Mexican Illegal Aliens: A Mexican American Perspective. By Rafael D. Canul, Ph.D.

Mexican Illegal Aliens: A Mexican American Perspective. By Rafael D. Canul, Ph.D. ISBN: 0-915745-62-3. $22.95.

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.

He describes a rail-road like protection often extended to the border-crossers by the established Mexican American community, who witnesses with pain, empathy, and disgust their mistreatment and exploitation of the illegal Mexican immigrants. He provides a unique Mexican American perspective on this controversial issue of illegal immigration.