Race: A Sprint to the Finish

 

 

               A major new issue has been brewing over the past couple of days, receiving a wide array of news coverage.  It has spanned channels as specialized as the NFL Network, all the way to your local news station and favorite internet blog.  The issue that has arisen is the recent retirement of former Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Jonathan Martin.  The controversy stems from his teammate, Richie Incognito, reportedly bullying him into submission over the past few seasons; even going as far as saying he will kill his mother and throwing racial slurs around in the process (words many say should not even be in his vocabulary).

                As many Americans already may know, CNN used a polarizing tactic during the Zimmerman v. Trayvon Martin case to position their audience to see the issue racially.  Zimmerman was viewed as a biracial racist who performed an unnecessary action against an innocent young African American man.  ESPN is putting on a very similar performance.  In the morning, they air radio broadcasts from white male talk show hosts (many of them former players, but we’ll get to this later).  Then, if you turn into afternoon programming, you will begin to see African American correspondents and former players who are now analysts for the Emmy Award winning sports news network.

                I want to focus the attention towards the league for a moment.  At the break of the news 3 days ago, many players erupted and took the side of the victim, many of them directing blame to the leaders and veterans of the team for not regulating the situation properly.  The league is now against the Miami Dolphins and they find themselves with their backs against the wall.  In response, the head coach held a press conference in which he claimed he will take full responsibility once the results come in from the investigation set forth by the commissioner, Roger Goodell.  Roger Goodell taking action immediately is vital from a business because parents won’t be encouraging their children to play football any longer is this begins to be perceived as a normal occurrence.  Of course, coincidentally or not, this comes in the wake of news that former running back Tony Dorsett has confirmed he has CTE, a serious brain disease many former NFL players experience later in life.  This is another problem the NFL is currently facing, ensuring player safety to future athletes.  As of now 4500 fomer players are seeking $765 million in retributions in federal court for the NFL improperly monitoring and releasing proper protocols about the danger they are in (but this is for another time as I think this is racial battle is a cover up for the lawsuit).

                An interesting observation I had was how former NFL lineman and current analysts Mike Golic and Mark Schlereth (both white males who played similar offensive line positions) have taken the side of Incognito stating things along the lines of, “he should stand up and fight for himself”, and “this type of behavior occurs often in NFL locker rooms.”  However, as ESPN opposes them against future hall of famers Chris Carter, Keyshawn Johnson, Brian Dawkins, and Jerome Bettis, the viewer begins to hear a different story.  The tone now shifts to such responses as, “he should not be saying these racial slurs”, “it’s sad that he had no one he trusted enough to talk to”, and many other aversions directed at the people around him to show him as a victim.

                As the story begins to build day by day, we are fed new information and the stories begin to stretch and evolve as time goes on.  Dolphins players, in order to limit the amount of damage in the locker room, have been quoted as calling Incognito (a white male) their “honorary black man” and saying they knew nothing of the situation.  Since the story has leaked, we have learned Incognito has had past behavioral problems and has been indefinitely suspended from the team.  More importantly, we learned that Jonathan Martin has been planning to quit playing for quite some time.  Could this be a business move on his part?  I can’t credibly answer that.  News like this will allow him to walk away from football and receive a nice check as he does, as well as open up opportunities to write a book covered his experiences since he is the victim in this instance.  And let us not forget that he comes from a wealthy household with two well-educated parents, both of whom hold prestigious jobs and can be assumed to have helped him attend the University of Stanford.  The result of this news?  Him being labeled “soft” because he doesn’t have the typical upbringing that America associates with African American men.  Ridiculous.  As you can see, race has played a key issue in this story, which has been covered around the clock.  I hope many issues being quoted as facts now are revealed later as untrue and both parties can shake hands and move on as time passes.  For now, the most we can hope to do is race toward the finish, and put an end to racism.

 

Additional Links:

http://nfl.si.com/2013/11/06/richie-incognito-honorary-black-man-miami-dolphins-jonathan-martin/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/11/05/incognito-bully-accusations-nebraska-freshman/3439819/

Race: Hispanic or Latino/a?

