“'We've been broken into,' she said, standing outside the restaurant where she worked,” USA Today wrote earlier this month, quoting the disgusted woman. “'I've changed my opinion[about them]because I live in a place where I haven't seen anything like this.' But now everywhere, people from here There are people who don’t.’” Was this an America First fanatic from Hazleton, Pennsylvania, wearing a MAGA hat? Springfield, Ohio? Dearborn, Michigan? Portland, Maine? The woman is actually Mexican.
I'm a real Mexican, I mean I live in Mexico. And yes, she hates the way immigrants change their communities. She is not alone in this sentiment, which may be one reason why Mexicans are so eager to send migrant caravans. And this is another reason why we should build strong and high walls and deport them all. (And the immigration lobby will be up in arms.)
Adios, Muchachos!
Regarding Mexico's welcoming of not-so-gay people, USA Today writes:
Marta Castillo is angry about immigration. She said there are too many immigrants in her town and they don't speak the language.
“We were broken into,” she said, standing outside the restaurant where she works. “I've changed my opinion (about them) because I live in a place where I haven't seen anything like this. But now there are people everywhere who are not from here. .”
Castillo…I live in Mexico. Like a growing number of her fellow countrymen, she feels uneasy about the influx of immigrants into her community, even though she lives in a country where millions of people have ties to people who have immigrated to the United States. It's becoming more and more negative.
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, he is calling on Mexico to step up enforcement of tens of thousands of migrants in Mexico heading to the U.S. border. He may find support among Mexicans themselves in unexpected places.
According to a 2023 survey by the nonprofit organization Oxfam Mexico, seven in 10 Mexicans believe that the influx of immigrants into their country is “excessive.” More than half of respondents said they believed immigrants had either a negative or no positive impact on the economy and culture. , 40% say immigration to Mexico should be restricted or prohibited.
Donald Trumpes?
Not surprisingly, many Mexicans also complain about immigrant crime. USA Today quotes one of them, Raul Pribiesca Zara, a 71-year-old Mexico City resident, as writing:
“There are a lot of Venezuelans and Cubans who come here to steal and start a mafia,” he said, looking at the day's headlines. “We give them asylum and shelter so they can steal from our people. I agree that we should help people. It’s not who comes, it’s what the majority of people come for.”
Commentator Alan Wall wrote, “Wow, if an American said that, he would be branded a 'xenophobe'!” But forget about “if.” President Trump essentially said in 2015 that Mexico was sending criminals to the United States. He was also called a racist because of this.
Hispanic columnist Silvio Canto Jr. said testimonies from Mexican friends corroborate the USA Today report. “I think this proves that Mexicans are no different from us,” he wrote. “They want order, not chaos.”
Of course, a large influx of aliens generally means that the rate of migration exceeds the rate of assimilation. This causes balkanization and anarchy.
In fact, the historical norm is thus to exclude unassimilable elements from the land, rather than to invite them in. This obligation to preserve national identity is still very common today, beyond the declining Western nations. Consider the statement made by the Japanese government some 25 years ago after expelling a large number of illegal immigrants. (I think they were Koreans and Filipinos.) They said, “Japan is for the Japanese people'' (parallel translation). “Others are welcome to come and visit, but they are expected to go home.”
A nation acts when it is serious about remaining a nation, as opposed to a collection of disparate subcultures trying to coexist within the same borders.
Hypocrisy, what is your name, Mexico?
If Americans realized how selfish and hypocritical Mexico is when it comes to immigration, they might become more serious and less bloody-minded. For example, consider what the country's former president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said in 2018. He actually declared with a straight face that mass immigration to the United States is a “human right.”
But Mexico has a long track record of encouraging border crossings, as long as our borders can be jumped. National Review reported in 2017:
In December 2004, the Mexican government distributed 1.5 million copies of a pamphlet titled “A Guide for Mexican Immigrants,'' advising its citizens on how to immigrate illegally to the United States without embarrassment. The literature recommends what kind of clothing to wear when crossing rivers, and also explains how to stay hydrated when crossing deserts.
Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released an infographic video “Recommendations in case of immigration detention” that advises undocumented immigrants in the United States how to avoid deportation if contacted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. ' was released.
Of course, hypocritical Mexico does not apply this one-size-fits-all standard to itself. Not only are Mexico's immigration laws stricter than ours, but under the Mexican Constitution, naturalized citizens can never enjoy the full rights of citizenship, and citizenship is reserved only for those born in the country. There is. It's as if they put Mexico first.
This may shed more light on why President Trump is threatening to impose tariffs on Mexico if it doesn't stop encouraging U.S. aggression. Because yes, criminals, other criminals, and some terrorists are trying to sneak across our southern border. And whether it's hot or cold, intrusions are stopped with a firm hand, not a loose wrist.
