Wetback Nation

Wisconsin Bookwatch, Jan, 2005

Wetback Nation

Peter Laufer

Ivan R. Dee

1332 N. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60622

1566635926 $26.00 1-800-462-6420

The border between the U.S. and Mexico has long been a separation of cultures, a sign of frustration between two countries, and a symbol of illegal entry: Peter Laufer's Wetback Nation: The Case For Opening The Mexican-American Border offers a surprisingly different viewpoint, arguing for the free movement of Mexicans back and forth across the border rather than increased border restrictions. Free movements would end abuse of Mexican workers needed by the US economy and would make it easier for the U.S. to enforce restrictions against those it wishes to deny entry to: Wetback Nation discusses the Mexican immigration process in depth in the course of its argument, making it one of the more unusual--and important--surveys of Mexican relations and immigration standards to appear in modern times.