The State of Mexico
I read this quote from the Mexican State Address
State of Mexico Addressed, by Invitation Only Calderón Delivers Speech At Ceremonial Palace
The Mexican government, he said, would continue to “energetically protest unilateral actions” of the U.S. Congress on the immigration front that he said “exacerbate the persecution of undocumented Mexicans in the U.S.” He boasted that Mexican consulates in the United States have been buttressed to protect the rights of millions of Mexicans living there illegally.
“Wherever there is a Mexican,” he said, “that is Mexico.”
Here it is on HotAir and here on the Arizona Republic.
When you read a thing like that, it’s hard not to wonder what he really meant. Technically, literally, he’s saying that Arizona is in Mexico, Texas is in Mexico. He’s saying that the United States is in Mexico.
He’s saying that this is a direct result of Mexicans being present in the U.S. This sheds light on his prior statement about the persecution of the undocumented Mexicans here in the U.S. If they’re on Mexican soil, our trying to throw them out has been a terrible mistake. If you lived here, you’d be home by now.
If the presence of Mexicans is the thing that makes Arizona Mexico, and it was not so before the Mexicans got here (scratch that, there has never been an Arizona with no Mexicans in it) rather, if Arizona would cease to be Calderón’s Mexico if all the Mexicans left, that qualifies the Mexicans as an occupying force.
Nah, he can’t have meant that. That would mean that we’ve been invaded by a sizeable force armed mostly with leafblowers.
No, I guess that’s not what he meant, that’s not realistic.
Maybe he meant that Mexico is a thing without borders. Like a club, or a society, one that doesn’t manage borders or an economy. Yeah, that sounds more realistic.
This should make it easier to get “authentic” Mexican food around here.
