Introduction : U.S. immigration laws: the changing dynamics of immigration / Sofía Espinoza Álvarez and Martin Guevara Urbina -- Beyond the wall : race and immigration discourse / Arnoldo De León -- Exposing immigration laws : the legal contours of belonging and exclusion / Steven W. Bender -- Divided lines : the politics of immigration control in the United States / Roxanne Lynn Doty -- Immigration, illegality, and the law: governance, equality, and justice / Claudio G. Vera Sánchez -- Building America: immigrant labor and the U.S. economy / Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz -- Always running: la migra, detentions, deportations, and human rights / Lupe S. Salinas -- Challenges to integration: the children of immigrants and direct and indirect experiences with the law / Leo R. Chávez -- Borders and dreams: immigration, diversity, and multiculturalism in the new millennium / Brenda I. Gill and Mary C. Sengstock -- Five myths about immigration: immigrant discourse, locating white supremacy, and the racialization of Latino immigrants in the United States / Daniel Justino Delgado -- Covering the immigrant story: immigration through the lens of the American media / Peter Laufer -- Immigration, criminalization, and militarization in the age of globalization / Sofía Espinoza Álvarez and Martin Guevara Urbina -- Conclusion: immigration laws and social control movements: situating the realities of immigration in the twenty-first century / Martin Guevara Urbina and Sofía Espinoza Álvarez.