¡Calexico!

¡Calexico! True Lives of the Borderlands
AuthorPeter Laufer
SubjectMexico–United States border
PublisherUniversity of Arizona Press
Publication date
1 September 2011
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages248 pp
ISBN978-0-8165-2951-3
OCLC703623730
979.4/99
LC ClassF869.C14 L38 2011

¡Calexico! True Lives of the Borderlands is a 2011 book by Peter Laufer. It covers Laufer's encounters and experiences during his week-long stay in Calexico, California, a city on the Mexico–California border. He asks citizens there various questions about life on the border, such as what draws them to border towns and if "English-only" would be a realistic policy.