Walter is José’s court-appointed attorney when he’s first arrested trying to cross the border. Not knowing that Cantú is in Border Patrol, Walter tells Cantú that most Border Patrol agents are heartless. He thus represents a valuable external perspective on Border Patrol for Cantú but also for the reader, since the book is told mostly from so far inside the agency.
Walter Quotes in The Line Becomes a River
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I tell you, Walter said, the Border Patrol, the marshals, it’s like they forget about kindness. I’ve almost never seen these guys express any humanity, any emotion. I don’t know how they do it. How do you come home to your kids at night when you spend your day treating other humans like dogs?
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Walter Quotes in The Line Becomes a River
The The Line Becomes a River quotes below are all either spoken by Walter or refer to Walter. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 3
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I tell you, Walter said, the Border Patrol, the marshals, it’s like they forget about kindness. I’ve almost never seen these guys express any humanity, any emotion. I don’t know how they do it. How do you come home to your kids at night when you spend your day treating other humans like dogs?
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