Ted Conover

Ted Conover is a journalist who wanted to tell the story of illegal immigration from the immigrants' perspective. Ted was able to fit in with the Mexicans he encountered and was soon accepted at face value. He learned that news of his presence tended to spread so that everyone knew who he was long before they personally met. He was innovative and daring to a point but continued to realize that he was in danger of being arrested for aiding and abetting the illegal immigrants, a felony in America. Ted was naïve at first about the way the system operates, and it took him some time to learn how to fit in and how to gain the experiences he wanted in order to write his book. Interestingly, Ted realized - at least to some degree - the prejudices faced by Mexicans but was shocked when he...