PrintMay 28, 2010
Leave Arizona Alone
Exactly when is our wealthy neighbor to the south going to quit meddling in our immigration policy and begin caring for her own people? As a Southern Arizona Mexican-American, I'm sick of politicians calling for boycotts and intruders demanding that my tax dollars pay for their freebies. It's all about votes and money -- not human compassion, as they would have you believe!For the record, I am a lifelong Democrat and danged proud of my Mexican heritage. In fact, I served on Governor Janet Napolitano's first-term Latino Advisory Committee. I was nevertheless raised during World War II, when we apologized to no one for being Americans. At that same time, my mom taught me by example to never apologize for being a Mexican.My complete ethnic profile reveals a half-Mexican, Roman Catholic grandson of an Orthodox Rabbi. I'm keenly aware of Jewish perceptions that potential Gestapo-like abuses will be a result of SB 1070 here in Arizona. I can't believe, however, that our law enforcement...(Read Full Article)
