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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John Walker
I worked with a woman from another country, she said that someday, when she gets enough money to live well in her own country, she would return to it.
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And today's naturalized citizens aren't?
Illegal immigants have a difficult life in their country, that is why they come to the U.S., to send money
Those U.S. citizens who take advantage of other countries and the U.S. citizens who take advantage of the illegals in our country are just as bad as their counterparts from other countries.
The Mexicans who work for these wealthy people came here to do just what they are doing, they are working and getting paid.
Mexicans are willingly being exploited, if they come here as illegals.
I'm not sure if I mentioned earlier the TV show I watched a week or so ago about turn-of-the-century immigration through Ellis Island. It was very informative and showed how immigration into the US has changed dramatically.
There were quotas back then. People were turned away due to disease or criminal backgrounds.
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