Race has been an issue since the European conquest on other countries. Back in the 13th and 14th century, Europeans have used race and ethnicity as a way to bring down people and justify their superiority towards people that they did not look the same as them. Since then, humans have been either label people or people label them to a certain race/ethnicity. As time passes, in the modern era people still use race and ethnicity to identify them or people around them. However, since the conquest of the Europeans around the world, a lot of mixing of race and ethnicity has happened and nowadays a lot of people are more than one race or ethnicity. This has caused a lot of problems for people when it comes to identifying themselves into a certain race or to a certain ethnicity. However, how people identify themselves depends where do they live and for example, one of the place that most people are confused on who they are is in the United States. The reason why is because most people have ancestors that have migrated from other countries into the United States. A perfect example is how people from Latin America identify themselves in the United States.

People who come to the United States, especially those who come from Latin America, often find themselves in a position where most of them do not know how to identify themselves when it comes to race and/or ethnicity. A survey was conducted where 2,800 people were surveyed and they either had to be Mexican, Puerto Rican, or Cuban or at least had a parent or two grandparents either of those three ancestry. Out of those 2,800 people that were surveyed only 1,546 were Mexicans, 589 were Puerto Ricans and 682 were Cubans. Out of those 1,546 people 462 identified themselves as American, 1,702 identified themselves as Hispanic, Latino, Hispano or Spanish, 237 identified themselves as Chicano, Nuyorican, Mexican-American, Spanish-American, Cuban-American, Raza and 1,019 identified themselves as Mexican(o), Cuban or Puerto Rican. With this statistics, this is saying that a lot of these people either identified themselves as one race/ethnicity but they also identified themselves as a mix of race and ethnicity. This not only confuses them but it also brings issues to their family because they may identify themselves as a certain race or ethnicity while their family may be from a different place or perspective.

Even though most of those people who were surveyed identify themselves as not Americans, when it came to either identifying themselves as Hispanics or Latino/a, that is where it got tricky for them. In a survey that was conducted, when they were asked if they preferred to be identify as Hispanic or Latina/o, most of them said Hispanic than Latino/a. The reason why they choose to be labeled as Hispanic over Latino/a is unknown but one can make educated guests. One of the reasons why they choose Hispanic over Latino/s is because the term Latino/a have more negative stereotypes and views from society. If a person wants to be successful in life and has to be either identify themselves as Hispanics or Latino/a for the rest of their life, then a person will critically think which term is more beneficial to them. That is one of the reasons why they would choose Hispanic over Latino/a. Another reason could be that because if they identify themselves as Hispanics, the chances of having opportunities increases than if they were to say that they are Latina/o. This shows how people really think on how to identify themselves not because that it is what they really feel they are but what will help them not to face discrimination and judgement to towards them.

In a class discussion that we had, we discussed how people identify themselves when it came to their race/ethnicity. What impressed me was what one of the student, who was white and Mexican, said that if he had to choose between white and Mexican he would choose white because they get treated way better than Mexicans. I mean I do not blame him or judge his decision but why would you prefer to be a certain race if you know that you have another race. I mean I understand that chances do increase if you are white but why deny your race/ethnicity to be part of society. I mean I am very mixed when it comes to race and ethnicity and yet I say that I am all of the races and ethnicity that I know I am. I do not choose a specific race over the one, I say all of them cause I am proud of my race/ethnicity. Another thing that shocked me was that most of Hispanics and Latinos/as, don’t feel that they are accepted into the American culture, not only that but also native born Hispanics and Latinas/os do not feel accepted into the American culture. That really shocked me because here I am thinking that more than half or at least half of Hispanics and Latinos/as felt accepted into the American but according to the recent readings that we have read, I was wrong. After the discussion, I felt so confused about my identity. All these years I had a clear idea of identifying myself when it came to race and ethnicity but now I am so confused about my identity. Now I do not know if I am Mexican-American, American, white, white-black-African-American, Native Mexican-American, and the list goes on. For me, now it is really hard to identify myself because not only I am so mixed but there are so many labels that I cannot identify myself.

References
http://www.pewhispanic.org/2012/04/04/when-labels-dont-fit-hispanics-and-their-views-of-identity/
http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/populations/REMP/hispanic.html
https://webcourses.niu.edu/bbcswebdav/library/eReserves/20138-ILAS-100-----1/golashdhb.pdf

Misleading Racist Stereotypes

Every race has different types of stereotypes. From little things like physical features to socio-economic characteristics, the world has labels on races. One particular race, Latinos, go through the classic stereotype of being called “illegal.” I find this difficult to understand since more than half of Latinos that live in the United States are actual citizens, yet the entirety of Latinos have been placed under the label of being “illegal.” The effects of being called after a stereotype can cause mental repercussions not only on the victim, but to the bystanders as well.

