When I began writing my novel Sacrificio en la frontera, little did I know that by the time it was published, immigration in the United States had turned into a hot topic. It is in fact so controversial right now that the government shut down for over 30 days because of disagreement about building or not building a WALL between Mexico and the United States.

The message of the novel is related to immigration and many of the characters in the novel do cross the border, either the river or the Wall. The characters are all immigrants, several are migrantes, people who crossed into the US as undocumented individuals. They have all come to the US to find the American dream, the hope of being able to give their children a better life. That´s been the dream of all of America´s immigrants, going as far back as the first Pilgrim who sent foot on American soil. And the novel does delve deeply into some of the serious problems on the border, including drug trafficking, and human trafficking, especially the trafficking of children. The story has good and bad characters, all Latino, and while some are evil from the beginning of the story all the way to the end, others evolve, and change into good characters, through the power of love. My belief in the power of love to move mountains is what led me to write this story.