Posted on 05/17/2010 4:39:13 AM PDT by Racehorse
As a protest against Arizona’s controversial immigration law, the chambers of commerce from Nuevo Laredo to Matamoros have agreed to set May 25 as a “Day Without Mexicans” on the South Texas border. Business leaders are calling on all Mexican nationals to avoid crossing the international bridges into the United States for any reason, but particularly for shopping, on that day.
“Our action will be united and preventive,” said Emilio Girón Fernández de Jáuregui, president of the Nuevo Laredo Chamber of Commerce.
As have many Mexican officials, Girón Fernández de Jáuregui criticized Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer for criminalizing the lack of documents when “historically, Mexican nationals have left their money in border cities.”
He added that business owners and merchants traditionally have rejected and protested measures that violate human rights. Contrary to earlier reports, there are no plans to block the international bridges as part of the May 25 protest, Girón Fernández de Jáuregui said.
The decision to ask Mexican citizens to avoid traveling to the United States on May 25 was the result of a conference called by the national Chambers of Commerce earlier this week. Chamber officials from each of the cities along the Texas-Mexico border agreed to the plan and will develop their own ways of calling for the boycott.
“It will be a grand moment of solidarity among border Mexicans,” Girón Fernández de Jáuregui said.
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When my wife and I visited El Paso-Juarez a few years ago, we encountered thousands of Mexicans crossing the international bridge to shop in the markets near the foot of the bridge in El Paso. I don’t know if they’d be too happy about a boycott.
I’d rather look forward to a Decade Without Mexicans.
May 25 no beer cans in Home depot parking lot film at 11:00.
They want a boycott? No problemo, pendejo.
Let’s try a whole year, that way we can really feel the effects.
Please, please extend it to a decade long celebration.
That’s like the joke in movie Boondocks Saints:
An Illegal Mexican Alien, Radical Muslim terrorist, and Freeper find a magic bottle in New York City and a Genie comes out and tell them that because they’ve freed him the Genie will give each the thing that would make them the happiest.
The Illegal Alien Mexicano says, I demand to have all my illegal alient bretheren of La Raza, now in the US, to be united and returned in splendor to Mexico as a wealthy people, to be ruled by Nancy Pelosi. Zot! The wish is granted.
The Muzzy then says, I demand that all my Muslim brothers become wealthy and, under the leadership Barack Obama, moved to a Caliphate in Saudi Arabia, the home of the Prophet (PBUH); Zot! The wish is granted.
The Feeper speaks last, and says, “all I want is a Coke, please, Sir, Mr Genie”.
The Genie is puzzled, and asks, why do you ask me only for a Coke?
The Freeper replies, “Well, gee, Mr. Genie, Sir, I already have everything that I could possibly wish for!
Works for me.
Why not try 365 days without Mexicans as a second step.
I bought a bird feeder. I hung
it on my back porch and filled
it with seed. What a beauty of
a bird feeder it was, as I filled it
lovingly with seed. Within a
week we had hundreds of birds
taking advantage of the
continuous flow of free and
easily accessible food.
But then the birds started
building nests in the boards
of the patio, above the table,
and next to the barbecue.
Then came the poop. It was
everywhere: on the patio tile,
the chairs, the table ..
Everywhere!
Then some of the birds
turned mean. They would
dive bomb me and try to
peck me even though I had
fed them out of my own
pocket.
And others birds were
boisterous and loud. They
sat on the feeder and
squawked and screamed at
all hours of the day and night
and demanded that I fill it
when it got low on food.
After a while, I couldn’t even
sit on my own back porch
anymore. So I took down the
bird feeder and in three days
the birds were gone. I cleaned
up their mess and took down
the many nests they had built
all over the patio.
Soon, the back yard was like
it used to be .... Quiet, serene....
and no one demanding their
rights to a free meal.
Now let’s see.
Our government gives out
free food, subsidized housing,
free medical care and free
education, and allows anyone
born here to be an automatic
citizen.
Then the illegal’s came by the
tens of thousands. Suddenly
our taxes went up to pay for
free services; small apartments
are housing 5 families; you
have to wait 6 hours to be seen
by an emergency room doctor;
your child’s second grade class is
behind other schools because
over half the class can’t speak
English.
Corn Flakes now come in a
bilingual box; I have to
‘press one ‘ to hear my bank
talk to me in English, and
people waving flags other
than ‘Old Glory’ are
squawking and screaming
in the streets, demanding
more rights and free liberties.
Just my opinion, but maybe
it’s time for the government
to take down the bird feeder.
..ooooh yeah, and while your at it Mr. Genie make that a real coke from say the 60’s, no synthetic HFCS and real herbs and spices with so much CO2 it has to come in a real strong specially shaped glass bottle.
I agree!
We should not have ANY immigration other than what is truly needed (engineers, doctors, etc).
Everyone can stay out until every American that needs a job has one.
There are no “human rights violations” if you are trying to keep foreign invaders out of your country. I think that can build a case on thousands of years of legal precedent.
Also, PLEASE MAKE IT A CENTURY!!!
Be careful what you wish for. As if we can't live without Mexicans especially in this jobless climate.
Travel alert
U.S. State Department Alert
See tips for traveling safely in Mexico.
Recent violent attacks have prompted the U.S. Embassy to urge U.S. citizens to delay unnecessary travel to parts of Durango, Coahuila and Chihuahua states in Northern Mexico.
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In the lead-up to this week’s widespread fighting, preliminary skirmishes in which civilian vehicles were commandeered to use as street barricades, broke out February 8 and 19 in Reynosa and Nuevo Laredo, respectively.
The violence could mean a new round of bad times for Nuevo Laredo, which has been relatively quiet in the past few years since an underworld pact largely halted a war that earlier devastated the city. In an unusual move, Nuevo Laredo Mayor Ramon Garza Barrios asked Roman Catholic Bishop Gustavo Rodriguez Vega for assistance in calming the nerves of the local population.
Filled with illicit activity and close to the international border, downtown
Nuevo Laredo has long been a crime-ridden zone. Some estimates calculate that half the border city’s crime occurs in the downtown district. The insecurity is causing merchants to close shop, business leader Villareal charged. “It’s important that the authorities come up with a plan to control this situation and not wait until it is out of control,” he said.
MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
Chicago Tribune - 11 hours ago
“Security is collapsing,” Chamber of Commerce President Juan Ernesto Sandoval ... and Nuevo Laredo, and has spilled 100 miles southward to engulf Monterrey. ...
"I guess we're not pouring cement today..."
So you are saying you and I are racist, correct? /s
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