Governor Lamm, Liberal From Colorado, Had A Plan To Destroy America

[Ishmael]

The whole immigration thing is NOT a new problem. You might want to look at the Alien Contract Labor Law of 1885. Note that this law was passed before there were any 'social safety nets' in place that exacerbates the tax burden on the citizen. The reason for the passage of that Act was the fact that the wholesale immigration of unskilled workers was driving wages lower in the nation to the detriment of the citizen. Also note that skilled labor, professionals, and domestics were exempted from the Act.

The current immigration laws are a mess. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which is the basis of our current laws, had almost exactly the opposite effect that the politicians who drafted the legislation and lobbied for it said it would have.

Rewarding illegal behavior, whether related to immigration or not, is never good policy. As we found out from the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 rewarding such behavior merely encourages more of the same. And flooding an already stressed labor market with unskilled and semi-skilled labor is even worse policy.

And for those that seem determined to confuse the two, being anti-amnesty is NOT the same as being anti-immigration.

Ishmael

 

[KingOrfeo]

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which is the basis of our current laws, had almost exactly the opposite effect that the politicians who drafted the legislation and lobbied for it said it would have.

What effect did they say it would have?

 

[KingOrfeo]

From Salon:

Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 07:45 AM EST

GOP’s devious immigration trick: Why Democrats have a looming dilemma

What would Democrats do if Republicans said yes to permanent legal status -- but no citizenship -- for immigrants?

Brian Beutler

After talking it over with John Boehner last night, Joe Biden says he’s pretty confident that House Republicans will be able to pass a consensus immigration reform bill.

According to Nancy Pelosi, she believes Republicans will adopt a reasonable position on immigration reform that most if not all Democrats will ultimately support.

In his State of the Union address, President Obama was much less critical of House Republicans for stalling immigration reform — “Republicans and Democrats in the Senate have acted, I know that members of both parties in the House want to do the same” — than for allowing emergency unemployment benefits to lapse — “this Congress needs to restore the unemployment insurance you just let expire for 1.6 million people” — or for attacking healthcare reform — “let’s not have another 40-something votes to repeal a law that’s already helping millions of Americans like Amanda. The first 40 were plenty.”

Suddenly immigration reform doesn’t look nearly as comatose as many observers, including myself, believed it was just a few weeks ago. So the question of the hour is, What will the price of resuscitating it be? And I’m not sure Democrats have thought through whether they’re ready to accept the price Republicans might settle on.

At the Washington Post, Greg Sargent has been unspooling the verbal contortions pro-reform Republicans must resort to when they discuss their reform principles and particularly the issue of 11 million undocumented immigrants.

It all turns on the term conservatives hate: “special pathway to citizenship.”

There is a way Republicans could embrace legalization that Dems could ultimately accept. Dems could insist that if Republicans don’t want a special pathway to citizenship for the 11 million, then the normal channels to citizenship for everyone must be unclogged. That means removing various currently existing barriers to green cards (which start the path to citizenship) for those who would be sponsored by employers or family members. Reformers believe you can get to citizenship for many of the 11 million this way.

Presumably Democrats would never agree to an immigration reform bill that immigrants themselves believe would make their lives more difficult — so the worst possible outcome here is probably that nothing happens at all. No bill.

But right now, the best possible outcome hinges on this bizarre metaphysics of guaranteed citizenship.

Nebulous wording and wiggle room is where a lot of politics happen, and its totally possible that this all comes down to framing a picayune technical dispute over how and when the 11 million end up becoming citizens as the difference between amnesty and not amnesty.

But it’s also possible that Republicans will make legalization precluding citizenship, or making citizenship effectively unattainable, their final offer. And I’m not sure Democrats and advocates have adequately grappled with the bind that would place them in. Obviously it would be a major negotiating failure for reformers to entertain an idea like this publicly. And it would be a genuinely unjust outcome in the sense that the 11 million would be treated secondarily to the rest of their fellow taxpayers under the law. And it would be a sub-optimal political outcome for the Democrats’ demographic politics.

For all these reasons, reformers have typically refused to go there.

Until very recently. When CBS News asked Biden about this issue on Wednesday morning, he cracked open the door. “We still think by far and away the preferable route to go is citizenship,” he said. “We don’t want two-tier people in America, those who are legal but not citizens and citizens.”

Which perhaps explains why AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka slammed it shut Wednesday afternoon, warning that unions would walk away if party leaders sanctioned a deal along those lines.

“Without citizenship, it’s a nonstarter because you can’t fix a broken immigration system and create a vast class of millions of people living in the community and working in our workplaces without citizenship. You can’t do that. They have no rights,” Trumka said.

That is the principled concern here. But in human terms, would actual immigrants (and their citizen children) prefer no bill at all to a bill that at least lets them work and live freely in the U.S. in perpetuity? Particularly if they could turn right around and begin organizing for a fight over the singular issue of guaranteed citizenship in 2016 and beyond?

