[Tancredo Fan]

very few mexican students are interested in navarro.

What is your position on the 1994 the California ballot proposition, aka Prop. 187, that would have eliminated all of this back-and-forth baloney? If Davis and the Mexicans hadn't killed that thing, California would not be suffering the disaster that is enduring today. BTW, California isn't going to survive this one.... not without federal help, and the current federal regime is on the other side. Any ideas?

[liberalnot]

i lived here in 1994 and voted for prop. 187.

it was a liberal, feminist judge, as i recall, and i can't remember her name at the moment, that eliminated key aspects of 187.

the mexican consulate guided mexican high school teachers in protesting 187. there were mass demonstrations all over, especially los angeles county, which now is 2/3 mexican, roughly 6 of the 9 millions who inhabit los angeles county.

in san diego county, mexican high school students marched, and in one case burned an american flag. an american veteran saw this, and grabbed the flag to put out the flames, but he got beat up pretty badly by the large number of mexican kids. meanwhile, the san diego county sheriffs, standing nearby, watched, but did not intervene.

in one decade things have changed dramatically. the majority of these high school students are now working adults, married with children, and of course, taxpayers. now they identify as american and would vote for a new 187 bill. why? because they too pay taxes and have grown up. they are no longer captive of peer pressures and high school teachers. the majority of them identify as american, and want nothing to do with mexico, which they view as hopelessly corrupt.

it is common among american mexicans to view illegal immigration as a problem.

as with many things in life--it's a series of greys, not everything is black and white.