{"id":625,"date":"2019-10-14T04:06:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T04:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diversity.csl.org\/?p=625"},"modified":"2019-10-14T04:06:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T04:06:52","slug":"many-contributions-by-mexican-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csl.org\/diversity\/many-contributions-by-mexican-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Many Contributions by Mexican Immigrants."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/csl.org\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/dr-hector-p-garcia.png\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/csl.org\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/dr-hector-p-garcia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-711\" width=\"284\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27284%27%20height%3D%27306%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20284%20306%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27284%27%20height%3D%27306%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/csl.org\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/dr-hector-p-garcia-200x216.png 200w, https:\/\/csl.org\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/dr-hector-p-garcia-278x300.png 278w, https:\/\/csl.org\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/dr-hector-p-garcia.png 353w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><figcaption> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/561162147304233\/photos\/561172580636523\/\"><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Dr.HectorP.GarciaMemorialLibrary\/\">Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While\nImmigration discussions bring passion, we invite colleagues to remember the\nmany contributions, in addition to agricultural and hospitality, brought to us\nby Mexican immigrants.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr.\nHector P. Garcia fought peacefully for the dismantling of segregation signs,\nracism and discrimination in many Mexican American communities in the great\nSouthwest in the 1940s and 50s. He served as a role model for many Americans,\nfrom creating the Mexican American GI Forum in 1948, to his appointment as\nUnited States Ambassador to the United Nations, to the first Mexican American\nto given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan in 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An open letter, signed by around five hundred economists (including five\nNobel laureates) stated the following: &nbsp;\u201cWhile a small percentage of\nnative-born Americans may be harmed by immigration, vastly more Americans\nbenefit from the contributions that immigrants make to our economy, including\nlower consumer prices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Our Affirmation<\/em><\/strong>:&nbsp; I welcome my neighbors to the South to know they are loved and I see them as whole, complete, and perfect beings of light in this galaxy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Immigration discussions bring passion, we invite colleagues to remember the many contributions, in addition to agricultural and hospitality, brought to us by Mexican immigrants.&nbsp; Dr. Hector P. 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