Friday, August 11, 2006
Mexico's illegal immigrants
While on my evening walk I listened to NPR's Marketplace which was featuring a story about Central American workers who face very tough labor situations in Mexico--much worse than any immigrant finds in the U.S.A.
"69-year-old Jose Antonio Ventura keeps a steady rhythm as he hacks brush with a machete. He's spent the past 54 years earning his living with this 22-inch Colima blade.
Ventura is from Guatemala, but he's cleared coffee plantations all across southern Mexico."
Sonia Nazario author of Enrique's Journey, the story of one Central American boy's harrowing trip through Mexico and into the United States says, "The Mexican government talks about how they want the United States to open their arms to more American [Mexican?] citizens, and yet Central American immigrants are horribly abused by the authorities, among others. They certainly are not welcomed with open arms."
Conditions are so harsh in southern Mexico, many just continue north.
Mexico needs to fix its economy. That would solve our immigrant problem.
"69-year-old Jose Antonio Ventura keeps a steady rhythm as he hacks brush with a machete. He's spent the past 54 years earning his living with this 22-inch Colima blade.
Ventura is from Guatemala, but he's cleared coffee plantations all across southern Mexico."
Sonia Nazario author of Enrique's Journey, the story of one Central American boy's harrowing trip through Mexico and into the United States says, "The Mexican government talks about how they want the United States to open their arms to more American [Mexican?] citizens, and yet Central American immigrants are horribly abused by the authorities, among others. They certainly are not welcomed with open arms."
Conditions are so harsh in southern Mexico, many just continue north.
Mexico needs to fix its economy. That would solve our immigrant problem.
# posted by Norma : 8/11/2006 07:01:00 PM
