Miguel A. Levario is Associate Professor of History at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Miguel A. Levario specializes in US-Mexico Borderlands, with emphasis on the twentieth century. His research focuses on the transnational context of immigration, militarization, and race in the U.S. West and Northern Mexico. His book, Militarizing the Border: When Mexicans Became the Enemy (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2012) explains current tensions and controversy over immigration and law enforcement issues centered on the US-Mexico border as only the latest evidence of a long-standing atmosphere of uncertainty and mistrust plaguing this region.