Mexifornia: A State of Becoming

In Mexifornia, author Victor Davis Hanson ponders what has changed in California over the last quarter-century. His concern is how the state, the Southwest, and indeed the entire nation have been altered by America's hemorr-haging borders and how our disordered immigration policies are perhaps most harmful to the Mexican immigrants who come seeking a better life.

While Mexifornia is a look at the ambition and vigor of people who have made California strong, it is also an …