Mexicans: Mexican-Americans Owe Loyalty
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| Sat, 10-17-2009 - 11:27pm |
Poll: Mexicans say Mexican-Americans Owe Loyalty to Mexico Over U.S.
Nearly 70 percent of Mexicans surveyed said that Mexican-Americans – including those born in the United States – owe their primary loyalty to Mexico, not the U.S., according to a Zogby poll commissioned by the Center for Immigration Studies.
The in-person poll, taken during August and September, sampled 1,004 Mexicans across the country on subjects related to illegal immigration and amnesty in the United States.
When asked “Should the primary loyalty of Mexican-Americans be to Mexico or to the U.S.?†68.8 percent of respondents in Mexico said that it should be to Mexico, while only 19.7 percent said it should be to the United States. Another 11.5 percent of respondents said they were not sure.
Steven Camarota, director of research at the CIS, told CNSNews.com that the Spanish phrase translated as “Mexican-Americans†(“los estadounidenses de origen mexicanoâ€) was carefully selected to ensure that respondents knew that it included those born in the U.S. He particularly stressed the Spanish word ‘estadounidenses.’
“It means ‘United States-ian’ — (that’s) how it translates,†he said, “and it’s understood by everyone in Mexico to include, clearly, people born in the United States of Mexican ancestry.â€
Camarota also told CNSNews.com that just over one-third of respondents (36 percent) said that they would come to the U.S., if they could. Of that group, 68 percent said they think that Mexican-Americans owe loyalty to Mexico over the United States.

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If someone is planning to make another country their permanent home, if they are planning to raise their family in that country, if they plan on partaking of all the benefits and advantages that country has to offer, then they should denounce their former citizenship and be loyalty to their new country.
Not all, but a large number of immigrants come simply for what they can get from the US. They don't care about the country, they aren't interested in becoming citizens, they don't want to even be known as Americans. They are only coming here to improve THEIR lives, not to improve OUR country.
Getting rid of dual citizenship isn't going to make someone loyal to America. What might separate the honest immigrants from the less-than-honest ones is making them all follow the rules to begin with.
"when John Walker was caught fighting for the Taliban as an American."
There have been other instances too... The civil war in Spain many Canadians & Americans joined the fight
""If your mother and father were fighting, you wouldn't want one to kill the other. You'd just want them to stop." Having lived in the US for almost my whole life, I will always have an allegiance to it so I understand what you mean."
Excellent analogy.
I have not lived in the country of my birth and citizenship since I was 19. It is, however, still my homeland, my fatherland and the country whose passport I carry. We currently and for the past 12 years live in the country where my dh was born. We agreed early in our marriage to raise our child in his culture and speaking his native language.
Although I am a legal resident here, it would be difficult for me to obtain citizenship and it would involve a lot of hassle. It would also mean that I would lose my original citizenship, since I am from one of the few countries that does not allow dual citizenship. I see no reason to do that.
"...many have taxes and social security witheld and will never see the benefit..."
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"then they should denounce their former citizenship and be loyalty to their new country."
That's part & parcel of becoming a US citizen but one cannot undo what's in your heart especially if one has ties to one's country of birth.
"partaking of all the benefits and advantages that country has to offer"
There are
Government subsidized healthcare is one benefit. And please don't tell me it doesn't happen. I personally see it every single day.
Walking across the border illegally and not being arrested and deported is, in my opinion, a privilege. What other country would allow that to happen? Cross the border into ANY other country in the world without proper documentation and see what happens to you.
Being allowed to not only cross the border illegally, but get a job, a house, a car, put kids in school, take them to the doctor if they're sick... in other words, live the very same life as
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