Mexican Flag At The Heart Of The Immigration Debate
Hmm...
I've never understood the people who fly the Mexican flag while protesting illegal immigration crackdowns. Why would you fly the flag of the country you had to escape by jumping the border? If you don't want to be sent back to Mexico, why brandish that country's flag?
Just more indication that these people have no interest in being loyal to our nation and system of government, but rather just some interest in bending our economic wealth to their will.
Reagan High School Principal Robert Pambello was ordered to remove a Mexican flag Wednesday morning that he had hoisted below the U.S. and Texas flags that typically fly in front of his school — a symbol he agreed to fly to show support for his predominantly Hispanic student body.
At nearby Hamilton Middle School, a child was asked to wipe off Mexican and U.S. flags painted on his face. Hundreds of other students carried Mexican flags during walkouts Wednesday — acts of protest that they vow to continue until Congress rejects legislation that would further restrict immigration.
"There's no other way to be heard ... It's not the best way or the right way, but it's our way," Reagan freshman Jose Lopez, 14, said of the effort.
The Mexican flag has become a lightning rod in the immigration debate that's consumed the city and the nation this week. Students say the flag represents their pride in the contributions Mexicans make to this country. Critics, though, said watching young Hispanics in the streets with the red, green and white flags is more than they can stand. These youngsters are in the United States and should — at the least — carry the U.S. flag, they argue.
I've never understood the people who fly the Mexican flag while protesting illegal immigration crackdowns. Why would you fly the flag of the country you had to escape by jumping the border? If you don't want to be sent back to Mexico, why brandish that country's flag?
Just more indication that these people have no interest in being loyal to our nation and system of government, but rather just some interest in bending our economic wealth to their will.
