We hung on his every word, waiting to see if he would do it. We crouched, like a cat stalking a parakeet, waiting to spring. But he never said the word, and we never left our recliners.
In his TV address, George Bush claimed to know a thing or two about the immigrantion issue, being the former Governor of a border state and all. So, I falsely assumed that he would mention that one little word at the core of today's immigration issue.
NAFTA
If BushCo truly knew anything about immigration policy, gave a lick about the lives of Mexicans or were seeking a true solution, they would repeal NAFTA and give the Mexican farmers back the 10 million hectares that the treaty stole from them.
75% of rural Mexico is living in extreme poverty and millions of peasants -- and mostly young people -- have been forced to move to the cities, either in Mexico or in the United States.
Wages along the Mexican border have crashed, down by 25% since NAFTA (Carnegie). A flood of workers combined with calculated government union-busting has resulted in an increase in sweatshops along the border where wages typically run 45 cents to $1 an hour. San Diego and El Paso are a stone's throw away from feeding one's family.
NAFTA destroyed the Mexican peasant farmer in order to boost US corporate profit. BushCo refuse to acknowledge this core issue of undocumented aliens.
Someone did pounce on George that day; Halliburton, to the tune of $385 million to construct emergency immigrant detention centers. My pipedream will have to wait.
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