mr. aldenill recreate a lot of the policy debate, but also the impact of these laws and conclude whether we have been made more secure or effectively less. let me turn, however, to dr. jackie hagen then to talk to us about her book, migration miracle. >> good afternoon. i'd like to thank the organizers behind this wonderful event and today's participants and audience for providing me with the opportunity to present my book, migration miracle, which focuses on the role of religion in the migration journey. i'd like to begin with the experience of a mexican immigrant whose story is representative of hundreds that i've gathered. the first time cecilia traveled to the united states from her hometown in mexico, she was 19 years of age. she made the journey with her husband, juan, and her sister, margo. before leaving on what they suspected would be a life-threatening journey, the women sought the blessing of their priest who told them to make the mexican people proud by becoming a good person in the