Mexican lawmaker, ‘tomato king’, Andres Bermudez, dead at 58

Feb 062009
 
 06/02/2009  Posted by PMC at 09:19 on 06/02/2009 Comments Off
Mexican lawmaker, ‘tomato king', Andres Bermudez, dead at 58

Andres Bermudez, who made a fortune as a “tomato king” and history by becoming the first migrant living in the United States to win a Mexican mayorship, has died of cancer. He was 58.   Bermudez, a flamboyant lawmaker for President Felipe Calderon’s National Action Party, or PAN, died Thursday, the party said in a statement. He had battled stomach cancer since March. He died at a hospital in Houston, where he was receiving treatment since December, the daily newspaper El Sol de Zacatecas reported. Andres Bermudez left Zacatecas state as an impoverished field hand in 1974. He and his ….Read More

Fake documents freely available on Houston streets

May 062008
 
 06/05/2008  Posted by PMC at 12:33 on 06/05/2008 Comments Off
Fake documents freely available on Houston streets

Illegal immigrants fearful of being caught in stepped-up workplace raids are fueling a growing market in Houston for phony immigration and work documents. The result, experts say, is a glut of false, altered and counterfeit documents that are easily obtained at Houston-area flea markets, businesses and clandestine printing shops set up in homes and apartments. The bogus documents include counterfeit Texas driver’s licenses, fake Social Security and “green cards,” and even worthless international driver’s licenses sold here and in other states. “You could put all of HPD full time on this thing, and I don’t think we could put a ….Read More

Lou Dobbs and Tom Tancredo Attack The Pope

Apr 302008
 
 30/04/2008  Posted by PMC at 19:29 on 30/04/2008 Comments Off
Lou Dobbs and Tom Tancredo Attack The Pope

On April 16, 2008, Lou Dobbs took his “advocacy journalism”1 to a new low in mischaracterizing Pope Benedict XVI’s recent visit to the United States. False Claim: Pope Benedict supports “amnesty” and wants the U.S. to “ease any enforcement.” DOBBS: Well, Pope Benedict XVI is in the nation’s capital tonight, there to help the Catholic Church and the Council of Bishops push the amnesty agenda. Pope Benedict himself, obviously, supporting that approach and calling upon the United States to ease any enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. The Facts: The Pope, in fact, did not announce that he supports an “amnesty ….Read More

Hating Mexicans: The New American Past Time

Nov 282007
 
 28/11/2007  Posted by PMC at 09:45 on 28/11/2007 4 Responses »

I ran across an excellent Discourse this morning regarding our attitude towards Mexicans and anything perceived to be hispanic. The author, a Professor at a midwestern college, gives an excellent history of bigotry and racism against those different from us through history. He also points our and gives examples of the racist drivel being spewed by right wing talk radio hosts such as Michael Savage, Neal Boortz and others.

Where there’s a will – Prison workers accused of smuggling immigrants

Nov 152007
 
 15/11/2007  Posted by PMC at 06:34 on 15/11/2007 1 Response »

Two guards and two of their supervisors at a South Texas immigration prison were charged with trying to use their positions to smuggle more than two dozen undocumented immigrants into the country, according to federal prosecutors. The U.S. attorney’s office in Houston said Tuesday that the four prison employees had worked out a shrewd scheme to pick up and transport 28 immigrants from Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador by pretending that they were inmates being transferred to San Antonio.

When will bias against ‘illegals’ no longer be acceptable?

Sep 272007
 
 27/09/2007  Posted by PMC at 18:21 on 27/09/2007 8 Responses »

An excellent article published by Andrew Greeley: in the Chicago Sun Times. I wonder when it will become unfashionable to engage in slurs against Mexican immigrants — they don’t work hard, they don’t learn to speak English, they are taking money away from other Americans, some of them may be terrorists, they don’t drive trucks safely. The well-educated, upper-middle-class nativist bigot will justify his position with the argument: I don’t have anything against them, but I resent the fact that they’re ILLEGAL!

Workers into Heroes

Apr 292006
 
 29/04/2006  Posted by PMC at 16:49 on 29/04/2006 Comments Off

“I am not ashamed. I was poor and humble, but knew there was a better life with hard work,” said Francisco Morales, 38. “I have three homes, two for renting and one for me.”

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