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CROSSING THE BORDER ILLEGALY . . .
Unfortunately the economic situacion what the illegal immigrants have from their home countries takes them to cross the U.S. border illegaly,thinking for their "American Dream" and to improve their families situation regardles how are they going to be treat by reaching their goal.
The reasons why the Mexican people cross the border are as the following:
1.- This situation is due to the Mexican government and the police enforcement corruption and the way they handle and steal their taxes, they just care about their personal interests.
2.- Lack of information about the U.S country and their politic with the immigrant people specially for Mexicans.
3.- The EDUCATION from their home countries, Almost all illegal immigrants could not reach the grade 12 of Highschool.
4.- The DISCRIMINATION to get a job in Mexico based on age, sexual orientation, ethnicy and sometimes religion but the main reasons are the age and ethnicy.
Examples: If someone look for an Office Position and he/she belongs from an indigenist group the employer won't hire him/her and they do not even look at him/her face so that's why they ask for his/her picture by filling out the job application.
And if someone is a woman, married and over 30 yrs old the employer won't hire her and if someone is a man the age limit to get a job is 35.
For those 4 main reasons the illegal immigrant think that they do not have any choise to cross the U.S border because they need to survive.
The International Amnesty MUST pay attention and must put pressure on the Mexican government to improve the situation and set up laws to avoid the discrimination mentioned above and the illegal immigration in the U.S.
There is not excuse for the Mexican government, Mexico shouldn't ever live a poor economic situation because that country has everything such as Petroleum, natural resources, nice weather, archeology, beaches etc . . . On the other hand the illegal immigrant should open their eyes and help to put pressure on the Mexican government to stop stealing the taxes (15%) and start improving their life styles.
How many Mexican has been killed in the U.S because of Racism? How many Mexican died by crossing the border? Unfortunately the economic situacion what the illegal immigrants have from their home countries takes them to cross the U.S. border il... more -
Presidential First Pets
U.S. History that has been given a "two paws up" rating.
Beginning with the first President of the United States, there have been pets in the White House. Pets are for everyone whether you are a President or working the drive through window. Our pets love us for who we are and not what we are or what we have. Here are
some pets throughout White House history. U.S. History that has been given a "two paws up" rating. ... more -
Saving Port Gibson
The town of Port Gibson, Mississippi is in need of your help. Declared "too beautiful to burn" by Ulysses S. Grant during the notoriously destructive Vicksburg Campaign of 1863, Port Gibson has become one of the most historically significant towns in the South. Now, a highway expansion project and almost twenty years of indecision and infighting threaten to transform Church Street, a lovely, tree-lined avenue, into a major interstate. Meet a few locals determined to save this national treasure.
Help unite the community around an Eastern bypass!
Sign the petition to save Port Gibson at:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-port-gibson-missi...
For more information on other ways you can help the cause, please visit:
www.portgibsonheritagetrust.org
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A Pete's House Production
A film by Grady McGahan
Shot by: Robert Northrup
Archival Footage: Robert Clark
Music: "The Second Battle of Port Gibson" by Lonesome Mel, Mary Mac, and Larry
Special Thanks: Bob Thibodeaux, Terry Merritt, Jane Ellis, Al Hollingsworth, Shirley & Willie Daigle, Georgia's at the Depot, and Port Gibson Heritage Trust
If you like the music, be sure to check out www.myspace.com/lonesomemel The town of Port Gibson, Mississippi is in need of your help. Declared "too beautiful to burn" by Ulysses S. Grant during t... more -
U.S. Stamp Commemorates Chicano Martyr
"Lost in the controversy over his death and the violent repression of the National Chicano Moratorium rally (attended by 30,000 people) against the Vietnam War – was the historic nature of [Ruben Salazar's] journalism. Clearly, he was a journalist before his time and what he reported in the El Paso Herald Post and the Los Angeles Times, from 1955 through 1970, still seems relevant to this day. He covered an unpopular war; Vietnam. He also covered Cuba, the Dominican Republic and the upheaval in Mexico in the 1960s. He also wrote about the anti-war movement, black-brown relations, police repression, the border, the inhumane treatment of migrants, the trouble in the lettuce fields, and social and educational inequalities...
While not an activist, his journalism brought the emerging Chicano civil rights movement to the nation’s attention. He defined for the nation – in language that mainstream society understood – what it meant to be Chicano." "Lost in the controversy over his death and the violent repression of the National Chicano Moratorium rally (attended by 30,000 p... more -
Chicanos Celebrate 40th Anniversary of 1968 Walkouts
"When Mexican-American teacher Sal Castro and organized college students declared "Blowout" at East Los Angele's Lincoln High School in March 1968, students from Lincoln and five other East L.A. high schools responded by hitting the streets in peaceful protest.
They were fighting for civil and human rights in the Los Angeles Unified School District, which treated Mexican-American children as barely an afterthought." "When Mexican-American teacher Sal Castro and organized college students declared "Blowout" at East Los Angele's L... more -
GOP Immigrant-bashing is Hurting Their Party, Democrats to Reap the Benefits
This renewed xenophobia towards Mexicans will bode very badly for the GOP come the general election as Hispanics are the fastest growing minority and an influential voting demographic. And yes I say Mexicans, because the vast majority of "illegal immigrants" are Mexicans and this IS a RACIAL ISSUE--if you doubt this then you might want to ask yourself: why don't they worry about securing Canada's border? If you remember terrorists didn't go through the mexican border.
Mexicans are being scapegoated once more in the history of the United States. Know your history people, in the 1930's during the depression over a million Mexicans, including american citizens (sons/daughters of mexican immigrants) were "re-patriated" to Mexico a place that had become foreign to many of them (they WERE AMERICANS.) They were shipped in trains, boats, and many drove cars south. The journey was a dangerous and sometimes a disgusting one. Some people packed into trains having to stand in their own shit and piss for hours at a time (which eerily reminds me of the trains that took holocaust victums). Mexicans were humiliated and disrespected simply for the color of their skin.
Not to mention the way Mexicans were beaten, raped and lynched during the 1840's and 50s after the U.S. stole half of Mexico in the gravely unjust and undertaught Mexican-American War. If the GOP is so hung up on respecting the law then maybe they should honor the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo a lawful agreement, that respected Mexicans right to perseve their property, language and culture. But oh yeah, the U.S. only honors laws that align with their own ignorance, bigotry, racism and homophobia. So we see an UNNECESSARY rise in hate crimes against gays and latinos, because well, it comes down to one simple elemantry thing: they're different, and we dont like people who are different. Republicans GROW UP.
Sorry, I'm latino and I'm gay so I feel like I'm getting attacked for who I am twice as much these days.
You can read more about this history by reading this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Decade-Betrayal-Mexican-Repatriat... This renewed xenophobia towards Mexicans will bode very badly for the GOP come the general election as Hispanics are the fastest growi... more
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