Allison Chew 997270273 CHI 10 Journal 7 Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants Cha ter !

"his cha ter o# Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants was $e%ote$ to anal&zing the olitical rocess Mexican immigrants un$ergo to 'ecome ()* citizens 'eginning #rom the 19!0+s to the resent) "he author claims that ,the macro a roach a$%ance$ here is em lo&e$ to highlight ma-or changes in #e$eral legislation.) "he author also $iscusses how the s&stem o# laws re%ente$ most Mexican immigrants #rom entering the (nite$ *tates legall& #orcing most newcomers to come into the countr& un$ocumente$ mostl& with a #amil& mem'er in the (nite$ *tates #or /uali#ication #or an immigration %isa) 0eginning in 19!12 Congress asse$ the Immigration an$ Nationalit& Act Amen$ments allocating legal entr& on the 'asis o# race an$ ethnicit&) Congress later ma$e it man$ator& that all aliens see3ing to enter the (nite$ *tates #or the ur oses o# er#orming s3ille$ or uns3ille$ la'or ma& o'tain a %isa onl& i# there is a scarcit& o# la'or #or that s eci# -o' categor&) 4enerall& the onl& -o's that met this /uali#ication were ones such as artists2 h&sicians2 surgeons2 law&ers etc) ma3ing it essentiall& im ossi'le #or wor3ing class eo le to o'tain wor3 ermits to enter the countr&) 0eginning in 5orl$ 5ar II2 "he 0racero 6rogram was im lemente$ to re lenish the la'or shortages cause$ '& the militar& $ra#ting &oung male #armwor3ers) "he 0racero 6rogram greatl& 'ene#ite$ Mexico+s econom& since remittances were sent home '& the 'raceros raising the stan$ar$ o# li%ing o# man& Mexican #amilies) "he lan greatl& 'ene#itte$ American cor orations #rom the inex ensi%e Mexican la'or) Howe%er2 "he 0racero 6rogram $i$ come to an en$ in 19!7 when the negotiations o%er esta'lishing assem l& lants in Mexico were #inishe$) "he 0racero 6rogram was eliminate$ an$ instea$ the (nite$ *tates launche$ its o en $oor olic& towar$ Mexico)

A Hun$re$ 5omen "he letter A Hun$re$ 5omen is a stor& o# a tragic histor& o# a small town in Mexico2 Cui$a$ Juarez) "he letter 'egins with a stor& o# a seemingl& lo%el& cou le2 C&nthia an$ Ja%ier 6eza'al) "he two were marrie$ sim le -ewelr& ma3ers whose li%es were turne$ u si$e $own when the& were 3i$na e$ thrown into a %an an$ torture$ until the& were #orce$ to con#ess to the mur$er 1! &ear ol$

girl 8i%ianna 9a&as) 0eginning in Januar& o# 19932 a string o# %iolent an$ cruel mur$ers o# &oung Chicano girls within Cui$a$ Juarez 'egan) "he mur$ers were ram ant an$ 3e t the entire town on e$ge) "hese mur$ers were 'rutal 3illings o# &oung women which 'ecame 3nown as the Juarez mur$ers) "he %ictims o# the mur$er s ree ha$ resulting in more than a hun$re$ $eaths so #ar an$ were e%entuall& s rea$ing to other arts o# the state) 5hat the %ictims o# the mur$ers o#ten ha$ in common was race an$ class) All o# the %ictims were $ar3 s3inne$2 long haire$ girls waiting at a 'us sto or emerging #rom a #actor&) 5ith these characteristics the girls were most li3el& coming #rom a oor #amil& with a $e#enseless legal s&stem) "here were man& cons iracies aroun$ wh& the girls were mur$ere$) *ome 'elie%e$ that is was to har%est their organs2 exce t the 'o$ies #oun$ were not $egra$e$ in such a wa&) :thers 'elie%e$ that the girls were mur$ere$ #or s ort or use$ in atrocious rituals) C&nthia an$ Ja%ier #irst 'ecame sus ects in the mur$ers o# the girls since the& were la'ele$ as ,hi ie. t& es who ha$ a %er& /uiet $emeanor an$ generall& 3e t to themsel%es) 5hen &oung 8i%iana 9a&as #ell %ictim to one o# the Juarez mur$ers2 her #ather Jose 9a&as $i$ not ta3e the eas& wa& out li3e man& other #amilies) He %iciousl& cam aigne$ #or the return o# his lost $aughter an$ #ollowe$ e%er& lea$ that came in) He e%en rinte$ hun$re$s o# t;shirts with 8i%iana+s #ace on them) It was Jose 9a&as who #irst hear$ the ti a'out C&nthia an$ Ja%ier) A witness ha$ s otte$ a &oung girl who loo3e$ li3e 8i%ianna struggling insi$e a truc3 -ust outsi$e their -ewelr& sho ) Howe%er it was not a ha & en$ing an$ 8i%ianna+s 'o$& was e%entuall& #oun$ an$ the m&ster& o# the Juarez mur$ers still li%es on to$a&)