05.24.07
Immigration
The United States of America and the United States of Mexico are going to be the same thing some day. It will all be one playground of industry and indolence —just like it is now— but by some other name. That name will be the United States of America. Our flag will look very much like the American flag we know today. Our capital will remain where it is. Our tongue will be nimbler and our women more beautiful. The great-grandson of Oaxacan farmers will sit in the Oval Office. And you won’t have to worry about keeping up with the Joneses anymore because the Perezes and Garcias will be —are now— the common style.
If you had known me when I was a young man, you’d laugh at what I’ve said just now. But the truth is that demography is destiny and the only thing that’s left to us to do is insist on pressing one for English. And I won’t apologize for that. I don’t want people paying fines; I want them to send their kids to school and learn the English language.
