Snakehead
Language: English
Asia Biography & Autobiography China Criminals & Outlaws Criminology Emigration & Immigration General History Human Smuggling Human Smuggling - United States Human Trafficking - United States Human trafficking Illegal Aliens Illegal Aliens - United States International Law Social Science True Crime United States United States - Emigration and Immigration
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: Jul 21, 2009
Description:
In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, Patrick Radden Keefe investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people.
Keefe reveals the inner workings of Sister Ping’s complex empire and recounts the decade-long FBI investigation that eventually brought her down. He follows an often incompetent and sometimes corrupt INS as it pursues desperate immigrants risking everything to come to America, and along the way, he paints a stunning portrait of a generation of illegal immigrants and the intricate underground economy that sustains and exploits them. Grand in scope yet propulsive in narrative force, The Snakehead is both a kaleidoscopic crime story and a brilliant exploration of the ironies of immigration in America.
From the Trade Paperback edition.