This is a ground-breaking look at one of the most complex and emotion-charged issues facing America today: immigration. This book is not a polemic. Instead, with stark black and white photographs and first-person stories, this is an illuminating look at some 110 new immigrants to our shores, men and women come from all over the world, and we see what they do, every day, to enrich the life, the culture, and the economy of America. The title says it all: “Together We Rise.”

     This book was born in anguish. Four years ago, the celebrated photographer Mark Tuschman became incensed by the anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies then coming out of Washington, and he swung into action, heart engaged and camera in hand. Mark’s resulting photos and personal stories take us from farm and vineyard workers in the Napa Valley, to high-tech creators in Silicon Valley, to gifted entrepreneurs in Boston and Chicago, and to doctors, nurses and researchers all across America. The result is a unique and illuminating portrait of America at its very best.