In God's Country

I write this fable as a cautionary tale for America:

Drawn by the opportunity for jobs and greater freedoms and to escape hunger and oppression, Mexican citizens began to immigrate into the border areas of America. The numbers of the immigrants was small enough that it did not seem to threaten the American economy or culture. Even though they had no legal right to enter, there were enough jobs, money, food and space to accommodate the arrivers, so the Americans tentatively welcomed them. Some groups of Americans even welcomed their new Mexican neighbors with open arms.

Many Americans, and even the government leaders, shared personal and government resources, made personal friends with many of the immigrants and learned about their culture. As the Mexican population grew, people and the government sold the Mexican community property, provided education and health care resources to the immigrants. Under the care, support and mutually beneficial relationships with the Americans, the Mexican-American population began to thrive.

New immigrants joined the thriving population at a steady pace and the Mexican population began to form larger and larger communities of their own, making their relationship with the local governments and other original inhabitants less and less necessary. Unlike the first immigrants, the newer arrivals did not have to mingle as much with the Americans. Relations between the cultures weakened over time as the newest immigrants made no effort to learn English, transplanted as much of their culture from Mexico as possible, and even did business as much as possible within their own community.

After years of steady immigration and a generation that was born on this American soil, the Mexican-American population had grown so large that they began to view the land as theirs. As their needs increased, they became more aggressive about taking the resources they could see around them. When necessary, they even used violence or intimidation. It seemed they no longer feared (or respected) the Americans.

The episodes of violence increased at an alarming rate. The American population grew restless with these now-violent interlopers who were consuming more and more resources. Out of fear and retribution, the Americans launched a military offensive against the Mexican-American population and the war was on.

In a shocking turn, the Mexican-American population was much stronger than expected and heavily armed. In one stunning and violently grotesque episode, the Mexicans attacked the Texas government and (as crazy as this sounds) beheaded the governor of Texas and posted his head on a stake in the Texas capitol. Not through, and fully aroused in their anger, the Mexicans captured the 9-year old son of that governor, shipped him south and enslaved him…

I’ll end the story now but the next few chapters only get worse. The Mexicans eventually take completely over America through alternating bouts of political trickery and literal slaughter. By the time the story ends, the original Americans make up less than 2% of the total population.

Oh, one last thing, this story is true. Just insert "Christian Europeans" everywhere you see Mexican or Mexican-American above and it’s a sketch of the annihilation that unchecked immigration brought upon the Native Americans in the 1600s, right down to the beheading, slavery and slaughter. In the later chapters, more generations of American immigrants continue the torture and mass murder, including women and children, that would make the Taliban jealous. Even if you think you know the stories, it might be a good idea to revisit the history, especially in light of the intensifying immigration reform discussion in America.