Posted on 04/23/2006 5:56:28 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
Yesterday, I posted an alternative look at the immigration debate -- the impact that unfettered illegal immigration has had on the Mexican communities abandoned by the men who come to the United States. Eusebia Flores at Artcamp Artesanas Campesinas sent a missive that implored Americans to send their men back home to Mexico to assist them in rebuilding Tecalpulco through their growing business of handmade crafts. I asked a series of follow-up questions, and Eusebia sent her reply this afternoon.
CQ: How many of your able-bodied men have left Tecalpulco for the US, on a percentage basis (your best estimate, not looking for literal accuracy)?
EF: More than 100 are in the United States, about 40%. This is an estimate based on a comment made in my presence by the comisario of Tecalpulco.
CQ: Do they send money back to Tecalpulco, and if so, how does that support your community?
EF: Some do. Not all do. Some do not do well - they cant find a job or get settled or they dont have money left after paying rent and expenses. Some let their bad habits get the better of their promises, for example drinking alcohol. Often the men get involved with other women there.
Money sent from the USA is a form of income to support the household as if they were employed here, and when money does arrive, it is always needed, and welcome.
CQ: Do the men often have their families cross the border later to join them, or do they usually leave everyone behind for good?
EF: Sometimes the family does go to join them. But this is still only a few.
(Excerpt) Read more at captainsquartersblog.com ...
EF: This has been a disaster for us.
It means that the children do not have their fathers. Usually, the men marry the girls before they are twenty years old and they have children before they go. An important part of the motive for going to the USA is the adventure, because these are young men and they do not want to miss out on an adventure or stay behind when others have gone and done well.
Mexican women implore the U.S. to send back their men!!
Brilliant idea! "We are deporting illegal aliens... for the children." --Let's see the Dems try to argue against that one.
After all, we gotta get those homes built and that lettuce picked. That's the really important thing LE. Not that old fashioned stuff like staying home with your family or obeying neighboring countries laws.
What's the matter with you? Are you some kind of Marxist or something?
(/sarcasm)
L
Let's do them a favor and send their husbands home. It's the humanitarian thing to do.
"Mexican women implore the U.S. to send back their men!! "
To be fair, didn't you just get through posting in another thread that you didn't care about the impact on Mexico? - if we are gonna get the world to take this issue seriously we need to be consistant.
My cousin, who spent the better part of a year in Mexico 4 years ago, said then that she was surprised to see so many villages devoid of men and in some instances most able bodied adults. Hurricanes had gone through some villages a few years earlier and many had yet to be rebuilt because of the labor shortage. She and other snow birds worked in the local serape factory, which she said later closed due to lack of employable adults.
I am looking for any way we can get of the ones here. That doesn't mean I care about the internal problems of Mexico.
By the way, you were pinged so you could read the interview and look at the link provided by Captain Ed. This is a perfect illustration of how inventive and enterprising Mexicans are on their own, without any help from your exalted CFR.
I guess it's either feudalism or marxism, huh? /sarc
*sigh*
I don't know, CeeCee, Dane might miss the help....
;-)
I feel vindicated in what I have been claiming all along, that Mexicans do not migrate out of economic need. Instead it is the machismo and the prospect of becoming famous in the village "back home."
You know, Gringos just doing the jobs Mexican males won't do.
Oh heavens, maybe we need to create a self-help video series for those who may be challenged at the lack of illegal help:
How to pick a head of lettuce series followed by how to grow carrots and harvest them.
How to push a vacuum and proper use of a dustrag.
How to start a lawnmower, followed by how to use it.
LOL. Hurry up and patent that!
And, I can only hope the opportunities arise to try out those ideas!
:-)
Jeez... I correct some false assumptions and all of a sudden I'm in bed with the CFR... go figure... :)
Maybe Bill Clinton will retire down there. "So many women, so little time."
I have one they can take bath wit em'
bath=back ;) hmmmmmmmm....
Fuedal Marxism has a nice ring to it. Doesn't matter if noone can actually define it.
Maybe Hugo, Fidel, and Dane can take it as a rallying cry.
Fuedal Marxism Or Death!
To which one could reply: "What would be the difference?"
L
Gotcha, JP. We got plenty of deadbeat Papis around here, too.
ROFLMBAO!!! You are on a roll tonight!!
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