Karla Cornejo Villavicencio is one of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate Harvard and in The Undocumented Americans, she spends time traveling the country to tell the stories of everyday undocumented people and their experiences.

This book came to me at such a critical time and reading it in between scrolling news about increasing ICE raids was very heavy. Villavicencio writes in a way that shows not only how vulnerable and complex her subjects are but she also is not afraid of showing her own shortcomings and helplessness. She also injects enough humor to bring some levity. I really appreciate this book and am glad to mark it as my first five star read of the year.