I don’t think you can poll questions like that accurately. If you can, I haven’t seen it. But I have seen and known plenty of people living in fear of deportation, and many of them would welcome relief from that fear. Which means the question for Democrats would be whether the principle of equal treatment, and the cynical fruits of guaranteed citizenship, trump the actual wishes of the people they’re tying to help.

 

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[KingOrfeo]

1: an act of invading; especially : incursion of an army for conquest or plunder

2: the incoming or spread of something usually hurtful

I submit the illegal border crossing of millions of Mexicans into the United States for the purpose of taking American jobs, taking advantage of government benefits, weakening the integrity of the social safety net, and a new level of criminal activity that threatens the safety of the civil society, to be an "act of invading" and the spread of "something usually hurtful."

No more so than the Irish.

 

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[KingOrfeo]

We're talking about "Illegal" entry into the country.

That is not a thing that makes them any more dangerous than if they had papers.

 

[sigh]

Illegal immigration denotes a lack of control, a helplessness and weakness of resolve.

Immigration denotes control of the process. We, the people, should have a say on who enters our country and under what conditions.

The Romans began with an Immigration of Germanic tribes peaceful to Rome but were then deluged with illegal immigration of German tribes hostile to Rome. It was a sign that the decay of their civilization had set in and signaled to the illegals that it was all up for the taking, all they had to do was kick in the door, and, they did. Repeatedly.

Let us also note that the immigrant has the protection of the law while the illegal immigrant works out of the shadows and is subject to misuse, abuse and extortion.

There is a big difference and you simply cannot wish it to go away to change the argument.

No. Immigration does not denote control of the process. Is IS the process. Control is when you start talking about what is legal and what is not.

I'm well aware of the difference between legal and illegal, regardless of what they're referring to, and the ramifications to those who fall on either side of the divide. But those terms are adjectives, used in this context to describe immigration within the current laws of the day and the nations who define them.

And I agreed with renard that controlling immigration is a high priority for any nation (so tell me again how I wish it would go away to change an argument I'm not even in disagreement with you about). It's just that you got all hopped up about me using a perfectly good, perfectly proper term in a perfectly appropriate context, and you and renard spun yourselves into a frenzy trying to redefine that word in order to...how did you phrase it?...gain the high moral ground.

If you wish to banter words with me, I'd suggest you understand what they mean.

 

[sigh]

The whole immigration thing is NOT a new problem. You might want to look at the Alien Contract Labor Law of 1885. Note that this law was passed before there were any 'social safety nets' in place that exacerbates the tax burden on the citizen. The reason for the passage of that Act was the fact that the wholesale immigration of unskilled workers was driving wages lower in the nation to the detriment of the citizen. Also note that skilled labor, professionals, and domestics were exempted from the Act.

The current immigration laws are a mess. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which is the basis of our current laws, had almost exactly the opposite effect that the politicians who drafted the legislation and lobbied for it said it would have.

Rewarding illegal behavior, whether related to immigration or not, is never good policy. As we found out from the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 rewarding such behavior merely encourages more of the same. And flooding an already stressed labor market with unskilled and semi-skilled labor is even worse policy.

And for those that seem determined to confuse the two, being anti-amnesty is NOT the same as being anti-immigration.

Ishmael

Thank you, Ish. Your argument is cogent and devoid of emotion. I like that. You and I could probably sit down together and have a discussion about this and come to a mutually amenable conclusion. Too bad our politicians seem incapable of like discourse.

 

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[RobDownSouth]

They bring all kinds of danger and backward savagery to the streets of America. Highways along the border are littered with headless bodies and their butchered parts.

Grampa Urine hates them beaners.

 

[Sean Renaud]

They bring all kinds of danger and backward savagery to the streets of America. Highways along the border are littered with headless bodies and their butchered parts.

Odd how I never stumble across the headless bodies and other assorted body parts and I completely missed how that was a strong part of Hispanic Culture rather than the result of a drug war that is effectively our fault and done by a relatively small group of people.

 

[KingOrfeo]

No. Immigration does not denote control of the process. Is IS the process. Control is when you start talking about what is legal and what is not.

Indeed, we had several large waves of immigration to the U.S. before we had immigration laws of any kind. The first was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. (There were antebellum laws on naturalization, but no controls on immigration.)

 

[KingOrfeo]

They bring all kinds of danger and backward savagery to the streets of America. Highways along the border are littered with headless bodies and their butchered parts.

All of that was more or less true of the Irish, back in the day. America survived and Irish-Americans are good citizens now.

 

[Wrong Element]

NOT immigration.

Theres's a big difference between letting people in who want to assimilate and letting the Goths and Visigoths in just because the other Germanic Tribes are oppressing them. You are using immigration as a dog whistle. If you had said illegal immigration, I would not be able to still hold the high ground.

What he alludes to is not immigration, but the Balkanization of a nation by use of the unassailable victim; kowtowing to the illegals and demanding that their culture and language be retained in the name, ironically of diversity. These people are mainly anathema to our Liberal culture of Capitalism and are hostile to it, even though it is the thing drawing them to us. Once here, given the chance, they will vote against it. They will bring their poverty to us with the help of our divisive holy altruistic Left.

