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Professor Canul, in this substantial, well-documented and impressive socio-political and economic analysis, focuses on the difficult and challenging motives and experiences of Mexicans illegals who have settled in the U.S. since 1920's. He illustrates how, despite racial conflicts, the controversial influx of Mexicans have adapted and contributed to American society. His rich layers of personalized data yield portraits ranging from those who cross the borders through the desert or hidden in cars often. He describes a rail-road like the protection often extended by the established Mexican American community who witnesses with pain, empathy, and disgust the mistreatment of illegals. He provides a unique Mexican American perspective on this controversial issue of illegal immigration.