Mexifornia: A State of Becoming

Victor is my favorite historian. In my mind , he needs to be listened to like no other individual. His books would go a long way to the importance of where we were and where we are going if we don't change our ways and priorities.

MEXIFORNIAA State of BecomingVICTOR DAVIS HANSONReview by Roy Murry, AuthorClosed or open borders on the southern frontier of the USA is the central question of Mr. Hanson's thesis. He gives the reader the full spectrum of pros and cons to contemplate in his description of the state of California the way he sees it as a native farmer and professor of history.The complexities of the Mexican illegal immigration that California seems to be the epicenter may spread across the country if the governments on each side of the divide do not pay attention to the reasons for that migration. The movements of that migration must be either stopped or opened is the question the USA Congress and the American people must decide - walls or no walls.MEXIFORNIA is a piece of excellent background information as to what has happened since the 1970s to the present situation. Latins, illegal or not, are the backbone of the farming industry in that state.According to the author, his and thousands of Californians’ lives have changed with the constant flow of young migrants replacing older ones, working on the farms and hard labor. Many of them have not acquired the abilities to assimilate to become citizens or speak the English language.This situation has changed the economic landscape, much for the worst, and could spread throughout the USA.If the USA immigration at our Southern border is of interest to you, MEXIFORNIA is an intelligent read to start your quest of understanding illegal immigration.

I loved this book, most likely because it mirrored what I saw happen in CA during the 1980's, 90's and the 21st century. Dr Hanson just true to say what he saw happen. I am a life time Democrat, served with Hispanics in the Marine Corps and my 25 years as a COP. Great people. Great workers in general, good humor, religious, and fun loving. The problem is not with Hispanic people. The problem is the mass migration with nothing set up to "Americanize" the new comers. I live 400 miles north of the Mexican border. By the year 1992 our county jails had 42% Mexican nationals in Custody. Now we currently have about 33% of the former native people of El Salador, 25% of the former people of Honduras and at least 15% of former Mexican nationals have moved to the USA. This mass migration was not planned for. The vast majority of the millions of people had little or no formal education. Just like our jails, our schools were over whelmed. Housing was also overwhelmed. Our county was over run with Mexican National and Salvadoran gangs. The vast majority of Mexican Nationals who moved here were from the Mexican Sate of Michoacan which is rated as a no travel zone for USA citizens because of wide spread violence-homicides, kidnapping, car jacking, and robbery. Our current basic cable has 12 Spanish language channels. In two decades we went though a revolution. Many places in the county English is rarely heard.There is little need to learn English. All government services have tax payer translators. All our leaders seem to do is ignore the problems of a two language society and usually accuse anyone who talks about it as being racist. That is what Dr Hanson talks about in great detail-change as seen through his eyes. Drastic change needs careful planning we have had none here in CA.

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Not only is this the best book written on the topic regarding Mexican immigration into America, it is also one of the best political books I have ever read - very ambitious in scope especially given the short length - on par with the likes of Thomas Sowell. Note to potential buyer: VDH put out an updated edition to this book in 2021 (also available on Amazon) that has a new preface addressing the escalating immigration crisis, which would probably be preferable to buying this 2007 edition.

The Author of Mexifornia is first, a clear and wonderful writer. He is a born and bred Californian who lives in the house his immigrant great grandmother built. They were immigrants from Sweden. The guy has no political motivation just an honest assessment of the situation from someone who grew up in the midst of a Hispanic community in the '60s and is very qualified to discuss the issue facing the state and nation. I couldn't say enough about this book. Very balanced, very first person is descriptive as to how things have changed and why. Wish out arrogant, self-serving and humble and proud of it politicians would read it. They would learn some things that are very important before it is too late.

I wouldn't buy them if I didn't want them. Always good. Especially this author. I need to add more words so. There.