Mexifornia (also CalexicoorCalifaztlán) is a portmanteauofMexico and California.
Mexifornia refers to what some see as the Mexicanization/Hispanicization of the U.S. state of California as a result of increased documented and undocumented migrationofMexican and other Hispanic people into California and the transformation of many aspects of the culture of the state.
Mexifornia is seen as a state level version of what is now known as Amexica, the merging of America and Mexico;
"The United States of "Amexica" share more than a border and a common heritage: both sides welcome the benefits of trade but struggle with the pressures of growth". Time magazine.[1]
This is a topic of a heated debate between the advocates of amnesty for illegal immigrants on one side and those wishing to enforce immigration laws on the other side.
