Mexifornia 
Subtitle: A State of a Becoming
Publisher: Encounter Books
Published: September 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781594030567
Subjects: Local history; United States - State & Local - West; Political Science; Sociology; Politics/International Relations; Mexico; Emigration & Immigration; Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies; History / General; International Relations - General
First sentence: DESPITE ITS STATUE OF LIBERTY, recitations of Emma Lazarus's poetry, and melting-pot imagery, America has always struggled with issues of immigration-mostly when it was a matter of the poor, dispossessed non-Anglos or non-Protestants coming in by the millions.