Migration

The United States government needs to stop meddling in with the politics and the economy of Mexico if they wish not to see any more poor Mexicans migrating here by the hundreds of thousands.

The NAFTA treaty has sent already poor mexicans, into complete bankruptcy, poor Mexicans who usually have agricultural jobs could not compete for example with the US genetically modified corn that yields more corn per cob. Im using corn as an example as it is one of the most important crops.

The organic arming that has been the same for centuries could no longer compete with the prices genetically modified US corn growers were pushing into the Mexican market. The corn is not without flaw, as it has abnormal levels of carbohydrates when compared to native grown corn in Mexico. It is one of the main reasons why Mexicans are being diagnosed with diabetes at an astonishing rate.

But middle class and upper class consumers in Mexico who buy the final product did not know this, nor do they really care when their main motive is finding the cheapest product, which is not really something to blame but to realize that is one of the pitfalls of capitalism.

Mexicans who move here are usually of lower class, and mostly work with their hands, as they did in the mother country. My parents are an example, they have little or no formal education, not too different from any other poor peoples in this world. You dont see the Middle Class Mexicans or Upper Class moving here in mass numbers do you? Of course not. Only the poor are the victims.

If “Americans” want to see this “immigration problem” stemmed. Require that your Executive branch not meddle with the Mexican Politics or Economy, cancel NAFTA and any other provisions that are similar.

During the recount of the Mexican votes recently between Calderon and Obrador, the judges did not even bang their gavel to declare who is the new Mexican president is, President Bush called and congratulated Calderon for winning. The European Union sent people during the Mexican elections and even made a formal statement that “We did not see any irregularities”. These are two examples of how the rest of the world meddles with something they are not involved in.

This is all because there is interests that wish to exploit the Mexican people, of course capitalistic, which is why you see alot of young Chicanos and Mexicanos flirting with Communism, because they see what capitalism has done to our people and our ancestor’s lands. They revere Che Guevara and Karl Marx, all this out of what? To counter the thoughts of such a system? The exploitation of Mexico? The ruin of Mexico?

I personally believe it does not matter what kind of system there is, socialism, democracy, communism, anything. People will exploit people, in China, there is currently investigations to clear out corruption, the Chinese are making billions selling products to the rest of the world, when their workers are getting paid next to nothing.

So what can we do? The Gusanos have influence over the US government to say whatever they want towards the Cuban government and their people, yet we the Mexicanos and Chicanos have no influence whatsoever when our numbers are more than ten-fold? Maybe it is a wrong comparison, the gusanos have business interests, they are the white elitists of Cuba and there’s a reason why they all live in Miami.

Regardless, the problem is there, and we need to do something about it.

~ by xicano on October 8, 2006.