One example of where the “illegal” stereotype is played well is when a 13 year old Mexican-American sang the national anthem at a NBA finals game. Some spectators saw this as a disgrace and said vile things, like “Who let this illegal alien sing our national anthem” and “Why is a foreigner singing the national anthem… I realize that’s San Antonio but that still ain’t Mexico” in response to a Mexican-American boy singing the national anthem (Cindy Rodriguez Mexican-American boy’s national anthem sparks racist comments). The people who reacted like this clearly cannot accept the diversity that this nation is becoming. United States is a very diverse country seeing that 13.1% is African-American, 5.1% is Asian American, and 16.9 % is Mexican American.

Another example that shows the racism is a tv show called “What Would You Do?” In this show, the producers give a scenario to see how the bystanders do in response. One episode that relates to the racism to Mexican-Americans is when an actor that plays a cashier tells two Mexican-American customers to “Get back in your pickup truck with the rest of your family”(Eric Hanan & Yardena Schwartz Confronting Racism in America). The cashier tries to show another stereotype that all Mexican-Americans live together and go from place to place in a pickup truck. The results from the experiment went from a lot of no reactions to some reactions supporting the cashier. The data collected from this research can show how racism against Mexican-Americans affects lives of the victims in the United States. This experiment exposed the stereotypes to the bystanders, and now people can start to believe that Mexicans live together in a pickup truck.

These are just examples. There are many cases to show how badly Mexican-Americans can get treated just based on typical stereotypes. Not all Mexican-Americans come to the United States illegally, yet all get labeled as illegal. Not all Mexican-Americans have the same education status, nor all go into the same occupation, when everyone hears the stereotypes that Mexicans mow lawns and just have a high school diploma. In today’s world, we see Mexican-Americans graduating with bachelor degrees from great, prestigious universities, and become doctors, police officials, judges, and many more respected with high paying salaries.

It’s wrong to presume that Mexican-Americans are the stereotypes that people make. Many Mexican-Americans are successful and shouldn’t be labeled as the typical stereotype of “illegal.” The picture I chose explains what the stereotypical Mexican looks like. I feel like this is what the majority of people think when they hear Mexican-American citizen. It is wrong to demoralize and characterize the entirety of a specific race, because reality shows that many Mexican-Americans are successful in life.

 

 

Work Cited:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/12/us/mexican-american-boy-sings-anthem/

http://abcnews.go.com/WhatWouldYouDo/story?id=6551048

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html

Ignorance Is Bliss

If someone from the far future, lets say 4013, was to ask their everyday owned super computer, "Computer what was the United States built off of?", I would bet any money that that highly intelligent super computer would respond with "Immigration" as its number one answer; and if not... its not that super. I believe one of the biggest problems with our country is the fact that so many Americans are ignorant on immigration and the events that lead to so many people wanting to come to the U.S. for the same thing so many ancestors did: to earn money and make a better living for their family. When discussing immigration people should first understand that everyone in the U.S. are immigrant except this of original Indigenous decent.

 

   When Europeans first made their "Discovery" of the Americas it was already inhabited by indigenous tribes who had been here years before. Tribes such as the Aztecs and Incas, who were far more advanced than people may know, were the ones who had their land stolen and their villages ravaged. For these tribes, in my eyes, they are the only ones who have the right to call any part of the Americas "my land." One thing that bugs me most is to hear an every day American citizen say that an immigrant of Hispanic decent, or any matter of fact, should go back to their country, learn the language,  or that they don't belong here. Its wrong to deny someone the same life or opportunities that we have in this country to someone else; especially when our country, is actually one of the driving forces bringing them here, one policy being NAFTA.

 

  

   NAFTA, North American Free Trade Agreement, has been a driving force for immigration in the U.S. since it was first brought about as a trade policy. NAFTA alone has allowed big business company such as "Smithfield" to totally control product production and importing for pork in Veracruz, Mexico. According to an article from The Nation...

 

"According to Alejandro Ramírez, general director of the Confederation of Mexican Pork Producers, Mexico imported 30,000 tons of pork in 1995, the year after NAFTA took effect. By 2010 pork imports, almost all from the United States, had grown more than twenty-five times, to 811,000 tons."

