Immigrant Rights Movement's next phase
is non-cooperation and civil disobedience
by
Ernesto Cienfuegos
La Voz de Aztlan
Los Angeles, Alta California - June 5, 2007 - (ACN) The so called
"raging debate" in congress on the Border Security and Immigration
Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1348) is irrelevant to the proponents of a
liberated Aztlan. It does not matter what final form S. 1348 will
take, the quest for real economic and social equality, justice,
freedom and for the establishment of a true homeland, north of the
border, will continue to exist. The degree of fervor in this quest for
Aztlan will be proportional to the number of repressive measures that
are included in the final immigration reform bill.
Professor Armando Navarro of the University of California at Riverside
has addressed some of the potentially dangerous Senate Bill 1348
amendments which threaten the long term well-being of Mexicanos in
Aztlan. Dr. Armando Navarro, author of the book, "The Mexicano
Political Experience In Occupied Aztlan: Struggles And Change"
declared yesterday that ". . . Mexicanos and Latinos must be prepared
to once again go to the streets." Professor Navarro added, "Regardless
what immigration reform is passed either in 2007 or in 2009 or in the
future, the "immigration crisis" impacting the U.S. and the Western
Hemisphere will not end without major economic change occurring within
the "Neo-liberal" economic systems of the Western Hemisphere."
Professor Navarro points out that S. 1348 targets "brown" Mexico and
not "white" Canada. It is a racist bill by a US Congress dominated by
Anglos/Whites. It provides for a wall and enhances the
"militarization" of the U.S./Mexico border only. Dr. Navarro says that
in the proposed bill, "Mexico is treated as if it were an adversary of
the U.S. It is not applicable to the U.S./Canadian 4,000 mile long
border. Border enforcement provisions are paradoxical indicators of a
New Cold War – this time directed at Mexico..."
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