I want the third generation, the seventh generation, I want them all to think “Mexico first”.
There are twenty million people, like myself, who have one foot in Mexico and one foot in the United States, and we’re very proud of it.
Leaving my home to go to the United States really opened my eyes. Seeing so many people having to live in the shadows as criminals for doing the same thing that I was doing, but I had a little piece of paper that said it was OK.
Seeing the need, people dying at the border, people not having their health needs met in the United States, seeing the need of education of Mexicans living over there, and realizing that these are people who are fueling the economy, but no one would speak for them.
And then suddenly I hear Vicente Fox talking about them being heroes, and immediately, of course, I felt a kin spirit in someone who motivated me and then empowered me to go to work for these wonderful people.
– Juan Hernandez, “Hispanic outreach director“, John McCain campaign
