THis book dives into the world of migrants, immigrants, refugees and how do they find medical care within the United States. I had never thought of the subject but WOW, this book does a great job exploring this issue.

The author takes a HUGE history and condenses it to digestible pieces. I loved the formatting of the book, going by time and then putting in as many migrants, immigrants, refugees as possible. It was easy to understand and I loved how the author would say ok the migrants were denied health care so this is what they did about it.

I also liked that the author was preachy. THe author laid out the facts and let the reader decide if it was fair or not.

I learned so many things with this book. Like the Mexican Farm workers had more rights then US workers in regards to Unions and medical care. I had never heard of that before. Of course, then American workers got jealous and ended it.

This is a timely book and went all the way up to the COVID crisis.

Everyone should read this book about migrants, immigrants, and refugees and health care. But more importantly this is an important work on how Americans think WHO should have health care.

I highly recommend this book for anyone who is wondering about immigrants and health care.

The way a society treats it most vulnerable members (which would include immigrants and migrants) will show you their values. Hardly just relegated to the present or the past, adequate healthcare has been rationed or nonexistent for these groups. The pandemic has only shone a brighter light on this division and why it is so important for healthcare to be a right, not a privilege.