Mexican Immigrants: A Qualitative Study

The US did not not have solid reasons to do so besides their own greed, so the US hid behind the idea of Manifest Destiny and tried to justify their actions. John O’Sullivan was the New York City journalist who coined the term Manifest Destiny. He said, “Imbecile and distracted, Mexico never can exert any real government authority over such a country…’’ (O’Sullivan, 8). O’Sullivan and the US suggested that Mexico “needed” the US to come and take over, because otherwise Mexico was going to fall apart. Although this was somewhat true, the US did not try to help Mexico through this difficult time; instead, the US took advantage of Mexico’s weakness and tried to take over completely.

Thus, if the land being “invaded” was U.S. territory why would Mexican citizens be found there? They wouldn’t be, and they weren’t. In reality, Mexican citizens were in disputed land that was inhabited by Mexicans long before the U.S. came along thinking it was theirs. To reiterate, to argue the war was just because our land was invaded by Mexico is imprecise as in actuality the land was being

The first reason why the United States were unsympathetic to the rights of Mexican laws was by breaking the laws. Texas is far away from the Mexico central government which was located in Mexico City. Since Texas far away they were monitored differently. The first law the American settlers broke was bringing slaves with them. In Mexico slavery was abolished in 1824.

Prior to arriving in UC Davis, I understood the word “Chicana/o” purely by its true definition; Mexican American. I always found the term to just be another word to classify a large group of Mexican individuals. The term appeared generic to me similar to Latino or Hispanic. Growing up in a small town that is largely Latino enclave, I would assume that I have some comprehension, however it seemed truant. It appeared that Mexicans always pride themselves with the word Chicano, however I thought otherwise.

was not justified into going into war with Mexico was that the Annexation of Texas was unofficial. “From Mexico’s point of view, the annexation of Texas was inadmissable for both legal and security reasons.” (Marquez 327). This quote shows that Mexico viewed this annexation as an unofficial and unfair act against the government and citizens of Mexico. Polk’s act of extending borders to California was also seen as unfair because that land belonged to Mexico.

What is “la Mexicanidad”? Mexican Identity has been ill-defined for years. This misconception could be attributed to the ambiguity of how the first Mexican was created. As a consequence, this has resulted in different kinds of identities established by the Mexican people. Creation of different identities is not a surprise because just like culture, identity is not simply a fact but a social construct.

After Mexico was defeated by America in 1848, Mexico made negotiations with the United States to give it ownership of California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, and parts of Wyoming. Mexicans who were annexed in these states were given American citizenship with full civil rights. Blacks were granted citizenship in 1870 through another naturalization act, and along with Native Americans and blacks during the time period that the immigration quota was set by the government through the Johnson-Reed Act in 1924, Latinos did not have many problems towards naturalization. The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 exempted Mexico from the immigration quota, and Mexicans were also not excluded from citizenship, the law deemed them as white. Under the Johnson Reed Act, Mexican immigration policy differed greatly compared to policies on Asian

Mexican American history is one more important stepping stone in familiarizing ourselves with something beyond what we are in order to breach racism and stereotypes, to create a more wholesome national identity, and to not lose sense of a greater history. It should be encouraged to take a history course foreign to your country of origin, as well as to incorporate all peoples struggles and contributions to United States history. Mexican American history should be covered in the classroom.   Works Cited Garvey, Marcus. " Marcus Garvey Quotes."

If I chose to make the homage to the city of Mecca, would I be denied entrance to The US come my return? Donald Trump truly does have some egotistic problems, but the concept of building a wall on our Mexican border, really may be a good move for the US to make. As members of NAFTA, Mexico and the US are open to free trade and exportation within the markets. This power is very much abused by the nation of Mexico, as we supply far more goods to Mexico than the reciprocal. The relationship between the two nations is supposed to be give and take, yet for The US it seems to only be give and for Mexico take.

Is well known that if a business wants to have success or to attract the consumer, it must promote the products that the enterprise produces; and in the case of Mastretta, it didn’t happen. The company did not realize the promotion that other companies realizes through TV, Radio or even social media. Due to the lack of promotion, the Mexican population didn’t know the products that the company launched to the market and it can be considered that a certain group of people even didn’t know that the company existed.

Another reason the Mexican American War was justified was because Mexico could not govern Texas. John L. O’Sullivan said, “...Imbecile and distracted, Mexico nerve can exert any real government authority over such a country” (O’Sullivan 323) John is saying that Mexico can 't even exert an actual governing not even on it’s own people. He also says, “California will probably fall away from Mexico”(O’Sullivan 323) This shows that they can 't even take care of their own country and will probably keep losing land to the US. It was time for the annexation of Texas and welcome them into the “family” and be kind and cheerful to them.(O’Sullivan 323)

This demographic is no longer an outside observer of the society in which it lives, but rather an active and important participant of said society. Though this case demanded that Mexican-Americans be included in the Civil Rights movement, it is not as groundbreaking as we may desire it to be, perhaps due to bias. Discrimination upon gender and, as relevant, race had been brought before the Supreme Court decades before Hernandez v. Texas. See Minor v. Happersett (1875), Leser v. Garnett (1922), Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), Brown v. Board of Education (1954). There is no question to whether there was discrimination, but to attempt to hold equal standing as these aforementioned cases is on the verge of disrespectful.

If I was to march it would be to help Mexican that live in America to let them work and to let them live like American citizens and not let them do stuff that American citizens can do just because there Mexicans. I think this is important because a lot of Mexicans come to America to give their children a better life but the parents don 't have good choices to work to provide food and stuff for their kids.

Chapter 16 from the book Mexican Migrants by Hellman talks about how he started seeing life differently when he met Francisco. When he met Francisco he noticed he was a very reserved man. He believed that the actions immigrants do reflect on everyone, for example if they see immigrants being criminals now everyone will think everyone is like that. I agree with Francisco because some people might meet the wrong and bad Mexican immigrants and will judge everyone out of one person, then later this becomes hard to make that person believe that not everyone is like the first person he encounter with. The problem with esquineros was that they stood all day hoping to get picked to go work with a contractor on a construction site.

Immigration has always been a part of American culture, in fact, it is the basis of how our country was formed. Immigration, both legal and illegal, has become a key focal point in today’s society. In a collection of essays titled “Reinventing the Melting Pot: The New Immigrant and What It Means to Be American,” Jamar Jacoby has a piece titled “The New Immigrants and the Issue of Assimilation” originally published in 2004. Jacoby creates an argument that although beneficial to our country, many immigrants are entering the United States where they are forced to spend their lives at the bottom of the economy, and where their assimilation feels forced. Jacoby’s purpose for writing this piece is to encourage readers that Americans are the problem