What can “Brown” do for you?

Lost in the shuffle of all of the political news of the past weeks has been the immigration debate. I assume the immigration debate will disappear every election year. The issue is that we as Americans have been systematically programmed to believe that all immigration issues involve those persons of Hispanic or Latino decent. The Hispanic/Latino vote was the deciding factor in the most recent elections. Now that the Hispanic or Latino population has been declared one voice regardless of their geographic origin (which is ignorant I must add), a political issue for both Democrats and Republicans going forward will be how to court their vote.

Interestingly enough Latinos, specifically Mexicans have gained a great deal of economic clout in recent years. 20 years ago there were no Mexicans in the list of the 100 richest people in the world. Now there are many very wealthy Mexicans. The bottom line is Hispanics or Latinos have become the scapegoats for immigration reform, rather than the powers that be dealing with the flaws in the immigration system which effect people of all nationalities. The immigration system is inefficient, complicated, and expensive. We are falling away from the organized and cogent regulation in which our country was founded upon.

However, Mexico is marketed by both extremes as a country that can’t wait to cross the border to the “City on the Hill”. We Americans should not be so egotistical. America should focus its energies in helping Mexico become economically stronger. This does not involve sending American jobs to Mexico or opening up the borders it involves us Americans swallowing our pride and creating other cities on other hills. Hispanics and Latinos are not the only people in this country who at times may be here illegally. Mexicans are not the problem they just have the ability to walk over the border. How many issue do we report of Canadians running over the border. None. After all aren’t we a country of immigrants (See the Mayflower)?

Questions
1. Which immigration reforms do you feel the Obama administration should make?
2. Should America first rebuilt its own infrastructure then turn these skills into our main industry and service offering to the world (i.e. disaster recovery).
3. What role do you think Latinos or Hispanics will hold in the future of American politics?