Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A Death in Texas -- Becoming a Prison Town -- Immigration on Trial -- Mala Suerte -- "They Want to Be on American Idol " -- Money for Nothing -- Governing Through Crime -- Bipartisan Crackdown -- Article of Faith -- Chapter 2. At War in Texas -- The Texas Paradigm -- Stimulating Security -- Drug War Dinosaur -- The Bandwagon Rolls On -- Chapter 3. Securing Arizona -- Bust -- Generation Gap -- Going Alone -- Big Government, Big Help -- Model State, Failed State -- Chapter 4. A New Day in the Sunbelt -- 1) Decouple Border and Immigration Control from Homeland Security -- 2) Balance Security and Exchange -- 3) Don't Rush to High-Tech Solutions -- 4) Stop New Border Spending -- 5) End Drug Prohibition and Drug Wars -- 6) Stop Deputizing Law Enforcement -- 7) End Enforcement-First Immigration Policy -- 8) Concentrate on Employment -- About the author.