 

Numbers like this caused two main things to happen in Mexico. Local pork farmers lost their farms leading them into poverty, and eventually submitting to the low wage working call of their destroyer. Now we have the situation a lot of immigrants are in as they leave their country, horrible working condition and are in need of a source of money. Eventually companies such as Smithfield, and more I'm, sure decided to promote temporary visas to Hispanic who would come and work for very low wages, a substantial decrease in what they would make owning their own local farms, and also work in horrible working conditions. This to me is abuse, exploitation, and as close to slavery as possible; but when you have no other choice coming to the U.S. to make money and be able to support your family sounds as good as it will get. Right? Yes, until you have the country, employer, and the citizens who live their all supporting deportation of these people, and recycling them because they know that there are more.

 

 



   Factors are what drive immigration to our country, which many may or may not agree with, but we cannot forget that our country is built of immigration; a country of diverse hard working people who want to achieve a common goal. To deny anyone that opportunity in my eyes is wrong. I believe that if many U.S. Americans were to know the story and active factors behind immigrants coming to our countries or would change a lot of opinions of immigration and our government; but until we are all educated on the topic ignorance continues to be bliss.

 

Sources:

 

http://www.thenation.com/article/165438/how-us-policies-fueled-mexicos-great-migration#

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Immigration

Immigration reform in the United States was thought to be a lost topic until post government shut down.  Both political parties feel they have shed a bad light on themselves and now republicans have shifted toward providing a route to citizenship for undocumented citizens, in an effort to gain new voters and rebuild their image.  Democrats are now willing to work with Republicans because they don’t want to be seen as the bad parent that said no.  To Latin Americans or shall we say,” Mexicano’s, Cubano’s Puerto Rican’s” and the latter this is great news but mostly for Mexican undocumented immigrants.   There are an estimated over 11 million undocumented   citizens in the United States, a good portion from Latin American countries.  11 million is no small number and most feel citizenship is a right. There are opposing sides to reform: those who feel Sympathy for these the used, abuse and underappreciated immigrants and those who feel these undocumented immigrants brought it on themselves by breaking the law.  There is another side who just feel it would be detrimental to the economy.  So, the question is what should we do?

The first question is, are you sympathetic?  The majority of Western America originally belonged to Mexico before it was acquired by the U.S after the Mexican American war, through spoils of war.  That western territory was opened to U.S settlement and Mexicans were slowly kicked off their own land in places such as Arizona, New Mexico and California.  The boarder was left unpatrolled for decades, which allowed immigration to freely pass to and from, which was fine, but when the U.S began patrolling the boarder and implementing immigration laws, families became divided.  Mexico has been in an economic struggle and government disarray since its birth and America has taken advantage of that and at times has limited the countries growth.  America toyed with Mexican immigrants bringing them into the country for cheap labor, then when the job is done deporting them.  America has used various immigrants to build the country into the power that it is today, a lot of those immigrants still reside in the United States today as undocumented immigrants, evading deportation.  Those undocumented people feel they deserve citizenship within the U.S.

On the other foot due mostly to stereotyping, It is believed that most of these Latin American immigrants are lazy, uneducated, drug dealers, catholic praising, temper flaring people and they have large families holding all of these traits too.  It’s thought that undocumented immigrants came here illegally and broke the law, therefore they should not be given citizenship and any hard ship they’ve had is their own doing and that includes hardship received from deportation. The overall mind set is that why should we pass immigration reform allowing undocumented people citizenship when this is what the majority bring.  Not only that but those new citizens would also be competing for jobs which is one thing this country is lacking in its current state.

