Mexicans in America: Segunda Parte--MEChA
Yesterday's first installment of this re-published series focused on Aztlan, the mythical place; today's Part Two deals with the movement called MEChA.
I've personally seen illegals in action and I can say that Mexicans, and most other Latinos, are damned hard workers.
Whether they arrived via wading across the Rio Grande or by running across the Sonoran or Chihuahuan Deserts, by being trucked in, or by any other means, their entrance onto our shores was not an easy one, in most cases. From the southwest they then migrated north and east and west and take jobs that Americans, we are told, don't want, from farm laborers, to factory workers, to restaurant workers, even nannies.
If I were in their positions in their home countries, immersed in poverty and politically corrupt regimes, their families barely eking out existences in fetid cities and on dismal farms, I would probably do the same, that is, illegally enter that rich nation of the gringos, work hard, live meagerly, and ship bundles of American dollars back home to help keep their loved ones alive.
We are also told that the influx of illegal aliens or, as liberals call them, "undocumented workers," has slowed and many are even heading back home due to our economy. I've seen no evidence of that, nor can I understand how we can determine how many are leaving since we have no clue as to how many actually arrived in the first place.
In any event, many of these hardworking people, probably not all but possibly a good majority, have designs that go far beyond picking grapes, making widgets, washing dishes, and tending to the children of equally hard-working Americans.
As mentioned in my previous article, many are involved with an organization called, "MEChA, an acronym for the separatist Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, or the Student Movement for Aztlan, [which] has chapters in ninety-percent of California's high schools and colleges. Their stated goal is to re-claim America's Southwest and other areas for Mexico and to re-establish the kingdom of Aztlan, the mythical place of origin of the Aztecs,...the national symbol for MEChA is a fierce eagle wielding a machete and a stick of dynamite."
MEChA now sports a national website, http://www.nationalmecha.org/, and note the word "national" which does not simply connote nationwide but also refers to the underlying aims of the organization, namely, to reclaim large swaths of the United States for Aztlan, or Mexico. They even have "national web pages:" [http://www.utpa.edu/orgs/mecha/nat.html]
MEChAns seem to have learned a lesson about American culture and politics and are laying low lately. At least that's the perception of a Northeasterner; I can't speak for Southwesterners. But this site, decidedly anti-MEChAn, is less reticent and refers to the movement as a "scourge" and includes numerous articles and reports on MEChAn activities and programs: http://bit.ly/3hG9eF
We are a nation of immigrants, and I'm aware that's not exactly a newsflash. However, previous immigrants came to America not only to better themselves and to better the lives of their families but to become Americans, to assimilate, and most came to love this country as much as their previous homelands.
This new breed, illegal and not, these nuevo immigrantes, seem to have a whole other mindset. In the case of Mexican immigrantes, that mindset does not only void the concept of assimilation but rather includes a plan to take back what they believe is rightfully theirs.
More to follow...
I've personally seen illegals in action and I can say that Mexicans, and most other Latinos, are damned hard workers.
Whether they arrived via wading across the Rio Grande or by running across the Sonoran or Chihuahuan Deserts, by being trucked in, or by any other means, their entrance onto our shores was not an easy one, in most cases. From the southwest they then migrated north and east and west and take jobs that Americans, we are told, don't want, from farm laborers, to factory workers, to restaurant workers, even nannies.
If I were in their positions in their home countries, immersed in poverty and politically corrupt regimes, their families barely eking out existences in fetid cities and on dismal farms, I would probably do the same, that is, illegally enter that rich nation of the gringos, work hard, live meagerly, and ship bundles of American dollars back home to help keep their loved ones alive.
We are also told that the influx of illegal aliens or, as liberals call them, "undocumented workers," has slowed and many are even heading back home due to our economy. I've seen no evidence of that, nor can I understand how we can determine how many are leaving since we have no clue as to how many actually arrived in the first place.
In any event, many of these hardworking people, probably not all but possibly a good majority, have designs that go far beyond picking grapes, making widgets, washing dishes, and tending to the children of equally hard-working Americans.
As mentioned in my previous article, many are involved with an organization called, "MEChA, an acronym for the separatist Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, or the Student Movement for Aztlan, [which] has chapters in ninety-percent of California's high schools and colleges. Their stated goal is to re-claim America's Southwest and other areas for Mexico and to re-establish the kingdom of Aztlan, the mythical place of origin of the Aztecs,...the national symbol for MEChA is a fierce eagle wielding a machete and a stick of dynamite."
MEChA now sports a national website, http://www.nationalmecha.org/, and note the word "national" which does not simply connote nationwide but also refers to the underlying aims of the organization, namely, to reclaim large swaths of the United States for Aztlan, or Mexico. They even have "national web pages:" [http://www.utpa.edu/orgs/mecha/nat.html]
MEChAns seem to have learned a lesson about American culture and politics and are laying low lately. At least that's the perception of a Northeasterner; I can't speak for Southwesterners. But this site, decidedly anti-MEChAn, is less reticent and refers to the movement as a "scourge" and includes numerous articles and reports on MEChAn activities and programs: http://bit.ly/3hG9eF
We are a nation of immigrants, and I'm aware that's not exactly a newsflash. However, previous immigrants came to America not only to better themselves and to better the lives of their families but to become Americans, to assimilate, and most came to love this country as much as their previous homelands.
This new breed, illegal and not, these nuevo immigrantes, seem to have a whole other mindset. In the case of Mexican immigrantes, that mindset does not only void the concept of assimilation but rather includes a plan to take back what they believe is rightfully theirs.
More to follow...
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