Uppercut

Uppercut is about 99er Rogers being laid off from his job in LA/NYC and having his unemployment run out. He ends up moving to Mexico to make a go of it. The book includes a harrowing episode where Rogers is detained by Homeland Security at the Tijuana border for 22 hours (with good reason) while staring down a 10-year sentence and $200K fine. But Rogers is determined to leave the U.S. for a better life in Mexico, while at the same time Mexicans are crossing the border into the U.S. for their own improved shot at life.