Monday, July 26, 2010
Mexico
goes from 'Whole Enchilada' to 'Whole Sandwich'
By Linaloe
R. Flores
· In the U.S., Mexicans will suffer the "whole sandwich"
With the so-called Arizona Law [SB1070] going into
effect, Mexicans are between a rock and a hard place. It is the "whole sandwich*"
analysts say. Those they deport from there for being undocumented, those they
criminalize, and those they return to Mexico who do not know where to go, where to survive. And
they [will] find their towns and villages at war, the drug war.
Crossing the border into the United States is no longer
the great opportunity. Arizona's anti-immigrant legislation is scheduled to become
operational on July 29, and with President Barack Obama's order for companies to fire undocumented workers the unlawful northern
door is closed "solid as a rock."
In a few days, and despite the shower of lawsuits,
not having residency documents, not carrying the "green card" in your wallet, or transporting an immigrant — albeit
a relative, will [all] be crimes in Arizona, and in accordance with SB1070 they will pay with arrest and incarceration.
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* The expression "whole sandwich" is a play on the
term "whole enchilada," the latter coined by Fox-era Foreign Minister Jorge Castaņeda to describe Mexico's coveted goals regarding
comprehensive immigration reform in the U.S.
El Universal,
Mexico City, July 24, 2010; edited translation: MexiData.info
