Illegals will change voting patterns

October 25, 2007 12:37 am

As an immigrant who used to prepare immigration applications, I wish to respond to The Free Lance-Star article titled "Stafford task force holds first meeting," Oct. 15].

The impact of mass [illegal] immigration is more than fiscal:

On July 2006, Mexican-American professor Armando Navarro, who has organized many rallies to fight all measures to secure our borders, was quoted in the Los Angeles Times as saying, "A new majority is forming. Everything will change. The White House will be within our reach."

According to the 2000 Census, the U.S. population had increased by about 13 percent since 1990, but those who identified themselves as Mexican had grown by 53 percent.

Although many Mexican-Americans are patriotic, during last year's massive demonstrations, many protesters waved Mexican flags and pressured the U.S. with demands identical to Mexico's.

Mexico has fought all U.S. measures to secure our borders and has actively encouraged illegal migration to the U.S.

In 1997, Ernest Zedillo, then-president of Mexico, declared in Chicago: "I have proudly affirmed that the Mexican nation extends beyond the territory enclosed by its borders and that Mexican migrants are an important--a very important--part of it." What is Mexico's real agenda?

Yeh Ling-Ling Oakland, Calif. The writer is executive director of Diversity Alliance for a Sustainable America.