Los Angeles is the second largest Mexican city in the world. Chicago has the second largest population of Mexicans in the U.S. Through the media, this Latinization of North America has assumed an ominous public image. It is an image fostered from outside the Hispanic culture, repported from over the shoulders of the Immigration police, from an adversary mentality. The Mexican people have become the “soldiers” in what the L.A. Times has termed the “Silent Invasion”.The U.S.’ southern border is a “war zone”. This representation is not genuine. In fact, Mexican people have a heritage of feeding the U.S. for more than a century. Their presence is not a crisis or a luxury. They are part of a system of international interdependence that structures the U.S. both financially and culturally. Latinization is a trend that will bloom as we approach the 21st century. Mexican living in the U.S., the major national component of this trend, are so marginalized by the p7blic media that the most common image is of someone being led away by the arm toward a government vehicle. This image and its “outlaw” implications cannot help but shape the popular cultural conception and political sentient toward all Hispanic nationalities, including those in Central America.THE MEXICAN TAPES tell the story of a colony of undocumented Mexican families living in the shadow of a wealthy southern California beach community. Spanning 5 years, the Mexicans’ narrative of lifestyle, acculturation, employment, and chronic apprehension by the U.S. Immigration authorities provides an alternative, more accurate, media representation of this underground population.“La Migra!” is the last episode in the four part series.