Immigration Reform

In Arizona, I would be mandated by law to carry my Green Card at all times.

Me.

A college graduate, who speaks fluent English, has a job, pays taxes and has been living in the United State for 10 years.

I first heard the news on NPR:

under the law everyone must have I.D. proving resident status or citizenship. Officers can use race as a factor in determining whether to question someone, though it can’t be the only factor. Another section of the law deals with day labor. Illegal immigrants can now be arrested for soliciting work.

I understand that the situation in the border is becoming unbearable, but it doesn’t justify this man hunt. It is absurd.

What is next?

Do I have to tan less to look less Hispanic?

Speak English to my Hispanic friends?

I am really disappointed by the lack of action of the current administration. And the silly political calendar that makes it impossible for senators and law makers to make any decision prior to elections.

I know that the border is not a safe place. Especially after reading 2666 by Roberto Bolaño. But still, this is not a justification because the United States has the resources to fight these problems, targeting them from their source. It is really a matter of strengthening the relationships with Mexico and fighting narco-terrorism together. Targeting Hispanics living in the United States is not the solution.

If only the government could see.

It will take me 2666 days to finish “2666″

I started reading “2666″ by Roberto Bolaños about seven months ago.

I still have 119 pages to go.

To my defense, the book is 1,119 pages long and it is really five books compiled into one. But this doesn’t mean that this never-ending story is boring; to the contrary, I am delighted by all the different themes tied together without circularity and the wonderful characters that are introduced even at the very end.

I am taking my time because I want to digest this magnetic book. I want to understand each one of the crimes in Santa Teresa, the dementia of Ingeborg and the doppelganger of Hans Reiter– Benno Von Archimboldi.

I want to hold on my search as to whether or not Archimboldi is based on a real character. When I am done with the book I will find out because right now, I want to believe that Bolaño  investigated a real character and made him come back to life through this book.

Impunidad?

La prensa Estado Unidense parece estar completamente enamorada con las historias de narcotráfico.

¿Cuando se escucha algo de los femicidios en Ciudad Juárez?

Aún cuando este crimen atroz sucede debajo de las narices de Estados Unidos (literalmente, porque es a una corta distancia de la frontera), a los Estado Unidenses parece interesarles más construir muros para que los mexicanos no se pasen la frontera, intensificar las redadas de inmigración e informarles a los gringos de la travesía que pasan las drogas que se consumen antes de llegar a Estados Unidos.

Según el articulo de prensa mexicana publicado en La Jornada el 28 de Octubre del 2009:

De 1993 a 2007 se documentaron 468 casos. La cifra más alta de muertes violentas de mujeres en ese periodo ocurrió en 2002, cuando hubo 42 muertas. Pero en los últimos dos años la cifra aumentó a 675. Casi 350 casos de años anteriores siguen impunes, entre ellos los 96 de 2008 y los registrados en 2009.

Estos asesinatos están documentados en un libro que les recomiendo a todos.

“2666″ de Roberto Bolaños.

Este libro es una Biblia. Te lo tienes que saborear. Son cuatro libros en uno y hay que leerlo con mucho detenimiento para no perderte los detalles, a veces grotescos, que incluye Bolaños.

Voy en la parte de los crímenes. A la que ansiaba llegar. Les contaré que pasa cuando acabe.