Hispanic Businesses Feel The Squeeze

Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | 9/14/07 | AIXA M. PASCUAL

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Customers at Valeria Espinosa's variety store just browse the CD racks and the T-shirts on the wall. More and more they decide against impulse purchases.

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Photo from article:

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Don’t you all feel sorry for this poor, hard working immigrant? Pobresita!

[NewHampshireDuo]

The display of the American flag says it all.

[BenLurkin]

"also hurts those of us who have papers."

She "has papers" but hangs our flag upside down?

That store deserves to fail, in my opinion.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

It is worth noting that the way OUR flag is hung in this mexican/la Raza hotbed is NOT to signify distress, an excuse often given for denigrating America in this fashion. A proper “distress” use of the flag still requires that the standard be at the pole or the lower left.

[Harpo Speaks]

“Miami-based public opinion researcher Sergio Bendixen, who carried out the survey, says that the Mexicans in states such as Georgia don’t feel welcome and face an uncertain future.

“They feel alienated.”

Aliens feeling alienated...sounds right to me!

[Obie Wan]

I love pictures like this one. Just in case some of us tend to forget the attitude of these “immigrants” toward our way of life,a picture like this makes a statement loud and clear !!!

[Millee]

Miami-based public opinion researcher Sergio Bendixen, who carried out the survey, says that the Mexicans in states such as Georgia don't feel welcome and face an uncertain future.

Criminal invaders don't feel welcome???? Boo-fricken-hoo.

[Joe Boucher]

The display of the flag indicates distress. If such a bad deal here then go back from where you came and take a boat load of illegals with you you ungrateful turd.

[bk1000]

She is simply trying to identify with her customer’s hatred for their adopted country.

[BMIC]

It is indeed too bad that legal immigrants, whom I do welcome wholeheartedly, are being harmed so severely by the criminal illegals from their own homeland. However, siding with the criminals makes you an accessory. She and other legal immigrants ought to be among the most vocal advocates for getting rid of the illegals and forcing them enter by legal means ONLY. Instead, they choose to be part of the problem by promoting criminals and disrespecting their new home. And the MSM just supports their idiocy.

[KarlInOhio]

I'm surprised that the photographer or writer didn't tell her that after the first major pro-illegal protest angered citizens with the upside down American flag that the organizers made sure it wasn't seen at future protests. I would have expected the AJC to bury that image. Maybe some editor is on our side by publishing that picture.

[Nowhere Man]

“Miami-based public opinion researcher Sergio Bendixen, who carried out the survey, says that the Mexicans in states such as Georgia don’t feel welcome and face an uncertain future.

“They feel alienated.”

Aliens feeling alienated...sounds right to me!

Reminds me of a story I heard over Chuck Harder's radio show where he spoke of one women who runs a nursing home near him where she moved up from Miami. The women felt so alienated in her own country, she moved up to north Florida to escape it. I do feel the same way myself, not so much here in Pittsburgh but when I visited places like south Florida and so on.

[Nowhere Man]

“Miami-based public opinion researcher Sergio Bendixen, who carried out the survey, says that the Mexicans in states such as Georgia don’t feel welcome and face an uncertain future.

“They feel alienated.”

Aliens feeling alienated...sounds right to me!

Reminds me of a story I heard over Chuck Harder's radio show where he spoke of one women who runs a nursing home near him where she moved up from Miami. The women felt so alienated in her own country, she moved up to north Florida to escape it. I do feel the same way myself, not so much here in Pittsburgh but when I visited places like south Florida and so on.

[vetsvette]

“crackdown on illegal immigrants, Espinosa says, “also hurts those of us who have papers.”

From the looks of that flag, we should think about taking your papers back as well.

[Nowhere Man]

sorry about the double post, my system must have hiccuped.

[Dante3]

Ditto.

[kabar]

It is indeed too bad that legal immigrants, whom I do welcome wholeheartedly, are being harmed so severely by the criminal illegals from their own homeland.

We need to change our LEGAL immigration policies as well, e.g., eliminate extended chain migration beyond the nuclear family, develop a merit based system of immigration to attract the skills and talents we need to be competitive in the global economy, eliminate birthright citizenship [anchor babies], and reduce the numbers of LEGAL immigrants from the 1.2 million a year to 300,000 annually.

[devane617]

The upside down Flag tells me all I need to know.

[Minutemen]

Some illegal immigrants are afraid to drive for fear of being stopped for offenses such as reckless driving and DUI and eventually end up deported.

Cry me a river!