Comments on: Ich bin ein Mexican

By: big jonny

big jonny — Fri, 14 May 2010 21:38:10 +0000

I’ve seen bumper stickers here in Arizona which read, “Go back to Mexico!”

By: joetheelectrician

joetheelectrician — Fri, 14 May 2010 21:27:27 +0000

So alot of the illegals can trace ancestors to this country, going back 200 years? I’ve got German ancestors going back that far. But if I got caught sneaking into Germany illegally I’d be in some serious shit. Just sayin’.

By: Penni Tichi

Penni Tichi — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:55:05 +0000

Now this is the reason why I love this site.

By: el jefe

el jefe — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:05:31 +0000

Stereotypes are a dangerous thing. And while I am sure that a substantial portion, maybe even a majority, of day laborers are illegal, some aren’t and you can’t tell by accent or skin tone.

I don’t know what the solution is, but I do know that having (at least) two major industries (agriculture and construction) supported on the use (and sometimes exploitation) of a class of people who have very little power to better their condition is wrong. They can’t go complain to the boss if their working conditions are unsafe or unhealthy. OSHA doesn’t apply to illegals. Sure it keeps the cost of food and housing down, and that’s all most people care about, but it’s still wrong.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:37:06 +0000

“It’s naive to assume that day laborers are all either legal or illegal. The point is that you can’t tell by accent or skin tone whether someone is legally in this country or not.”

el jefe, et al-

I disagree. Stereotypes exist for a reason. If an hispanic gentleman living in Phoenix AZ was legal, he wouldn’t have to work busting and hauling concrete for cash at the end of the shift. I think it’s more likely than not that these fellows are in fact illegals.

Me, I blame the U.S. for its illegal immigrant problem. As long as farmers and chiseling construction contractors can hire illegal day laborers with impunity- as they have for thirty years- they will come.

Yes, this is a big problem, and no, it’s not going to be solved any time soon. You cannot deport millions of people back to Mexico, as the more narrow-minded “conservatives” suggest, nor can you simply grant them all citizenship without due process. The remaining option? A massive group (“underclass” for you liberal leaners) of people whose only way to make a living is under-the-radar manual labor or crime.

Mikey

By: el jefe

el jefe — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:32:31 +0000

Mikey, sorry about that Mike is the dumbass.

It’s naive to assume that day laborers are all either legal or illegal. The point is that you can’t tell by accent or skin tone whether someone is legally in this country or not.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:06:30 +0000

“He would pick up a few guys, depending on how many he needed for a particular project, sort out what they wanted for pay right there on the sidewalk, and they’d climb in the back of his truck. And, after a day’s work, he’d pay ‘em in cash and drop them back off in the same place.”

Jonny-

It would be very naive to assume that Mexicans, working day labor for cash at the end of the shift, in Phoenix AZ, are legal.

And just to be crystal clear, I’m not “Mike” nor do I share his opinion.

Keep the rubber side down, y’all.

Mikey

By: el jefe

el jefe — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:56:55 +0000

Soon, very soon…

By: AfricanSingle

AfricanSingle — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:45:42 +0000

Am I missing something? You mean to say people actually cross over the border INTO the US? Fuck I thought those with any sense would be going the other way. Maybe the fence is to keep you in?

By: Rusty Sanchez

Rusty Sanchez — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:12:39 +0000

Erik,
I live in Springerville/Eagar, and I’m pretty sure the big statue on main street is a pioneer woman, not Coronado. Besides, how does Coronado fit into this arguement? He was a white european who most likely hated mestizos. I will agree that ANY newspaper editor from Apache County is most likely an asshole. Thanks for mentioning our proud city.

By: BOB

BOB — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:09:45 +0000

It’s official, that Mike guy is a Dumbass.

By: el jefe

el jefe — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:18:36 +0000

Mikey, get a fucking clue. Just because someone cuts grass and speaks with an accent doesn’t mean they are illegal. Why do people want to come to the US? Because it’s better here. Better enough that some people are willing to go through the process and come here legally to do the menial job of cutting grass, and send their money home so that their families can live a little more comfortably. I have good friends who have college degrees that have made that choice. That’s how much better it is in the US. It has nothing to do with being PC. It has to do with reality you moron. Yeah, we’ve got a problem with illegal immigration, but you cannot tell whether someone is illegal by their accent or the color of their skin.

You said, “Never mind that illegal aliens kill more Americans each year than died in the attacks of 9/11.” 3000+ illegal immigrants in prison does not equal that statement. Learn how to do math and support your statement with some facts.

As of 2005 according to the DOJ, the US had a total prison population of 2.1 million people, and aproximately 8% of then are illegal. We have approximately 300 million people in the country, and high estimate are that there are 20 million illegal immigrants in the country, which is about 7%. So illegals are incarcerated at really close to the same rate at which they make up the general population. Which is low considering they often don’t get good legal aid, and very different than blacks who make up 35% of the prison population, yet only are 10% of the general. In other words, there are some ass holes, there are some really good people, and a whole bunch in the middle. Now go shut the fuck up you racist twad.