Just filling jobs Americans do not want -
you are being lied to ...
by
Mike Crane
The current Administration, leading Republican and Democrats in
Congress and in State Legislatures all tell us excessive immigration
is good for us. These extreme levels of immigration are
required just to fill the jobs that Americans will not do,
over and over they keep repeating this statement.
But where are the facts to
back up these less than truthful statements?
The job creation levels (see:
American Jobs and Economy still
on decline)
do not even cover the new immigrants, much less the
American job loss to outsourcing, facility closing and H-1B (and L)
visas. So this should raise some serious doubts for those who care
about their grandchildren's future.
But lets take a look at another facet of excessive levels of
both legal and illegal immigration - assimilation into society. As
we have stated all along, we do not have an immigrant problem,
we have a rate of immigration problem.
 In
the Southwest there is another problem brewing, and regardless of
where you live this problem will come to you eventually, either
directly or indirectly. It will certainly have an impact on your
grandchildren.
Lets look at the movement
to establish Aztlan or Republica del Norte (click on image for full
sized).
In this situation not only do the new found residents want the
jobs that Americans allegedly do not want - they want the land, the
facilities and the government to boot. This includes California, New
Mexico, Arizona and Texas. A few other land parcels are also
included. Some may buy the Administration's policy that taking
American jobs is good for us, but it is a little bit harder
to see where a plan for Aztlan is going to benefit Americans.
Whether or not this plan is ever successful is not the issue,
there are certainly viable
arguments to make for government constituted with consent of the
governed. This was in fact one of the fundamental reasons for the
War to gain our Independence from the English Crown. Since our
government is allowing and even encouraging these folks to take up
residence in our country - once they gain citizenship they have a
right to their political views.
An increasing number of
citizens in the area called Aztlan
favor some sort of return to Mexican government.
If this population continues growing at current rates within
10 - 20 years it will be an elective majority in fairly large
portions, if not all, of the proposed area of Aztlan. This would
mean potential control of the State governments of all the States on
the border with Mexico. I wonder if this would impact the number of
illegal immigrants coming across the border? President Bush will
tell you that this would be good for us! If you believe that
- just send me a signed blank check and I get you some good land in
Florida! It will be just as good for you.
 An
elective majority would potentially mean at least 8 US Senators and
quite a few US Congressmen (both California and Texas are well
represented) that would be elected by this new elective majority.
Would they have more loyalty to Mexico or the US?
This is just one example
why we have a rate of immigration problem.
Immigration that occurs at a rate above that
which can be assimilated into the host society, results in
fragmentation and disruption of that host society. This is occurring
in several portions of our country today. Do you hear the Bush
Administration, Republicans and Democrats in Congress and State
Legislatures discussing this future impact?
No you do not! What you hear is that these levels
of immigration are needed to fill the jobs that Americans will not
do and that this is good for us! Even that statement is not
true and you are being mis-lead (at best) about the long term
effects of this open border policy.
Your grandchildren's future is being sold on the
auction block of special interests, chasing votes and campaign
contributions? Have you ever voted to allow 5,000,000
immigrants a year cross the border? Have you ever seen a poll that
favors such levels of immigration?
This will not change until you, the American
citizens, demand a return to reasonable levels of immigration. Oh
yes the politically correct will now scream and yell. I and all who
agree will be labeled all kind of derogatory terms. They will claim
that I am just anti-immigrant, biased and possibly even use the much
feared r-word (racist).
But that is their
methodology, they use it on Southern Heritage issues, they use it on
Right To Life issues, they use it on Ten Commandment issues, they
use it on forcing 80 year old grandmothers to be physically groped
at airports so that Moslem males will not be offended. All I can say
to the politically correct is:
Its the rate - not
the immigrant - stupid!
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Professor Predicts 'Hispanic Homeland'
By The Associated Press
 ALBUQUERQUE,
N.M. — A University of New Mexico Chicano Studies professor
predicts a new, sovereign Hispanic nation within the
century, taking in the Southwest and several northern states
of Mexico.
