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I suppose if I were a poor Mexican worker making $5-20 or less a day, I would see the opportunity to make a steady $40/day or more as a Godsend. . . and I would be over the border and into the US, as well. Especially when the silly gringo doesn't seem to care that I'd be sending almost all of it back to my home country.

I understand why they are doing it. As a place to earn a living for yourself or your family, Mexico sucks - unless you are one of the elites. The daily minimum wage in Mexico is currently MX$50 ($4.64 US) a day, although the IMSS (Mexican Social Security Institute) showed that the average wage in June 2007 among its 14.5 million registered workers was MX$209 ($19.40 US) per day (http://www.mexperience.com/discover/discov_ff.htm)

I got these figures from a Mexican website and it seemed odd to me that the US has some 30 million unregistered Mexican workers while their own country only has 14.5 million registered workers. Well, not really odd - more like annoying.

We have twice as many of THEIR citizens working illegally here than they have working legally there. Why? Because without the US Dollars being sent back to Mexico, the Mexican economy would evaporate overnight. Then there would be revolutions and riots and starvation and all manner of nasty incidents.

Oddly, even with the fact that their country sucks, the Mexicans have a strong national identity and pride. It often seems that the United States is the scapegoat for all their nation's evils. If only it wasn't for those damned Norte Americanos and the United States, life would be perfect.

Well then, why can't they get a decent wage in their own damned country? Why can't they get a job? Why do their politicians rape the populace at every turn? (Not that ours, don't as well, but it's not quite as flagrant as it is down south.) Why are most of their police corrupt? And why can't they just fix their own problems and stay at home?

Okay - I know that all Mexicans do not hate the United States and its Citizens. But the loudest ones do - and many of them are living in the US and are being supported by US tax dollars.

MEChA : According to one website:
"The acronym MEChA stands for "Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan." or "Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan." MEChA is an Hispanic separatist organization that encourages anti-American activities and civil disobedience. The radical members of MEChA who refer to themselves as "Mechistas," romanticize Mexican claims to the "lost Territories" of the Southwestern United States -- a Chicano country called Aztlan. In its national constitution, MEChA calls for self-determination by its members to liberate Aztlan. MEChA's national constitution starts out: "Chicano and Chicana students of Aztlán must take upon themselves the responsibilities to promote Chicanismo within the community, politicizing our Raza with an emphasis on indigenous consciousness to continue the struggle for the self-determination of the Chicano people for the purpose of liberating Aztlán." These anti-American "Mechistas" live with the false illusion that they are being racially discriminated against because they are Latinos while totally dismissing the idea that maybe it is their ideology that is being discriminated against.

According to the Official National MEChA Website they are "not a separatist movement." And yet, the MEChA History statement claims:

"In March of 1969, at Denver, Colorado the Crusade for Justice organized the National Chicano Youth Conference that drafted the basic premises for the Chicana/Chicano Movement in El Plan de Aztlán (EPA). A synopsis of El Plan stipulates: 1) We are Chicanas and Chicanos of Aztlán reclaiming the land of our birth (Chicana/Chicano Nation); 2) Aztlán belongs to indigenous people, who are sovereign and not subject to a foreign culture; 3) We are a union of free pueblos forming a bronze (Chicana/Chicano) Nation; 4) Chicano nationalism, as the key to mobilization and organization, is the common denominator to bring consensus to the Chicana/Chicano Movement; 5) Cultural values strengthen our identity as La Familia de La Raza; and 6) EPA, as a basic plan of Chicana/Chicano liberation, sought the formation of an independent national political party that would represent the sentiments of the Chicana/Chicano community."

and the MEChA Philosophy statement goes on to say;

"Recognizing that the majority of our Raza are members of the working class, we avow an anti-imperialist analysis that includes Chicana/Chicano self-determination. Chicano self-determination must begin with the recognition of what is implied in using the term M.E.Ch.A. (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán). Essentially, we are a Chicana and Chicano student movement directly linked to Aztlán. As Chicanas and Chicanos of Aztlán, we are a nationalist movement of Indigenous Gente that lay claim to the land that is ours by birthright. As a nationalist movement we seek to free our people from the exploitation of an oppressive society that occupies our land. Thus, the principle of nationalism serves to preserve the cultural traditions of La Familia de La Raza and promotes our identity as a Chicana/Chicano Gente."

So. What the heck is "Aztlán?"

YouTube - Aztlan Rising Nothing like getting it straight from the horse's mouth. Scary stuff.

The myth of Aztlan can best be explained by California's Santa Barbara School District's Chicano Studies textbook, "The Mexican American Heritage" by East Los Angeles high school teacher Carlos Jimenez. On page 84 there is a redrawn map of Mexico and the United States, showing Mexico with a full one-third more territory, all of it taken back from the United States. On page 107, it says "Latinos are now realizing that the power to control Aztlan may once again be in their hands." Shown are the "repatriated" eight or nine states including Colorado, California, Arizona, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, Oregon and parts of Washington. According to the school text, Mexico is supposed to regain these territories as they rightly belong to the "mythical" homeland of Aztlan. On page 86, it says "...a free-trade agreement...promises...if Mexico is to allow the U.S. to invest in Mexico...then Mexico should...be allowed to freely export...Mexican labor. Obviously this would mean a re-evaluation of the border between the two countries as we know it today." Jimenez's Aztlan myth is further amplified at MEChA club meetings held at Santa Barbara Public Schools. The book, paid for by American tax payers, cites no references or footnotes, leaving school children totally dependent on their teacher to separate fact from opinion and political propaganda. The book teaches separatism, victimization, nationalism, completely lacks patriotism towards the United States, and promotes an open border policy. The book is 100 percent editorial -- the opinions of the author.

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