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Mexican Consulate Opens In Downtown Indianapolis. (Shop after shop, sign after sign in Spanish)
WISHTV 8 ^ | 11-2-02

Posted on 11/22/2002 3:20:37 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf

The Mexican Consulate in Indianapolis will be open for business Monday. It's an office that will serve a group of people that's growing rapidly in our city and state. Mayor Bart Peterson's office has worked for about two years with the Mexican government and the state of Indiana to get this consulate opened.

You don't have to look hard to see why the consulate is needed. Drive down Washington Street a few miles west of downtown, and you'll see the fruits of our Hispanic and Latino community's labor. Shop after shop, sign after sign in Spanish. There are now some 34,000 Latinos and Hispanics in Indianapolis, and 60% of them are Mexican.

"We have an education system that welcomes the immigrants and we like the way we are treated because we find that the American community is welcoming in general," said Roberto Curci, La Guia Magazine.

The city even has two publications geared toward this growing community. "The Voice of Indiana," a bilingual newspaper and "The Guide of Indianapolis," a magazine for Hispanics and Latinos. There's even a new Hispanic and Latino yellow pages.

Local businesses are forging ties with that community. Kroger just donated a van to the Hispanic Center of Indianapolis to thank them for translation help that the center has provided for the grocery chain.

"As we change and we are changing as a city, I think it was important for business to recognize that and we have recognized it," said Jeff Golc, Kroger.

The change will continue. Just ask the woman who helps run the grocery store on West Washington Street. New Hispanic and Latino customers come in for her authentic products all the time.

"Like once in a while there will be somebody new that comes. You know, like, "Oh, we just moved here and we came to see how it is." So yeah, we always get new people that come here," said Irasema Delgado, store manager.

The Mexican Consulate will serve three states: Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. It will serve as the Mexican government's primary link with those states on issues such as immigration, trade and economic development.


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To: CWOJackson
...this is true. But I surely don't want English speaking Americans to only exist in History books.
281 posted on 11/23/2002 12:36:54 AM PST by Lilly
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To: sarcasm
Overwhelmed is how Boston felt with the Irish as well.

Oh, and let's not forget when those Italians started taking over whole sections of New York.

282 posted on 11/23/2002 12:37:35 AM PST by CWOJackson
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To: CWOJackson
I see that you don't want to discuss the economic cost of Mexican immigration.
283 posted on 11/23/2002 12:41:06 AM PST by sarcasm
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To: Lilly
It could happen but I seriously doubt it. I would more expect that we could end up with regional dialects again, just like the original colonies.

That's not efficient and I don't believe it's the best way to do things, but I think it would be within the rights granted citizens under the Constitution.

284 posted on 11/23/2002 12:43:02 AM PST by CWOJackson
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To: united1000
I can't tell if they are legal or illegal, but I will assume they are illegal and should be sent back where they came from, if they can't bother to learn English.

If they are illegal, they should be sent back no matter if they are British and learned to speak English on their mother's lap.

If they are legal, they can speak in tongues if they wish. It's a free country. (For those who are here legally and obey our laws.)

In Eddie Rickenbacker's (America's top scoring World War One ace) biography, he tells of how German was spoken in his home when he was a child and how he had problems speaking English well during his early school years. This resulted in daily fights on his way home from school.

285 posted on 11/23/2002 12:43:20 AM PST by Polybius
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To: sarcasm
Sure, when you are willing to recognize that each successive wave of immigrants that came to this country brought their own unique social/economic baggage with them. Hundred of thousands of decent American workers were displaced by the Irish...who were willing to work for far less money then those they pushed out.
286 posted on 11/23/2002 12:46:16 AM PST by CWOJackson
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To: CWOJackson
Yes, I think you're right again FRiend.
287 posted on 11/23/2002 12:47:57 AM PST by Lilly
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To: CWOJackson
Yes, I think you're right again FRiend.
How about if we offer up the entire state of Texas? LOL
288 posted on 11/23/2002 12:49:07 AM PST by Lilly
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To: Polybius
A voice of reason...how refreshing.
289 posted on 11/23/2002 12:50:07 AM PST by CWOJackson
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To: CWOJackson
You will also have to admit that the United States had a different type of economy in the days of unlimited immigration. We are no longer in need of millions of immigrants who have an average 6th grade education to work in the mills.
290 posted on 11/23/2002 12:50:09 AM PST by sarcasm
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To: Lilly
I was thinking of a little east of there. Louisiana; they already have a couple of unique dialects there that can be hard to comprehend.

Shortly after we were married I was transferred to the North Carolina coast. My bride from northern Minnesota had always thought the Mason-Dixon line was somewhere around Minneapolis/St.Paul. For our first year down there I frequently had to translate for her and the locals.

291 posted on 11/23/2002 12:54:10 AM PST by CWOJackson
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To: CWOJackson
LOL the ole Mason Dixon Line!

...yep, Louisiana will do!
292 posted on 11/23/2002 12:57:30 AM PST by Lilly
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To: sarcasm
"You will also have to admit that the United States had a different type of economy in the days of unlimited immigration. We are no longer in need of millions of immigrants who have an average 6th grade education to work in the mills."

EVERYTHING about our nation is evolving. We don't have the same ecomonic factors today that we had fifty years ago...Detroit isn't King any more. Fifty years ago we didn't have the national economy we had 50 years before that. And guess what...our economy won't be the same in another 50 years.

And in 50 years Jose Gonzales might be sitting around complaining about how the (fill in the blank)s are coming into America and ruining it for decent hard working Americans.

293 posted on 11/23/2002 12:58:25 AM PST by CWOJackson
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To: CWOJackson
We won't have an economy left after another fifty years of this type of immigration - we'll be bankrupt.
294 posted on 11/23/2002 1:03:25 AM PST by sarcasm
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To: sarcasm
Yep, the end is in sight. We can all just roll over and die now.
295 posted on 11/23/2002 1:04:38 AM PST by CWOJackson
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To: Lilly
Nice talking with you FRiend.
296 posted on 11/23/2002 1:07:07 AM PST by CWOJackson
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To: CWOJackson
When a nation dies it's not pretty.
297 posted on 11/23/2002 1:09:56 AM PST by sarcasm
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To: sarcasm
Oh I'm sure it's not but look at it this way, our eulogy can be in some many different languages.
298 posted on 11/23/2002 1:15:52 AM PST by CWOJackson
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To: CWOJackson
I'm thrilled by the prospect of a multi-cultural funeral for the United States.
299 posted on 11/23/2002 1:22:20 AM PST by sarcasm
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To: sarcasm
Actually it won't be for the United States...just for you. This nation and every community has been evolving since it was created. For you the nation is dying because it's evolving in a way you don't like...it hasn't evolved in the way very many generations has liked.

But, when you're dead there will still be a society here and it won't bat an eye at your passing. What form that society will be is anyone's guess...but probably your worst nightmare.

300 posted on 11/23/2002 1:32:52 AM PST by CWOJackson
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