De la Garza and Velasco have done a great service in assembling a group of such able scholars to explore one new dimension of [the U.S.-Mexico] relationship-Mexico's increasing efforts to influence the United States. . . . Bridging the Border is a well-written and valuable contribution to understanding the changing phenomenon of U.S.-Mexican relations.

American Political Science Review

De la Garza and Velasco have produced an important volume on Mexican-U.S. relations from the Mexican point of view, with a special emphasis on Mexican attempts to influence U.S. policy toward Mexico.

Choice Reviews

Bridging the Border certainly contributes to the debate about the margins for change in US-Mexican relations.

Ana Covarrubias, El Colegio de México, Latin American Studies

A fine contribution to the field of U.S.-Mexican relations. Given the growing interdependence between Mexico and the United States, Bridging the Border is a timely and welcome contribution to the literature on relations between these two countries.

New Mexico Historical Review

Bridging the Border is a well-written and valuable contribution to understanding the changing phenomenon of U.S.-Mexican relations.

Robert A. Pastor, professor and director of the Center for North American Studies, American University, American Political Science Review