This was written by Miami Herald columnist
Leonard Pitts, Jr:
"A Smokin' View of Life in Mexico as a Drug Mecca"
The following are translations of future letters to the editor of
El Universal, a newspaper in Mexico City. The date of publication: May 12, 2016.
Dear Editor:
Yesterday's massive immigration rights rally in the capital should be a wake-up call for all Mexicans. I could not believe my eyes: one million American illegals marching in the streets to protest that bill in Congress to secure our northern border. We are being overrun by these people and it's our own fault: We should never have legalized drug possession back in 2006.
-- IGNACIO RAMIREZ, Veracruz
Dear Editor:
Yesterday while taking my daughter to school, we had to step over three Americans nodding on the sidewalk. I asked them in plain Spanish to move, but they just gave me glassy-eyed stares and sat there drooling on themselves. If you want to solve our immigration problem, forget about amnesty, forget about hardening the border. Just remove the incentive. After all, they're only coming here for an opportunity they can't find in their own country: the opportunity to do legal drugs.
-- CARMEN RUELAS, Tijuana
Dear Editor:
Is it too much to ask that they learn to speak the language?
-- MARIA RODRIGUEZ, Zacatecas
Dear Editor:
I have nothing against Americans. Some of my best friends are American. So this is not about racism or nationalism. It's about the necessity for a sovereign nation to control its borders. Last night on the news, I saw hidden camera footage of hundreds of Americans swimming across the Rio Grande, carrying bongs and rolling papers in watertight bags. One border patrol agent told the reporter it's not worth it to catch them. They just keep coming back.
-- JOSE QUESADA, Acapulco
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