Don’t look now, but the taco truck economy proves that Latinos are taking control of America. This is the worst fear for the American xenophobes who fear becoming the minority in a brown America. The economy is shifting away from White America and becoming darker and darker each year. Small businesses drives the American economy. […]
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Understanding the US-Mexico Relationship
There exists a disconnect about the relationship between México and the United States. In México, the U.S. is generally seen as the Goliath to the north, while in the U.S., Americans see México as the source of drugs and undocumented immigration. The U.S.-Canada border is the largest land border between two countries. It gets very […]
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Bernie Sanders And Immigration
Now that it seems that Bernie Sanders may become the Democrat nominee for the 2020 presidential elections it is time to see where Sanders stands on immigration. Although I am unable to vote, as I am not a citizen, I like many others have special interests when it comes to politics. I have two primary […]
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Bernie Sanders Is Not A Friend to Immigrants
Bernie Sanders was in El Paso this past weekend trying to rally further support for his nomination for the Democrat ticket. Like El Paso, Sanders talks about supporting the immigration plight when looking for votes. But when it mattered, Bernie Sanders voted against immigration reform. In 2007, a Republican president, George W. Bush, signaled to […]
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The American Dirty Secret
Donald Trump told America that it was “full”. Anti-immigrants argue that American does not need any more immigrants. Immigrants are America’s greatest asset as well as America’s greatest bogeyman. The darkest secret America keeps is that it needs immigrants while pretending it does not. No one, not the Democrats, not the Republicans and especially not […]
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El Paso Is Not Immigrant Friendly
There continues to be this false notion that El Paso is immigrant friendly. It is not. As readers may know, Donald Trump has tasked the Border Patrol to deport as many undocumented immigrants as quickly as possible. Trump has also declared war on “sanctuary cities.” Guess which city is not targeted by Trump? That would […]
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The Michael Bloomberg Fail
There has been some buzz lately about Michael Bloomberg rising through the Democrat primary as the potential challenger to Donald Trump. As a wealthy individual from New York, Bloomberg was perceived to be a viable challenger to Donald Trump in the upcoming elections. On Wednesday night Bloomberg had his first opportunity to prove his ability […]
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Degenerate Art in the Time of Facebook
The El Paso News is committed to freedom of expression. Such venues as this blog are more important today than they were just a few years ago, as social networking platforms become more censorious than a small town’s watchdogs on the contents of libraries. Around 3:00 am, a fit of insomnia had me hanging out […]
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When Mexicans Forced the Texas Rangers to Surrender
Many Americans remember the Alamo as the beginning of the Anglo take-over of land occupied by Mexicans. There is ongoing debate about what caused Texas to proclaim independence from México. Among the fiercely debated issue is the part that slavery played in the quest for independence. What is not debatable is that the Alamo led […]