I love the Web and I love having a blog, because this gives me a legitimate (if somehow morbid) reason to go hunting for Latino-related stories on the Internet.
And thanks to this perpetual search, I learned today that there is a town in Illinois called Carpentersville, where Hispanics are organizing against a group of politicians who promise a crack down on illegal immigration and to make English the official language of the town.
Carpentersville has a population of 37,000, of which 40% are Hispanic, according to a story on today’s Chicago Tribune.
City officials claim Latinos (mostly of Mexican origin) are giving the town a bad name. Moreover, a series of fliers distributed to thousands of homes in a recent day, stated: “Are you tired of sending lunch money with your children while illegal aliens get a free breakfast or lunch?”
Wow! the place doesn’t even have a downtown, but there’s free food for Latinos! I guess that is something worth telling my paisanos, always eager to get a free meal in this country.
How does one get to Carpentersville?
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How does one get to Carpentersville?
Simply really, do like some have! Wade the river and walk though the desert, trying not to die, so that you can work for cheap employers that don’t give a damn about you and will trade you off for someone younger or faster, just to make a buck off your sweat!
Then take your meager take for the week and get drunk and fall down every weekend, while your wife and children wonder if you will ever come back to Mexico.
No, it is not about immigrantion! It is about breaking the laws of the United States! Everyday that you exist here, you are illegal.
NO, I am not racist, I have shared many a beer in my backyard and Manuel’s yard across the street. He even said he did not like the illegals, because people have started looking at him, like he may be illegal. The illegals are not a benefit to the many Hispanics that have been here for years. They are a problem for everyone, except the “economic slave labor” employer taking avantage of them.
Be sure to tell your paisanos that, next time you have a buritto!
Love and kisses!
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