Martínez Roque v. USA is a nonfiction political essay series examining how the United States enable exploitation through institutional neglect, bureaucratic indifference, and structural violence. At the center of the series is Ramon Ontiveros as a case study in the its impersonation. Ramon Ontiveros is not America, yet he learned how to perform it: how to invoke its myths, brand himself with its symbols, claim moral authority while conspiring to defraud the United States, exploit immigrant vulnerability, enforce deprivation, and retaliate against a human trafficking survivor.
