Mary Fontana Mary Fontana is the author of Strangers in the Province of Joy: Practicing Radical Hospitality on the US-Mexico Border. She has written about migration for America, BorderLore and Consequence. By this Author May 15, 2026 Citizenship for undocumented US residents is not charity, but an investmentProviding better pathways to citizenship is not only in our best interests, it's also the right thing to do, Mary Fontana writes.