"First published in 2006."--Title page verso

In "No one is illegal" Justin Akers Chacón and Mike Davis expose the racism of anti-immigration vigilantes and put a human face on the immigrants who daily risk their lives to cross the border to work in the United States. Counting the mounting chorus of anti-immigrant voices, "No one is illegal" debunks the leading ideas behind the often violent right-wing backlash against immigrants, revealing their deep roots in U.S. history, and documents the new civil rights movement that has mounted protests around the country to demand justice and dignity for immigrants

Preface to the 2018 edition: Trump and the failure of neoliberal immigration reform -- Part 1: "What is a vigilante man?" White violence in California history / Mike Davis -- Part 2: Mexico: Caught in the web of U.S. empire / Justin Akers Chacón -- Part 3: Mexican workers: The "other" American working class -- Part 4: The war on immigrants -- Part 5: ¡Queremos un mundo sin fronteras!