tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post117038393903001817..comments2024-02-19T00:14:24.293-08:00Comments on Daniel's political musings: The Mexican victims of illegal immigrationDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14946233454014389006noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-1170645745111240142007-02-04T19:22:00.000-08:002007-02-04T19:22:00.000-08:00This is a real problem in places such as Oaxaca, w...This is a real problem in places such as Oaxaca, where communities have been emptied of their men, leaving hte women and children largely defenseless against criminal gangs who prey on them.<BR/><BR/>This was the reason why the Oregon Republican Party resolution on illegal immigration included the following:<BR/><BR/>"WHEREAS, illegal immigration harms the country of the immigrants’ origin by draining their native lands of the labor and talent necessary to foster economic opportunity in their home country, thereby weakening such nations and the surrounding region,"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-1170469424118083482007-02-02T18:23:00.000-08:002007-02-02T18:23:00.000-08:00gee, and I thought that mehico was Catholic.....ap...gee, and I thought that mehico was Catholic.....apparently with conditions, like amorality. Maybe this esplains the widespread corruption and criminal tendencies of their "leadership?"BEARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127559050411509374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-1170400565666490002007-02-01T23:16:00.000-08:002007-02-01T23:16:00.000-08:00I can tell you for a fact that a lot of the migran...I can tell you for a fact that a lot of the migrant workers here have families back home. And many of these workers have families here as well, or are working on making one. Two "esposas" is not unusual. You don't have to really be married there to have an "esposa" or a "mujer." A lot of this is a function of ignorance (lack of education) and no real social mores or norms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com