Invalid Litter Dept.

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"Invalid Litter Dept."

Single by At the Drive-In
from the album Relationship of Command
Released	12 March 2001 (UK)
Format	7", CD
Genre	Post-hardcore
Length	6:07
Label	Grand Royal / Virgin VUS193 (UK, 7") VUSCD193 (UK, CD1) VUSDX193 (UK, CD2)
Writer(s)	At the Drive-In
Producer(s)	Ross Robinson
Chart positions
#50 (UK singles chart)
At the Drive-In singles chronology
"Rolodex Propaganda" (2000)	"Invalid Litter Dept." (2001)

"Invalid Litter Dept." was the third single released from At the Drive-In's album Relationship of Command. The CD release in March 2001 came in a variety of international formats, including the standard two CDs in the United Kingdom. The Australian release included the United Kingdom b-sides from the two CD releases.

The song's lyrics deal with the Juarez murders, a series of rapes and murders in Juarez, Mexico of young women who worked, often under extremely exploitative conditions, in factories called maquiladoras. Juarez is located just across the Río Grande from El Paso, Texas, ATDI's home town. The song explicitly criticizes the federales, or Mexican police, for their lack of response to these cases.

"Lamacq version" tracks originally broadcast on BBC Radio 1's The Evening Session with Steve Lamacq, week beginning 11 September 2000, and produced/mixed by Simon Askew.