This collection contains material pertaining to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. It includes office files, outreach materials, training manuals, research materials, clippings, and audiovisual material.

This collection of papers represents the research material Kelly Lytle Hernandez used for her book: MIGRA! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol (University of California Press, 2010). The book is a history and analysis of the U.S. Border Patrol and how it polices unsanctioned immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border.