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acknoWLeDgments I want to thank the host of individuals who supported me, in various ways, through the long process of working on this book. To my friend and adviser, Dave Thelen, I owe a truly incalculable debt. I learned more from him than I may ever even realize, and I benefited richly from his constant intellectual prodding and the warm graciousness of his friendship. Other members of my dissertation committee at Indiana University—John Bodnar, Henry Glassie, and Peter Guardino—made themselves available for comment and consultation, and each provided excellent advice and criticism of the final draft. A host of friends and colleagues in Bloomington made the process of pursuing my doctoral degree both stimulating and enjoyable: Chad and Lisa Berry, Alex and Martha Urbiel, Andy and Shanna Draheim, Richard and Lee Pierce, Iain Anderson, Mary Caroline Simpson, Susan Armeny, Debbie Gershenowitz, Paul Murphy, Carol Engelhardt, Lisa Boehm, David Spaeder, Willard Sunderland, Betsy Lenhart, and Julie Plaut. Added to those are the friends who also read all or parts of the dissertation . At different stages of the process, I benefited from the advice of John Dichtl, Andy Evans, Lydia Murdoch, Diane Pecknold, Timothy Pursell, Paul Schadewald, Tim Schmitz, Scott Stephan, and Steve Warren. Archivist Claudia Rivers at the University of Texas at El Paso (UteP) offered generous assistance at an early stage in this research. Rebecca Craver of the UteP Institute of Oral History was particularly enthusiastic in introducing me to the institute’s wonderful collection. At the Indiana University Library, Lou Malcomb in the Government Publications Department proved a wonderful ally in my efforts to identify and locate useful government source materials. I also wish to thank Archivist Paul Wormser, who provided me invaluable assistance identifying useful materials in the collections of the National Archives’ Pacific Region–Laguna Niguel branch. In the course of presenting portions of this research, I received advice and encouragement from borderlands scholars Yolanda Leyva, Oscar Martinez, Marjorie Sanchez-Walker, and Miguel Tinker- x ImagInary LInes Salas. I also thank the anonymous readers for the University of Texas Press, who offered very cogent suggestions. I am fortunate to have had wonderful colleagues with whom to work at California State University, Sacramento. I especially thank Christopher Castaneda, Jeffrey Dym, Brian Schoen, George Craft, Mona Siegel, and Aaron Cohen for their friendship and advice. For several years I allowed this book to take a backseat to other responsibilities, but when I decided to pursue publication, I found encouragement at every turn from my colleagues. I also thank my former student, Katie McCoy, who provided some timely research assistance in turn-of-the-century San Diego newspapers. As a graduate student, I received significant support from the Indiana University Department of History, including a Hill Fellowship and the Paul V. McNutt Dissertation Fellowship. Indiana University’s College of Arts and Sciences provided travel funds that supported presentation of my research. A Research Travel Grant from the Center for American History at the University of Texas, Austin, helped me access their wonderful resources. At California State University, Sacramento, I received financial support in the form of a Research and Creative Activity Summer Fellowship in the summer of 2002. I thank my parents, especially my father, for teaching me as a child to see undocumented workers for what they were: hard-working individuals trying to secure a better life for themselves and their families. Orange County, California, in the 1970s was not known for its progressive politics , and a host of influences stood poised to give me a different set of ideas about the meanings of these “illegal” humans in our midst. But my father, not exactly politically progressive himself, taught me well. Without those lessons this work might never have been born. For as long as I can remember, I have relied heavily on the love and support of my siblings: Maggie, Joseph, Cate, Ginny, John, Mary Pat, and Barbara. Barb was especially helpful at various moments in my undergraduate career and in helping me think about graduate studies. My sisters Cate and Ginny have, in their own lives, demonstrated the power of hard work, self-discipline, and determination, and each has long served as an inspiration to me. I was truly blessed that they took an interest in my academic work and encouraged me. Ginny’s wise counsel, loving support, and enduring sense of humor were simply essential. May at least a fraction of what she has so selflessly given to my family and me return to...