My personal feelings hold sympathy for Latin Americans; awarding citizenship for those people who helped build our country would make me feel all warm inside.   But I’m impartial to just awarding an approximated 11 million people citizenship because I am logical, I’m American and I believe the majority of information put out defending opposing sides is biased and blown out of proportion.  Yes, it’s probable that the majority of drugs come Mexico, if you don’t count the drugs that we make right here in the United States.  Plus, if 11 million people were bringing drugs over the boarder you would think people could get a dime at a decent price (I’m just being funny here).  I do believe that immigrants did build this country from the ground up because everyone here is technically an immigrant.  The exception is Native Americans who owned it before the U.S and before Mexico so I feel no sympathy for who’s land it used to be in terms of immigration, all though we are all complete assholes.  Yet, for building this country I do think some type of reform should be passed, but not for everybody.  Anybody can tell me that most of the undocumented individuals crossing the border a very well educated and I’d ask where’d you get your information from?  I’m not saying immigrants are uneducated but a hundred people you know in one area do not represent 11 million people spread throughout the United States.  My personal opinion, through traveling to 2^nd and 3^rd world countries, and Living with Hispanic and Asian families in Texas and California for a few weeks at a time, is that most immigrants have some level of education.  Most immigrants move to a location containing large populations of people speaking their native tongue and become secluded from the majority of society.  Those who become secluded have a pattern were the grandparents and parents speak little to no English the kids are bilingual and their kids only speak English.  That’s not everybody but this is not what I like to see.  If you are going to become an American citizen you should make an effort to become one an adopt customs and at least the language.  Things like this divide a nation making factions and take away from national pride.  I mean in some areas of cities I’ve had to travel with buddies affiliated with gangs to avoid getting shanked, but then I’m allowed to meet some of these guys and their cool as hell even though half of the conversations need to be translated.  Back to the point, we should filter current undocumented immigrants and those who are already successfully sustaining themselves, maintaining work and making an effort to learn American customs grant them citizenship.  Current immigration laws should be maintained within the process accepting certain skill sets and successful immigrants.  Those not contributing to society should be given a grace period to fix the issue and then face deportment if it goes unchecked.  A limited number should be allowed citizenship, a number in the millions but nowhere near 11 million; mainly because if they are direct family of one immigrant that receives citizenship, odds are they will receive citizenship too and it will not count towards the cutoff number.  If they don’t make the cutoff number, it most likely means they are too far out of touch with society.  I already have issues with Americans being out of the loop and being uninformed, why should I humor more people who have no idea what’s going on.  I still don’t believe it will help the economy however, because these formerly undocumented immigrants will be able to openly compete for jobs at a higher level than what they were doing before.  This is not a thought of holding someone down, this is logical thought, higher level jobs require at least a visa and a background check.  Of those gaining citizenship sign an affidavit and offer to support somebody, go get married have a baby there’s loop wholes to the system.  Just be glad nobodies asking for all of those unpaid taxes, cause taxes suck, that would literally be billions of dollars.

 

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-immigration-obama-20131025,0,6755968.story#axzz2ilTKlctn

http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/how-united-states-immigration-system-works-fact-sheet

The journey, hardships, and strives

   

Many generations of Latino groups has experienced immigration In the U.S. the three groups are Mexicanos, Puertorriqunos, and Cubans. The cause Latinos migrating to the U.S. are because of the markets. Now there are big transformation in Latin countries from neoliberalism and NAFTA. The U.S moved most Latin’s to better the economy.  The problems that came along with immigration is no justice .for example when immigrants are brought to the United States most would say it isn't voluntary and it’s not; some Latinos are put into factories to work that give low basic such as meat cutters.  In the article “Immigrants are exploited in America's slaughterhouses” they talk about the factories and the positions of immigrants and how they use the cheapest labor.  This is wrong doing to the immigrants American slaughter houses and only has immigrants that are from other countries work in a place that can be a danger to them. This was a danger to people working in the factory because the type of work they had to perform. Many immigrants was foreign so the U.S. didn’t find it wrong for them to be working in these slaughter houses.

 Another problem that came along with immigration is the view of the many stereotypes that the U.S. looked down at Latinos in America was the hardships that the Mexicans had. During the time of the Mexican revolution Mexicans was moved and immigrated to the U.S. for some moving was good economically for others it was hard getting back to their families. Many Mexicans where treated unfairly while other groups Puertorriquerios and Cubans where treated the opposite. Many Mexicans  had many problems of not being undocumented they had to go through the most to they were being blamed for the down falls of the U.S. but the ones putting in a lot of work for the economic sake. Than for the Cubans who has extreme differences when it comes to immigration considered as refuge because of the outbreak of war and many came to the United States after the most industrialization that came from Cuban were the factories for tobacco; also Puerto Ricans came to the U.S. and established companies. These companies were made to make the economy issues better later on in the 1900's.

The good impact of immigrants from Latino countries coming to U.S. are the ability to work even though they were undocumented they maintained jobs. this was good because for the lower and middle class it was an advantage. Many Latin’s that are American today had many companies, businesses of there on this was a good thing because they were showing Americans something new and it was a way to better the economy more laws were being established.  Some immigrants made a difference by the organizations for the Latinos have made a better living while they lived in the U.S. being immigrants became a more  of an influence to American countries the more hardships  brought more accomplishments.

