As reported both from Tucson and Phoenix, most Mexican Americans are in favor of enforcement, but there isn't any May Day march planned for them. And the RNC, by not pointing this out, has failed them miserably. Not much different than the RNC's failure to pound home its history of being the party of Lincoln, the Civil Rights Act etc. proudly and without apology.
I asked a legal immigrant from Mexico about this the other day. She is quite astute about culture & politics and loves America far more passionately than our presidenb & most of congress.
She said that the percentage now of people trying to get in just to find a better life has gotten to be very small—in our closest sanctuary cities, unemployment is at 25%.
But, Mexican legal immigrants seem to have a soft spot, many in the mistaken belief that what’s crossing the border now are people like themselves.
I wondered too, why were the people who immigrated here legally more outraged.
Legal Mexican immigrants need to be educated more as to what is coming over the border—it’s not little families anymore. There’s not enough money to be made bringing them over these days.
http://joytiz.com/2010/unprecedented-arizona-governor-declares-crime-illegal/
Those same stations - 3 of 'em - sent no crews to the April 2009 TEA party rally in Palm Desert; a couple of them showed up afterwards to catch the rally signs; that was it.