What I wonder is what would happen in California, say, if all the Mexicans left from one day to the next?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Most analysts would agree that if all the undocumented immigrants in California were deported in one day, our state would experience a severe economic downturn. This does not even consider the many cultural and spiritual gifts these immigrants bring to our state and nation.
To say that people would cease to come to California if they would have to pay more taxes is to underestimate the advantages of being in California - mightily.
Unless action is taken soon - unless we can display the same vision of that earlier period - we will lose the treasure of California's open space and environmental beauty.
We would betray Mexicans' hopes for change if we felt satisfied with what we've accomplished so far.
I will embrace the first opportunity to get to California and it is altogether probable that when once there I shall never again leave it.
California is going to take themselves off the cliff culturally and economically, fiscally. They are going to be at the trough in Washington wanting a bailout.
My life would be in danger if I return to Mexico.
If Latinos stay at home, we determine the outcome of an election.
I will maintain the presence of a Mexican Army, and the Navy and police in the states of the Mexican Republic, where the problem of crime has increased.
Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?