The recent legislation in Arizona is a good opportunity for American-born and naturalized Hispanics to show if they’re loyal to this country and care about its welfare, or, alternately, if they are what their spokesmen describe: an insular, self-interested, foreign group with the spirit of a colonizer, resentful, angry, contemptuous of, and alienated from the native-born majority.
Ruben Navarette asks, “This law is a reality check for all Latinos. It’s a helpful reminder that — as hard as we work, as much as we accomplish and progress — we are, by virtue of skin color or accent or Spanish surname, still on probation as far as some people are concerned. And we will be for life.”
Well, yes, that might be partly be true. Of course, that’s true of any law enforcement measure where one group is disproportionately offending. There’s another dimension to this issue that’s not true for Chinese or British immigrants: we share a very long border with a Third World nation that has no respect for our sovereignty and that has sent literally millions of poor, illegal, and highly visible Mestizos into our majority-white country for the last 40 years. And, worse, many native-born Hispanics identity with, socialize with, marry, harbor, and protect these illegal aliens that do so much harm to our country. As is typical for our multicultural age, Navarette and other immigrant activists ask for the right of his coethnics to insult us and be disloyal, while complaining about the natural consequences of such behavior for those Hispanics that are loyal and of legal status. By dint merely of living here, they want all the rights of other Americans, even as they show so little willingness to make any sacrifice for the common good. Their ethnic and tribal good always comes first. God forbid they say, as some South Asian Americans have with regard to terrorist profiling, “Search me first and leave grandma alone.”
I also think his chicken-little worries are over-stated. Any Hispanic legally in this country can probably get out of any trouble from this law through a few simple steps that nearly all native-born Hispanics can accomplish: knowing English, having a driver’s license, or having a social security number that matches their name. If these things are not in order, you cannot expect not to be confused with what you appear to be: a non-American. There is a price to living off the radar or not knowing English. Why shouldn’t this be? This minor imposition is a far cry from the “papers please!” melodrama invoking the internal passport regime of the former Soviet Union. There is post-arrest due process in America, and there is already a duty under federal law of legal immigrants to have their immigration papers upon them.
Arizona is bringing an issue to a head that is the albatross of the multicultural Democratic party. It does more to unite diverse American whites than any other issue. And why? Because native people at every level of American society know that the recent influx of a huge number of low skill, unassimilated, and excessively proud Hispanics from a neighboring and unsuccessful nation is a formula for significant internal change, decline, and disempowerment. Good for Arizona for doing the obvious in these circumstances. And good for Arizona for letting the rest of us see how Mexican chauvinism interferes with the ability of these largely recent arrivals to care about the common good.
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So Navarette will learn how white people are treated in is county: defective because of their skin color. Cry me a river.
Much like Gettysburg where the two armies bumped into each other and began a major battle in a place no one expected, this fight was not expected to happen at the State level. Most people thought it would take place in Congress.
This is significant because it now makes Arizona a localized target subject to intimidation, boycotts and threats that would not have happened if this had taken place in Congress. The other side, who claims we don’t respect the democratic process because of our opposition to Obama, is now showing their disrespect of the democratic process in Arizona by threatening to pull the All Star Game and promising boycotts from San Francisco and other sanctuary cities.
I actually welcome this change of venue. Had this taken place in Congress, we’d be talking ‘Comprehensive Reform’, aka amnesty and our side would have to settle because national republican leaders are not really on our side. McCain might be putting on a show now during his reelection bid, but I think all of us know where he really stands. All I hope for from Congress is to have enough republicans and some blue dogs prevent this from coming to the floor.
The states are actually the best place for this issue to be debated. This is because there are several states that are clearly controlled by democrats or republicans. I would like to see red states like Arizona, Texas, and Oklahoma pass tough legislation while California and Oregon do not. Then we will see what will happen when all the illegals head to sanctuary.
Like Gettysburg this has the chance to be a decisive battle in the culture war. If Arizona can hang tough, this might be the first step in reversing the tide of the last 40 years. If they cave, or a judge tosses the law, it will be to our side what it was for the Germans when the Doughboys arrived in 1917. It will make victory in the culture war impossible.
If Arizona is successful, other states will emulate her. Therefore, I hope people on our side will rally with the same enthusiasm they showed at the Tea Parties. If that means boycotting baseball or products from states that boycott Arizona, so be it. We need to make sure the other side feels as much pain as they inflict on Arizona. I think this battle is even more important than the one over Obamacare.
I have to take issue with the description of Mexico as a third world country and a failed state. Mexico has its share of problems (one of which, ironically, is illegal immigration from Central America), including major ones like the drug violence in the north; but overall it’s a decent place to live with decent people, and compared to some of the true third world hellholes out there is virtually a paradise.
Anyways, I think all of the bluster about profiling and ‘papers please!’ is just that. Fact is, our political class doesn’t want the immigration laws enforced at all, so it hardly matters what form the enforcement takes. I think it’s time to quit pretending these people are merely reasonably disagreeing while truly concerned about the fate of the country. They want to replace the annoyingly assertive American population with a new, more compliant one, all for the enrichment of them and their fellows. Am I wrong? I wish I was, but I don’t see how.
The mass of spiritual followers of the political class may have genuine feelings for the country, but because of their uncritical acceptance of globalist left-liberalism they’re unable to form any coherent thoughts in their own defense, and therefore fall into line right along with the blighters in Washington.
What is a nation to do when its leaders are either indifferent to or hostile to its long term well-being or even desiring of its downfall? Has any nation in history ever faced such a thing before?
I don’t think I called it a failed state. It is clearly Third World. True, there are worse places, and there are nice features, geography, food, and people in Mexico. Then again, I saw two dogs screwing in the middle of the street one time in Juarez, so, let me say it’s a little different.
Most Americans have never seen the miserable conditions under which the vast majority of Mexicans live. Due to the nature of Mexican society, very few are able to move up the economic ladder. A very small percentage of Mexicans control the country’s wealth. This small group of the super rich live a life of luxury unimaginable to most Americans. It is they along with the corrupt political class who decided that the best way to deal with Mexico’s demographic nightmare is to shove it into the USA.
I spent two months in Cuernavaca, Mexico studying Spanish. As part of the program, you are required to live with a Mexican family. I chose “habitación de lujo” or luxury accomodation. I was assigned to the home of a retired electrical equipment distributor from Mexico City. From the outside, all you can see of the house is a very high wall and a door. Once through the door, you gaze upon a huge covered patio surrounding fountains, a large swimming pool and manicured gardens with exotic plants and trees. The various rooms of the house opened onto the patio. Each bedroom had its own marble bath. The doors, panelling and cabinetry were teak and mahogany. The family employed 10 workers. There were criadas (servants), cocineras (cooks), a jardinero (gardiner), a chofer (driver) who took care of the mercedes and a majordoma (major domo) who oversaw everything. A big breakfast was served between 6:30 & 7:00 AM and a 5 course feast about 1:30 PM. Truly amazing!