The Latino Threat Leo R. Chavez What do we do with undocumented immigrants?

mmigrants? We let them in but theyre not legally part of the nation Factors: We are a nation of immigrants We tend to use the past through rose colored glasses Past immigrants were good immigrants and assimilated Todays immigrants dont want to do that; dont want to be part of society The past was very difficult for every immigrant groups that came to America Southern Europeans were not seen as white back then; half of them went home Irish were seen as animals by the English -subhuman -didnt have the genes to make them American Chinese threat: were brought to do labor. Build railroads: low skilled and could only do manual labor Irish: white chinese Uncle Sam may be swallowed by foreigners German threat: brought whiskey, wine, beer, having good time Europeans represented as rats Europe: Arab/Muslim threat -Eurabia- Europe being eaten by Arabs You cant be Japanese without Japanese blood -Anyone who doesnt have Japanese blood is a threat Migration is always a hard process Difference is how the people in the new country sees the immigrants as 2) lack of understanding of causes of migration (Factor that complicate talking about immigration Why do people come? Labor demand Better life Nobody wants to come now because theres no jobs Migration equation: poverty in sending country = migration to U.S. or elsewhere When economy is doing good, you have an upturn in job creation Were all depending on growth When the economy is doing well, if you dont birth babies, you import labor 3) Latino Threat Narrative The people who monitor the militias in America

-big groups with guns Reasons: latino threat & we have a black president Many people believe that theres a secret Mexican plan to reclaim southwest Were gonna have 135 million Hispanics in the U.S. by 2050. Can we survive as a country? Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signs USs toughest immigration law -followed by attack on Chicano studies All you have to do is take a pic of random Mexican guys and label them as illegal aliens and they seem like a threat Herman Cain on Border Fence: barbed wire electrified fence that will kill you Latinos= Dont assimilate Dont want to learn English Immutable -reproduce own culture -live apart from larger society Reproductive threat -latinas cant control their reproductive capacity -to be a woman means to have lots of babies Desire a reconquest of U.S. 1974: invasion from the south of immigrants (American Legion Magazine) Prop 187: precursor of Arizonas law: -Law is not about workers, its about their children the Latin Onslaught -get women to recreate not procreate U.S. News & World Report 8/19/1985 -generations deep -magazine has no evidence Sam Huntington, Foreign Policy 2004 -were in 2 wars -the ones that cook or food and raise our children are the biggest threat?

Immigration Reform George Bush wanted from day 1 for legalization of guest workers Promise to reform is really small now 1.5 generalization -come to country as babies but are illegal or undocumented -allowed to attend school -dont allow to work

-invest in them but when it comes time to work and pay taxes, they cant do it -if you do, you will get deported -dangle the hope of legalizationthe DREAM Act Path to citizenship? Divisive: Most republicans are against Some are for though Rick Perry of Texas Mark Shurtleff, attorney general of Utah George W. Bush Country is so divided Obama is for it but deporting people like crazy Babies of American immigrants = citizens 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Jus soli- citizen if born there Jus sanguinis citizenship through blood

Unworthy citisens? Define new subject status: -Anchor Babies -Jews were bad citizens in Germany -Part of conspiracy to take advantage of U.S. -Their citizenship is different from the rest Michelle Malkin -> anchor babies. Terrorism angle? Rep Steve King We need to address anchor babies. This isnt what our founding fathers intended. Andrew Jackson is an anchor baby 21 years = incredible planning Sponsorship very difficult Pilgrims were anchor babies Anchor babies: Antonin G. Scalia anchor baby Samuel A Alito Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ronald Reagan Grandfather was anchor baby Michelle Malkin: anchor baby English is so strong it sucks the original languages out of people

Economics drive movement of people Politics- conditions they have