"Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant"

"My life in the shadows began some seventeen years ago. It was a hot April night in Tijuana, that border siren that lures both migrant and tourist with promises of boundless prosperity and unchecked lust," José Ángel N., author of the book "Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant," talks about the experience of undocumented immigrants, who live both very much inside and at the margins of American society. The program will begin with Crossing Paths, a multimedia bilingual performance by first-generation immigrant youth.

This program is generously underwritten by The Chicago Community Trust and is presented in partnership with Cultura in Pilsen, "contratiempo," and the Chicago Latino Writers Initiative.