Congress-woman blames Mexicans for migratory flow to U.S.

quepasa.com ^ | June 13, 2003 | Julia Astrid Enriquez

[One_American]

Julia Astrid Enriquez

Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., June 12, 2003 (quepasa.com) - Mexican Congresswoman and president of the 57th Human Rights Commission of the State of Sonora, Eugenia Villaseñor, blamed Mexicans for the current migratory flow since, as she told Quepasa.com in an exclusive interview, migrants feel drawn towards a mirage: "they think that in the United States the easy life, in which they own everything they wish awaits for them, knowing in advance that they will have to deal with discrimination."

She said migrants should stay in Mexico and gather all the money they pay polleros (around 5 to 6 thousand dollars) in groups of 10 or 15 people to create a good business and make a living.

Sonora, a northern Mexican state sharing a 606-km-borderline with Arizona, is a very deserted zone and the door for hundreds of undocumented migrants to the United States since this is an area hard to patrol by the American authorities.

From 1997 to date, 1,986 undocumented Mexicans have lost their lives in their attempt to get to the United States and fulfill their American dream.

Nonetheless, this Congresswoman considers his proposal un appropriate since "Mexicans lack the culture of nationalism, hard work, and real love for their country to face all together the economic crisis without emigrating into the United States to try to find nonexistent utopias.

One good choice to prevent such migratory flow, she said she had proposed the Congress' Human Rights Commission, garbage collection as a good job alternative. "A simple job that can be done by poor people. They could get together and clean the streets or abandoned lots" at a good price.

The 57th Congress Legislature, which has a three-year period, will end its term in no more than two months; however, Congresswoman Villaseñor admitted that during this period, the point of migrants' human rights has not been discussed at all, neither has a bill or law been proposed on this regard.

Nevertheless, she told Quepasa.com that for the rest of the legislature's term, she would be in charge of sending recommendations for migrants to receive "a decent treat", as well as arranging pacts with the United States to organize legal jobs on the fields.

Regarding the accusations against her party, since it was the ruling party in Mexico for decades when people started to migrate towards the U.S., she said it was the businessmen?s fault because they did not have a futuristic vision and sent all their capitals to the U.S. "It is not only one party's fault", she emphasized.

Finally, she recommended Mexico's economy be reorganized so young are not forced to emigrate to other countries seeking "unreachable dreams" and also said the migration phenomenon "is everybody's fault, Mexicans' faults, drawn by such mirage. They think they will have everything, and it's not true (...) let's believe in ourselves and not suffer discrimination in other countries." QUEPASA.COM

Translated by Oscar Montes.

[One_American]

She said migrants should stay in Mexico and gather all the money they pay polleros (around 5 to 6 thousand dollars) in groups of 10 or 15 people to create a good business and make a living.....

Nonetheless, this Congresswoman considers his proposal un appropriate since "Mexicans lack the culture of nationalism, hard work, and real love for their country to face all together the economic crisis without emigrating into the United States to try to find nonexistent utopias.

Well someone down there has some common sense.

[martin_fierro]

Get a load of this.

[The South Texan]

For once someone down there speaks the truth. She has more guts than most "anti imigration" Republicans.

[Reagan is King]

Wow, somebody give this woman a microphone! Her fellow citizens need to hear this. Of course, they'll probably ignore it, but they need to hear it.

[lakey]

"El Norte" is an excellent movie about coyotes and what awaits illegals in the United States. But it hasn't been shown on PBS in many, many years.

[4Freedom]

Somebody should introduce Mexican Congresswoman Eugenia Villasenor to U.S. Congressman Tom Tancredo.

Maybe they'd like to do the tv talkshow circuit together.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

She said migrants should stay in Mexico and gather all the money they pay polleros (around 5 to 6 thousand dollars) in groups of 10 or 15 people to create a good business and make a living.

Nonetheless, this Congresswoman considers his proposal un appropriate since "Mexicans lack the culture of nationalism, hard work, and real love for their country to face all together the economic crisis without emigrating into the United States to try to find nonexistent utopias.

WOW. I can't believe she said this (for the record, many immigrants are hard workers). The latter statement seems designed to incite controversy.

[Tancredo Fan]

Somebody should introduce Mexican Congresswoman Eugenia Villasenor to U.S. Congressman Tom Tancredo.

