 'Mexican Dream' – that is, of one community’s pursuit of a sustainable future.”