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Sonia Nazario on Jon Stewart

Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer winner and author of Enrique's Journey

Sonia Nazario, author of Enrique’s Journey, discusses the refugee crisis with Jon Stewart.

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Sonia Nazario Speaks on Capitol Hill

Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario

Sonia  Nazario, author of Enrique’s Journey, spoke on Capitol Hill about the situation children face in countries such as Honduras. She describes what she witnessed and learned from the people living in this dangerous country and urges the US government to change the processing of these children from illegal immigrants to refugees.

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Speaking up for Refugee Children

Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer winner and author of Enrique's Journey

Sonia Nazario is speaking out for the thousands of children coming into the US illegally from Central America.  Sonia’s 2002 Pulitzer-Winning article, Enrique’s Journey, followed the path Enrique took from Honduras to the US to reunite with his mother. At that time many children came to the US to follow  parents for economic reasons. The current influx of children are coming here to escape violence and threats on their lives, says Sonia Nazario.

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Sonia Nazario Discusses Border Town Crisis

Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer winner and author of Enrique's Journey

As the number of children crossing the border alone increases dramatically, Sonia Nazario has been discussing the reasons they travel into the US. She explains the situation in Central America is filled with gang violence and threats of murder which is causing the wave of children crossing the border to surge.

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Sonia Nazario Discusses Enrique’s Journey with NPR

Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer winner and author of Enrique's Journey

Catch a conversation with Pulitzer winner Sonia Nazario, author of Enrique’s Journey, with Robin Young of NPR’s Here and Now. Listen as they catch up with Enrique’s continuing struggle to bring his family together in the United States and discuss the many difficulties facing the children pouring into America to reunite with their parents. To listen to Sonia’s interview click HERE.

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Sonia Nazario Speaks about Child Immigration

Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer winner and author of Enrique's Journey

The television show, America with Jorge Ramos, recently interviewed Sona Nazario about, Enrique’s Journey, and the dramatically increasing numbers of children coming into the US without a parent or guardian. The influx of drug cartels as well as gangs that force these young children to smuggle drugs into the US makes them refugees rather than illegal immigrants, according to Sonia Nazario. She also gives an update on Enrique, the protagonist in Enrique’s Journey, and his current situation in the US.

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Young Adult Version of Sonia Nazario’s Enrique’s Journey Now Available

With an estimated one million children living illegally in the United Stated, and nearly one in four of the nation’s elementary school students of immigrant status, Pulitzer Prize winner Sonia Nazario’s moving tale of one boy’s journey has met widespread acclaim and become a national bestseller. In Enrique’s Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunited With His Mother, Sonia Nazario’s compelling story has been adapted for a younger audience. The YA version contains a new epilogue, updating readers on where Enrique is today, and on his life since his story become national news. With the immigration raging as a hot-button political issue, Enrique’s Journey brings to light the daily struggles of immigrants, legal and otherwise, and the complicated choices they face to survive.

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Sonia Nazario and Enrique’s Journey at Harvard

Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer winner and author of Enrique's Journey

Sonia Nazario met with numerous former interviewees when she visited Harvard for a speaking engagement. The Crossing Borders: Immigration and Gender in the Americas conference invited Sonia to give the opening keynote

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Sonia Nazario Speaks Out on Immigrant Children in Court

Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer winner and author of Enrique's Journey

The immigrant debate deepened with a new article by Sonia Nazario, the Pulitzer-winner and author of Enrique’s Journey.

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