2.Creation of the U.S.-Mexico Boundary and the Remaking of the United States and Mexico in the Border Region -- 15 -- 3. Local Context and the Creation of Difference in the Border Region -- 39 -- 4. Bounding of the United States and the Emergence of Operation Gatekeeper -- 61 -- 5. Ideological Roots of the "Illegal": the "Other" as Threat and the Rise of the Boundary as the Symbol of Protection -- 95 -- 6. Effects and Significance of the Bounding of the United States -- 123 -- 7. Nationalism, the Territorial State, and the Construction of Boundary-Related Identities -- 151 -- 8. Conclusion: Searching for Security in an Age of Intensifying Globalization -- 165 -- Appendix A Map: The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands in Southern California -- 189 -- Appendix B Map: Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands -- 190 -- Appendix C Map: The Territorial Expansion of the United States -- 191 -- Appendix D Map: The Remaking of the U.S.-Mexico Boundary -- 192 -- Appendix E Chronology of Selected U.S. Immigration-and Boundary-Related Legislation and Developments -- 193 -- Appendix F Number of Border Patrol Agents Nationally, Fiscal Years 1925-2000 -- 196 -- Change in Number of Border Patrol Agents Nationally, Fiscal Years 1925-2000 -- 197 -- Appendix G Cover from December 1974 Issue of The American Legion Magazine -- 198.