Kathleen Staudt, Tony Payan, and Z. Anthony Kruszewski are respectively professor, associate professor, and professor of political science at the University of TexasaEl Paso. Staudt is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, most recently Violence and Activism at the Border: Gender, Fear, and Everyday Life in Ciudad JuArez. Payan is the author of The Three U.S.aMexico Border Wars: Drugs, Immigration, and Homeland Security.