Her second book , '' Seeking Refuge : Central American Migration to Mexico , the United States , and Canada '' ( University of California Press ) is a comparative study of the international responses to the Salvadoran , Guatemalan , and Nicaraguan refugee crisis of the 1980s and 1990s . Garcia details the role non-governmental organizations and transnational advocacy networks played in prompting nationwide debates about U.S. immigration ; such efforts are attributed with creating a more responsive refugee policy
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Guatemalan genocide
Maria Cristina Garcia