Charles Truxillo suggests the “Republica del Norte,” the
Republic of the North, is “an inevitability.”
He envisions it encompassing all of California, Arizona,
New Mexico, Texas and southern Colorado, plus the northern
tier of Mexican states: Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua,
Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.
Along both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border “there is a
growing fusion, a reviving of connections,” Truxillo said.
“Southwest Chicanos and Norteño Mexicanos are becoming one
people again.”
Truxillo, 47, has said the new country should be brought
into being “by any means necessary,” but recently said it
was unlikely to be formed by civil war. Instead, its
creation will be accomplished by the electoral pressure of
the future majority Hispanic population in the region, he
said.
Other UNM professors were skeptical
Felipe Gonzáles, director of UNM's Southwest Hispanic
Research Institute, said there's a “certain homeland
undercurrent” among New Mexico Hispanics who believe land
was stolen and promises broken. But, he said, a new nation
would need much more widespread support.
“Educated elites are going to have to pick up on this
idea and run with it and use it as a point of confrontation
if it is to succeed,” Gonzáles said.
Truxillo contends states have the right to secede under
the Articles of Confederation of 1777, in which states
retained “sovereignty, freedom and independence.” He
contends the Articles were not superseded in that regard by
the U.S. Constitution and that although the Civil War
settled the question militarily, it was never resolved by
courts.
History Professor Daniel Feller disagreed
“The Constitution does supersede the Articles of
Confederation,” Feller said. “It takes no notice of the
articles and is not presented as bearing any relation to
them. The Constitution does not declare, recognize or in any
way acknowledge the right to secede.”
And, he noted, the full title was “Articles of
Confederation and Perpetual Union.”
The U.S. Supreme Court said in 1869 the union was
indestructible, political science Professor Joseph Stewart
said.
He also said he was “somewhat skeptical in the sense of
minority politics” about a possible Republic of the North.
He said Americans of Mexican descent have moved all over the
United States and that “I don't see that Hispanic population
becoming more distinct but in fact becoming less distinct.”
Juan José Peña, Hispanic activist and vice chairman of
the Hispanic Roundtable, said there's not enough political
consciousness among Mexican Americans to form a separate
nation.
“Right now, there's no movement capable of undertaking
it,” he said.
Truxillo, who teaches at UNM's Chicano Studies Program on
a yearly contract, believes it's his job to help develop a
“cadre of intellectuals” to think about how it can become a
reality.
Native-born American Hispanics feel like strangers in
their own land, he said
“We remain subordinated,” he said. “We have a negative
image of our own culture, created by the media.
Self-loathing is a terrible form of oppression. The long
history of oppression and subordination has to end.”
Truxillo said Hispanics who have achieved positions of
power or otherwise are “enjoying the benefits of
assimilation” are most likely to oppose a new nation.
“There will be the negative reaction, the tortured
response of someone who thinks, 'Give me a break. I just
want to go to Wal-Mart.' But the idea will seep into their
consciousness, and cause an internal crisis, a pain of
conscience, an internal dialogue as they ask themselves:
'Who am I in this system?”'
© 2000 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Dr. Charles Truxillo is a native of New Mexico. He
attended public schools in Albuquerque and Belen. Dr. Truxillo
received his graduate and undergraduate degrees from the
University of New Mexico, majoring in Latin American,
Borderlands, and Asian History. Dr. Truxillo also attended St.
Michael's Catholic seminary in California. Later, he worked as
an instructor in the University College of UNM, serving as
director of the University College's Social Science program
from 1988 to 1990. Throughout this period Dr. Truxillo
traveled extensively in Mexico, Central America, Spain, and
Western Europe. Between 1992 and 1997, he was an Assistant
Professor of History at New Mexico Highlands University. While
at NMHI, he annually organized student tours to Mexico and
sponsored student and faculty forums and symposiums.
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