19 November, 2006

Wall policy


"President Bush signed into law Thursday a broad measure that calls for fencing a third of the 2,100-mile border between the United States and Mexico."
White house recent decision to fence the Mexican border is another sign to show the importance of Hispanic challenge to American identity.
By the end of last century, United States had become a multiethnic, multiracial country with a dominant Anglo-protestant culture surrounding many subcultures. In late 20th century, some important changes accrued that, if continued, my alter the Wasps' land into a culturally and racially separated Anglo- Hispanic society with two national tongues.
Most of the conservatives who are concerned with this issue believe that the existence issue is in part "the result of the popularity of doctrine of multiculturalism and diversity among intellectual and political elites, and government policies on bilingual education and affirmative action that those doctrines promoted and sanctioned" (Huntington, who we are?). However the main cause for this new trend toward making a Hispanic- catholic culture next to Anglo- protestant culture has been immigration from Latin America and especially from Mexico. That is why George bush has called the U.S- Mexican border fence bill an important step in immigration reform which will protect American people; and it is clear by American people he means White Anglo Saxon Protestant Americans.
Immigration from Mexico is leading to the demographic changes in territories Americans took from Mexico by force in the 1830's and 1840's. this immigration not only mexicanized the mentioned areas, California, Texas, and Arizona in particular; but also blurred the border between Mexico and America, introducing a very different culture, while also promoting the emergence, in some areas, of a blended society and culturally, half American and half Mexican. This is the fact which can be seen in Bush's statement when he said;
"Unfortunately, the United States has not been in complete control of its borders for decades, and therefore, illegal immigration has been on the rise. We have a responsibility to address these challenges, we have a responsibility to enforce our laws, we have a responsibility to secure our borders. We take this responsibility seriously,"For sure this responsibility means to keep the superiority and dominance of Anglo-protestant culture over the other sub-cultures especially the growing Hispanic culture.

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