A pdf of this item is available by request to jmheyman@utep.edu . Proposes that a key relationship/process at borders is combined and uneven connections (or asymmetrical interpenetration in the border studies literature). An example is that at the heart of the maquiladora system is the orchestration within advanced transnational capitalism of relations between prosperous consumers and poor and vulnerable workers. Surveys numerous examples of such combined and uneven relationships (e.g., cross-border domestic and other household service labor).