Whats been the reaction in Mexico to the new immigration enforcement law in Arizona?
There’s an interesting phenomenon taking place. In the end, through immigration tactics Mexico is recovering the territory it lost. Those who invade the states north of the Rio Grande are the poorest Mexicans. They’re advancing and mixing little by little in that famous melting pot. Undocumented Mexicans pushed out of the U.S., will always find a way around. Your characterization of the dynamics as a re-conquest angers many Anglo Americans, who also perceive illegal Mexican immigration as a re-conquest? There are U.S. Anglos who reject Mexicans because they don’t understand how and why they arrive. They call them “Little Mexican Jumping Beans” and treat them poorly. There’s a sector of Anglos who want nothing to do with Mexicans and others who fully accept them. Are Mexico and the U.S. relations destined to be shaped by immigration and border clashes? Remember that life is cyclical. I’m 78 years-old, I remember having interviewed little old men, poor farm workers near the border who to
