At 08:27 AM 4/15/2001, you wrote:
Please let me know how Californians can support your cause. I work in construction and it is almost totally mexican americans working in the trades now. These are high paying jobs, not fruit picking jobs. Im from Northern California so this is a state wide problem.The schools jails and social programs are being over run.
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Thanks for your email.
The mission of the MayorNo sight is to expose Antonio Villaraigosa's ingratiation with illegal aliens. I think you were referring to illegal aliens when said "Mexican Americans." This site tries to avoid the use of hyphenating ex-nationalities of individuals or groups. In the case of my wife, I say that she is an American (citizen). But if her Mexican background is a subject of conversation, I say that she is an American of Mexican Descent.
I understand your frustration. We are told by people like Villaraigosa, that illegals do jobs that Americans won't do (presumably because they will work cheap). But as you point out and what is generally well known, illegals are now in the construction trades -- which are much higher paying jobs than fruit picking, but not as high as Americans earn if you include benefits. Villaraigosa "fights" for workers' rights, illegal alien workers' rights that is. On June 11, 2000, Antonio Villaraigosa showed up in support of 20,000 mostly Mexican illegal immigrants gathered at the Sports Arena for an AFL-CIO sponsored "workers rights" rally. His appearance at the rally strongly suggests that he is more interested in jobs for illegal immigrants than for Ameriocans.
You can help us in our cause to keep the likes of Villaraigosa from public office by spreading the word. Send your feelings to your congress representatives, senators, inform your friends, and contribute your time and/or money if possible.
Hal Netkin
