April 07, 2006
Mexican Poll Results
This is pretty striking, huh?:
The poll found that 58 percent of Mexicans agree with the statement, "The territory of the United States' southwest rightfully belongs to Mexico." Zogby said 28 percent disagreed, while another 14 percent said they weren't sure.
So, tell me, why should we be importing millions upon millions of people who are more than twice as likely than not to say that a significant part of our country, including where I live, rightfully belongs to Mexico? That's just crazy. In fact, it's borderline suicidal. That would be like Israel importing millions of Palestinians every year who believe that all of Israel should belong to them. Israel wouldn't be stupid enough to do that, so why do we do it? There are probably billions of people throughout the world who would come here tomorrow if they could. Why don't we bring in people from parts of the world who don't think that a major part of our country belongs to their long-lost Aztlan? If we continue with current immigration trends, Mexicans and people descended from Mexicans will be the majority of entire states in the not too totally distant future. Who will they vote into office when this is the case? Californians were seriously considering voting in Cruz Bustamante, a former member of M.E.Ch.A. who would not publicly distance himself from some of their more extreme slogans and goals, as governor! If he hadn't made a few high-profile blunders late in the campaign, he might have won. Now, we probably won't have this future any time soon, if ever, since the immigration reforms being debated in Congress now will likely pass and will probably dramatically slow down illegal immigration over time, but this is a warning that if we don't do something soon, the future could be very, very ugly.
The poll found that 58 percent of Mexicans agree with the statement, "The territory of the United States' southwest rightfully belongs to Mexico." Zogby said 28 percent disagreed, while another 14 percent said they weren't sure.
So, tell me, why should we be importing millions upon millions of people who are more than twice as likely than not to say that a significant part of our country, including where I live, rightfully belongs to Mexico? That's just crazy. In fact, it's borderline suicidal. That would be like Israel importing millions of Palestinians every year who believe that all of Israel should belong to them. Israel wouldn't be stupid enough to do that, so why do we do it? There are probably billions of people throughout the world who would come here tomorrow if they could. Why don't we bring in people from parts of the world who don't think that a major part of our country belongs to their long-lost Aztlan? If we continue with current immigration trends, Mexicans and people descended from Mexicans will be the majority of entire states in the not too totally distant future. Who will they vote into office when this is the case? Californians were seriously considering voting in Cruz Bustamante, a former member of M.E.Ch.A. who would not publicly distance himself from some of their more extreme slogans and goals, as governor! If he hadn't made a few high-profile blunders late in the campaign, he might have won. Now, we probably won't have this future any time soon, if ever, since the immigration reforms being debated in Congress now will likely pass and will probably dramatically slow down illegal immigration over time, but this is a warning that if we don't do something soon, the future could be very, very ugly.