The Cold Reality about Illegal Immigration to the United States of America

Heriberto Vargas Hernandez

The topic of how to prevent illegal immigration to the United States of America has been a very controversial issue in the U.S. since I can remember, and I have been alive for two decades.  Most of the illegal immigrants in this country are from Mexico, about 59 percent of the total undocumented people in the U.S. are Mexicans [1]. There are illegal immigrants from other countries, but the vast majorities belong to Latin American Countries.  There are many reasons that force people from other countries to come to the United States of America illegally, and some of these include bad economies and corruption in their native countries.  In Latin American countries, especially in Mexico, if people do not hold at least a middle class status, then there will be no real chance of economic and social advancement because the government will not allow them to do so with the implementation of fraudulent laws and regulations.  The majority of illegal immigrants from Mexico did not choose to come to the USA illegally, they were forced to, and this seems to be something that most “Americans” have ignored for their own benefit or failed to understand.

 

Once people from Mexico make the difficult decision to risk their lives in hopes for a better future and cross the US-Mexico border illegally they are faced with many harsh realities here in the U.S.  It is estimated that about 11.9 million people are living in the United States as illegal immigrants, and during the past decade it was estimated that an average of 500,000 people were entering the U.S. illegally per year [2].  Out of all the illegal immigrants, about two thirds enter the U.S. by the US-Mexico border, and the remaining 30 to 40 percent enter on some type of temporary visa and once these become expired they stay here [2].The harshest reality that illegals have to deal with is discrimination which groups Mexicans into several stereotypes due to the fact that there are labeled as “illegal immigrants.” The two most damaging stereotypes that “Americans” have given to Mexican illegal immigrants include being lazy and uneducated.

 

 Illegal immigrants in the U.S. go through very difficult times to find jobs, so they have to take jobs that will often exploit them for cheap labor.  Of course, several U.S. industries benefit greatly from the fact that all of these illegal immigrants have to take low-skilled level jobs.  These low-skilled and low-paying jobs are mainly in the restaurant, hospital, construction, landscaping, agribusiness, and meat-packaging industries [3].  I, myself, having done an internship for a large meat-packaging company, which name I cannot mention, in the U.S. saw some of the working conditions and treatment which illegal immigrants have to endure. In addition, many here in the U.S. often say that illegal immigrants here are taking jobs away from “Americans,” but the reality is that the types of jobs that illegal immigrants do are those jobs that “Americans” are not willing to do for the same dollar amount that is paid to illegals[4].  In addition, some say that illegal immigrants do not contribute greatly to the U.S. economy because they do not pay taxes, but this is just another excuse used by “Americans,” which include the elite and powerful politicians, to justify the fact that they do not want to legalize illegal immigrants by passing an immigration reform.   The following image depicts Hispanic/Latino immigrants asking for an immigration reform.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“We are not Illegal Aliens, We are Human Beings”

 

 

 

 

                Many illegal immigrants and “Dreamers” here in the U.S. have been pushing to have an immigration reform passed here in the U.S.  And, it has been a very controversial topic during this Barack Obama administration, because the immigration reform has been proposed but it has not gone anywhere.  Instead, some of the U.S. representatives have focused their attention on deciding whether to attack the country of Syria, and on trying to prevent a government shutdown, which already happened [1].  In my personal opinion, I believe that the U.S. will keep delaying the immigration reform because the U.S. government does not want to pass it, and it will not pass it at least not in my lifetime.  In the larger scheme of “politics” the U.S. benefits more from having illegal immigrants in the country then from not having any at all, and let’s face it the economy of this country would collapsed without the contributions of illegal immigrants, just try to really imagine a day without an illegal immigrant and relatives of illegal immigrants, whether legal or illegal, here in the U.S.  It would be a thousand times worse than what was depicted in the movie “A day without a Mexican” directed by Sergio Arau.

 

Reference Links:

1.      http://www.policymic.com/articles/62757/illegal-immigration-debate-continues-to-discredit-hispanics

2.      http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/hanson-dec09.pdf

3.      http://www.nationalreview.com/article/347534/illegal-immigration-who-benefits

4.      http://www.infowars.com/18-facts-prove-illegal-immigration-is-absolute-nightmare-for-u-s-economy/