In his gripping and provocative debut, anthropologist Jason De Leon sheds light using one of the most pressing political issues of our time-the human consequences of U.S. immigration plan. The Land of Open Graves reveals the struggling and fatalities that happen daily in the Sonoran Desert of Az as thousands of undocumented migrants attempt to combination the boundary from Mexico in to the United States.

Sketching on the four major fields of anthropology, De Leon uses a forward thinking mix of about The Get of Open up Graves: Living and Dying around the Migrant Path ethnography, archaeology, linguistics, and forensic science to make a scathing critique of ‘Prevention through Deterrence,’ the federal border enforcement policy that promotes migrants to cross in areas characterized by extreme environmental conditions and risky of death. For just two decades, this plan has didn’t deter boundary crossers while effectively turning the durable ground of southern Az into a eliminating field.

In harrowing detail, De Leon chronicles the journeys of individuals who have produced dozens of attempts to cross the border and uncovers the stories from the objects and bodies left behind in the desert.

The Land of Open up Graves will spark issue and controversy.