Beachhead: Houston Chronicle fully supports Mexican agenda, illegal immigration

The Houston Chronicle unsigned editorial "Beachhead" is so shocking in its outright support for illegal immigration and Mexico's agenda it's almost unbelievable:
FOUR years ago, Mexico closed its New Orleans consulate — essentially, for lack of interest. The Mexican government was pinching pennies, and closing the mission signaled a new focus on U.S. cities with significant numbers of Mexican nationals.

New Orleans now counts as one of those cities. That's why Carlos Gonzalez Magallon, Mexico's consul general in Houston, has launched plans to reopen a Crescent City mission — he hopes by Dec. 1. Gonzalez is right to act quickly.

A Louisiana-based consulate would help the Mexicans flowing into New Orleans to work and help the city inch toward normalcy. The re-opening even would revive a bit of history.

A new study by Tulane University and the University of California shows that nearly half of the city's new construction workers are Latino, and about a quarter of that new work force is undocumented. Mexicans make up 47 percent of the undocumented workers...
They go on to criticize Ray Nagin's comments about "Mexican workers" driving American hurricane victims out of work. He "changed that sentiment" apparently because the corrupt national Democrats put pressure on him to do the un-American thing and support foreign citizens who are here illegally taking rebuilding jobs from Americans. And, the Houston Chronicle is, of course, on the wrong side.

Then, they promote the Mexican government handing out Matricula Consular cards, highlighting using them to "open bank accounts, cash payroll checks, even obtain medical care". So, they're in effect promoting U.S. companies profiting from illegal activity since many of those opening bank accounts will have been employed illegally. Not only that, they promote anchor babies: "a consulate can register children born to nationals in the United States".

This editorial goes beyond simply un-American. From now on I suggest we consider the Houston Chronicle a Mexican newspaper that's simply based in a U.S. city.

Send your emails to: viewpoints@chron.com. ("Include name, address, and day and evening phone numbers for verification purposes only. Letters subject to editing.")

Comments

As a newspaper, the Houston Chronicle is a business. Like Texas, I assume Houston is significantly Hispanic. These are people -- at least the English speakers amongst them -- to whom they want to sell their newspaper. And since coming out against illegal immigration means being called (at the least) 'anti-Hispanic'...

Well, you get the picure.

Anyway, good luck with the emails.

The bigger problem is the behavior of government authorities, at all levels.