Some of the ethnic studies classes that Arizona looks down upon as divisive actually inform us that deportations of Mexicans have occurred for over a hundred years. It's a cyclical phenomena that occurs mostly when the economy is a recession or depression. It's got a lot to do with economics--cheap labor is good unless there's not enough money to ... support the workers who provide it. In some people's view, it is ostensibly better to get rid of the undocumented workers who are there now and get a new supply of workers from Mexico when they need them again later.
Naibe Reynoso--A reporter/producer and colleague from Los Angeles responds:
Celina indeed the US has the best of both worlds: cheap labor when needed without " long term" commitments to the immigrants that work long hard hours at low rates. Not giving them "papers" is the PERFECT way to criminalize a defenseless population. It's mind blowing that after all their blood sweat and tears they are still "the bad guys" and ...that they had the "audacity" to "commit a heinous crime" by crossing the border to allow themselves to be taken advantage of by business who use their cheap labor ... I have a blessed life and can afford to have dinners etc..Last night I went to lunch: valet guys Latinos, I went to an art show , guys serving wine and apps: latino, I went to have sushi: waiter AND kitchen staff: Latino... Now I'm sure they are all extremely talented and had to settle for those jobs because of life circumstances, it angers me that we see them as second class citizens and on top of that as criminals when we enjoy there services,,. I don't know if they were legal or not but what I do know is that by making a certain population illegal and unable to " move up" in the world, it's a guaranteed cheap labor force without long term promises... A kind of labor concubine...
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