Equal Junction

Hey everyone, Ochoa here (pictured right taking in the vista of Arizona), yes that’s right Marcos Ochoa, if I want to go more Mexican-Marcos Mateo Ochoa, let’s Gay it up too, Marcos Mateo Cermak-Ochoa (my married name).

The heinous Arizona Immigration Law, yes it is true, Arizona will make it legally very difficult for an immigrant or first generation U.S. citizen to inhabit a state of our own country. A few thousand miles away, The Statue of Liberty stands with an inscription that says “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

Paternally, I am first generation U.S. citizen, maternally, I am 3rd generation. I am very lucky to have been born here in the U.S. and I am grateful! However, this law in Arizona is going against what our country was founded on. The United States would not exist without the migration of pilgrims in the 17th century and the continuous melting pot still being positively stirred today.

Obviously, there are some who are supporting this law because they claim jobs are lost to illegal immigrants from across the border, but where were these Arizona Immigration Law supporters when jobs were outsourced for years? The past decade, there was a growth of corporations that found it cheaper to ship their jobs overseas, but unfortunately our neighbors to the south are taking the hit of ’stealing jobs’.

This new, Arizona law is wrong! Excuse my sarcasm, but Heaven forbid, I am in Arizona, forget my wallet and get taken in because of the color of my skin.

I am proud to be Mexican and again, NO law should make it unsafe for people to be who they are and what they look and sound like!

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