MacArthur Park Alliance, 134

MacArthur Park Development Advisory Board, 77

Mama's Hot Tamales Café, xiii–xiv, 5, 94, 129, 131–134, 144, 150, 163, 165, 169, 173–174, 190, 203, 210, 212, 214, 224, 226, 240, 243, 260

maps, xii, 79–80, 159, 179

Mara Salvatrucha-13 (MS-13), xxvii, 2, 56, 156–160

marginal spaces, xix–xxi, xxii, 6, 8, 17–20, 22, 31, 40, 48–49, 52, 102–103, 117, 137, 217, 220, 225, 228, 253

Mariachi Plaza, 191

Marsh, Benjamin, 29

Committee on Congestion of Population, 29

MASH, 109, 196

Matricula consular, 207, 261

Mayans, 179, 254

May Day melee, ix, xxvii, 172, 254, 261

Mama's Hot Tamales, 173–174

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, 174, 261

Metropolitan Division's B Platoon, 172

Rampart Division, 172, 175

McCormack Baron Salazar, xii, 6, 89–92, 185, 240

McDonalds, 89, 109, 112

media, xxvi, xxviii, 44, 54, 63, 119, 154, 172, 174, 192, 238, 254

mediating organizations, xxvii, 221, 256

meshing, 262

Mesoamerica, ix, xii, 1, 4, 179–180, 212, 214, 254

Aztecs, 179, 254

Mayans, 179, 254

Mixtecs, 179, 254

Olmecs, 179, 254

Toltecs, 179, 254

Zapotecs, 179, 254

Mesoamerican capital of the world, 211, 222

Metropolitan Division's B Platoon, 172

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), xxvi, xxix, 53, 59, 61–62, 65–70, 72–73, 76–77, 79, 89–90, 119, 142, 202, 210, 214, 216, 230–231, 233–234, 239, 247, 258–259

Metro Rail Project, 60

Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), 65

Mexico, 75, 87, 126, 131, 157, 179–180, 204, 208, 212–213, 254–255, 257, 261

MICA, 1, 12, 147, 254, 257

benefits to business

access to undocumented cheap labor, 147, 150, 191

plausible deniability of hiring undocumented labor, 147, 150, 191

false ID's, 1, 12, 102, 146–148

Miqueros, 1–2, 11–12, 101–102, 146–148, 191, 254, 259

process of attaining MICA, 1–2, 12, 146–148

unregulated, 12, 101, 147, 102, 191, 259

Mid-Wilshire, 55