While Immigration discussions bring passion, we invite colleagues to remember the many contributions, in addition to agricultural and hospitality, brought to us by Mexican immigrants.
Dr. Hector P. Garcia fought peacefully for the dismantling of segregation signs, racism and discrimination in many Mexican American communities in the great Southwest in the 1940s and 50s. He served as a role model for many Americans, from creating the Mexican American GI Forum in 1948, to his appointment as United States Ambassador to the United Nations, to the first Mexican American to given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan in 1984.
An open letter, signed by around five hundred economists (including five Nobel laureates) stated the following: “While a small percentage of native-born Americans may be harmed by immigration, vastly more Americans benefit from the contributions that immigrants make to our economy, including lower consumer prices.”
Our Affirmation: I welcome my neighbors to the South to know they are loved and I see them as whole, complete, and perfect beings of light in this galaxy.