This Congresswoman apparently no habla PCBS. Can we draft her into the top job at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave? Immediately?

[goody2shooz]

The problem in Mexico IS discrimination. Most of the population is mixed race and called mestizo. They are by and away mostly undereducated or uneducated, live in rural villages and have a hard life with little gainful employment. They are treated by the ruling elites as though dirt.

People who've emigrated from Mexico tell me it is government corruption that drove them north to a better place of laws. But when you've spent all your life finding creative ways around the bureaucratic roadblocks to life in a corrupt nation, it is a really, really hard habit to knock.

[4Freedom]

Lo siento, pero that job is reserved for Tom Tancredo. ;^)

Maybe Eugenia would like to be a Senator from New York?

[Tancredo Fan]

Maybe Eugenia would like to be a Senator from New York?

Maybe she'd like to be governor of California.... they're gonna need one soon :-)

[4Freedom]

"Maybe she'd like to be governor of California..."

Now, that idea has potential for some significant mayhem. I like it. ;^)

[PRND21]

Somebody should introduce Mexican Congresswoman Eugenia Villasenor to U.S. Congressman Tom Tancredo.

She could hook him up with more illegal cheap labor for his home stereo, eh?

[BillyBoy]

Mexican Congresswoman and president of the 57th Human Rights Commission of the State of Sonora, Eugenia Villaseñor, blamed Mexicans for the current migratory flow... She said migrants should stay in Mexico and gather all the money they pay polleros (around 5 to 6 thousand dollars) in groups of 10 or 15 people to create a good business and make a living..."Mexicans lack the culture of nationalism, hard work, and real love for their country to face all together the economic crisis without emigrating into the United States to try to find nonexistent utopias".

Of course, if this women were in the U.S. Congress, the RINOs and Democrats would accuse her of being an "hispanic-bashing" intolerant xenophobic nut that gives the GOP "a bad name". Mustn't let her darken the white house door anytime in the future. ;-)

Seriously though, you have to wonder what Mexican Party she's in. Her remarks are about 10X more down-to-earth and common sence than the "conservative" President of Mexico. If the PAN party had any brains, they'd impeach that socialist FAILURE and put this women in start fixing things at home instead of stabbing the U.S. in the back and THEN expect favors from us. I gotta keep Eugenia Villaseñor's name in mind, she's a good choice for intermin leader if we ever get "regime change" in Mexico.

Mexicans already TRIED "change" through the election process and Vicente's "change" is indistinguable from the PRI's. Obviously more drastic measures are needed.

[SantosLHalper]

Congress-woman blames Mexicans for migratory flow to U.S.

Well Duh!!!!!!!

[FITZ]

Well someone down there has some common sense.

Impressive. Too bad she's not their president. I wonder which party she's in.

[FITZ]

It looks like she's in the PRI party. Well at least many of those 70 years they ruled, Mexico wasn't in such a mess as it is now --- it was Salinas de Gortari who seemed to be responsible for the level and type of immigration we now have. Before there was some but not millions a year.

[TigersEye]

Well someone down there has some common sense.

You think so? She sounds like a typical Dem. pol., blaming the people. Mexicans don't pool their money and start businesses because the corrupt government has made it a losing proposition.

"Mexicans lack the culture of nationalism, hard work, and real love for their country ...

Total horse pucky! Why do they come here and earn enough to live and send extra money home at low wages if they lack the "culture of hard work"? Why do they fly the Mexican flag and paste decals of it on their cars and celebrate Mexican holidays if they lack nationalism and love of country? She's and idiot. What they lack is the means and inspiration to drag smug bureaucrats like this out in the street and shoot them.

[DC native]

Agree wholeheartedly. I see a lot of evidence of nationalism (and anti-Americanism). I see evidence that they are hard-working. But it is a culture of corruption where they prey on each other, the rich on the poor, with impunity, while the government turns a blind eye.

[Conservative til I die]

One good choice to prevent such migratory flow, she said she had proposed the Congress' Human Rights Commission, garbage collection as a good job alternative. "A simple job that can be done by poor people. They could get together and clean the streets or abandoned lots" at a good price.

OK, fine enough that she thinks Mexicans should stay in Mexico. But regarding the above statement, where does she expect the money to come from to pay for these people to clean the streets and abandoned lots "at a good price." If there were money in it, Mexicans wouldn't be emigrating.