Mike J Quinn

The Dishwasher's Son Mike J Quinn

This is a story of how the U. S.-Mexican border runs through the middle of a modern American family. Frank, an American teenager whose father ran off to Mexico after he was born, doesn't like Mexicans much. He even called ICE to report illegals at his restaurant and joined the Minuteman border patrol. When immigration agents finally show up at his job, they arrest him along with several other co-workers. School ID cards don't cut it with ICE. Having a Mexican name didn't help. ICE deports Frank to Mexico, where he finds an uncle and learns the shocking truth about his father's disappearance and the Mexican heritage he has tried so hard to deny. Desperate to get home, Frank takes the advice of a local border merchant and tries several different methods of sneaking across the border. With each new apprehension, the penalties for his crime increase. If he gets caught again, he will be banned from entering the United States for life. Frank's final attempt to get home will take him to the very place his journey began: the Arizona border. Being a Minuteman volunteer may help him avoid capture. The unforgiving desert could cost him his life.