So "assimilation" = "voting the same way I do." Got it.

And I thought all you libertarians were in favor of open borders?

 

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[IrezumiKiss]

They bring all kinds of danger and backward savagery to the streets of America. Highways along the border are littered with headless bodies and their butchered parts.

Those....savages!

Those...MEXICANS!!!!


List of Mexican Americans

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mexican Americans are Hispanic and Latino Americans who claim "Mexican" as their ethnic ancestry. The list includes, besides Mexican immigrants having American citizenship and their descendants, resident Mexicans who lived in the Mexican Southwest of the current U.S. when this territory was incorporated into the U.S. in 1848 and thereby became U.S. citizens.

This is a list of 'notable Mexican Americans', including original immigrants and settlers of South from United States who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

Sports[edit]

American football[edit]


Tony Romo


Mark Sanchez


Two-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Jim Plunkett
Joe Aguirre – NFL tight end
Raul Allegre – NFL placekicker[1]
Leo Araguz – NFL kicker and punter[2]
Joe Arenas – NFL running back, safety, punt returner and kick returner
Marc Bulger – NFL quarterback
Anthony Calvillo – CFL quarterback
Greg Camarillo – NFL wide receiver
Tony Casillas – NFL defensive lineman[1]
Jorge Cordova – NFL linebacker
Ronnie Cruz – NFL fullback
Jack Del Rio – NFL linebacker and coach
Donnie Edwards – NFL linebacker
Tom Fears – NFL wide receiver
Manny Fernandez (American football) – NFL defensive tackle
Tom Flores – NFL coach[1]
Aaron Garcia – college and Arena Football quarterback
Jeff Garcia – NFL quarterback[3]
Norberto Garrido – NFL offensive lineman
Roberto Garza – NFL offensive guard
Joe Hernandez (wide receiver) – NFL wide receiver
Joe Kapp – NFL quarterback[1]
J. P. Losman – NFL quarterback[4]
Max Montoya – NFL
Moses Moreno – NFL quarterback
Zeke Moreno – NFL linebacker[5]
Anthony Muñoz – Hall of Fame NFL Offensive Tackle[1]
Mike Perez (American football) – NFL quarterback
Jim Plunkett – NFL quarterback[1]
Manny Ramirez – NFL offensive lineman
Ron Rivera – NFL linebacker and NFL coach
Pete Rodriguez – NFL special teams coach
Tony Romo – NFL quarterback[6]
Juan Roque – NFL offensive tackle
Eddie Saenz – NFL running back
Mark Sanchez – NFL quarterback
Daniel Sepulveda – NFL punter
Louis Vasquez – NFL offensive lineman[7]
Danny Villanueva – NFL punter/place kicker
Baseball[edit]


Nomar Garciaparra


Evan Longoria


Hall of Fame Legend Ted Williams


Hall of Fame pitcher Lefty Gomez
Alfredo Aceves – MLB pitcher
Hank Aguirre – MLB all-star pitcher
Armando Almanza – MLB pitcher
Mel Almada – MLB outfielder
Abe Alvarez – MLB pitcher
Rubén Amaro, Jr. – MLB outfielder
Bob Apodaca – MLB pitcher and coach
Frank Arellanes – MLB pitcher
Fernando Arroyo – MLB pitcher
Rod Barajas – MLB catcher
Cuno Barragan – MLB catcher
Freddie Benavides – MLB infielder
Jorge Cantú – MLB infielder[8]
Cam Carreon – MLB catcher
Mark Carreon – MLB first baseman
Cesar Carrillo – MLB pitcher
Bobby Castillo – MLB pitcher
Frank Castillo – MLB starting pitcher
Marty Castillo – MLB catcher and third baseman
Jaime Cerda – MLB pitcher
Eric Chavez – MLB third baseman
Jesse Chavez – MLB pitcher
Chad Cordero – MLB relief pitcher
Pat Corrales – MLB catcher and coach
Jacob Cruz – MLB outfielder
Bobby Cuellar – MLB pitcher and coach
Chuck Estrada – MLB pitcher[9]
Johnny Estrada – MLB catcher[10]
Fernando Cortez – MLB infielder
Marco Estrada – MLB pitcher
Andre Ethier – MLB outfielder
Jesse Flores – MLB pitcher
Randy Flores – MLB pitcher
Ron Flores – MLB pitcher[11]
Brian Fuentes – MLB all-star relief pitcher[10]
Yovani Gallardo – MLB pitcher
Mike Gallego – MLB outfielder and coach
Kiko Garcia – MLB infielder
Mike Garcia – MLB all-star pitcher
Nomar Garciaparra – MLB all-star Shortstop[12]
Matt Garza – MLB pitcher[10]
Luis Gómez – MLB infielder
Adrian Gonzalez – MLB first baseman
Edgar Gonzalez – MLB infielder
Michael Gonzalez – MLB closer/pitcher
Bob Greenwood – MLB pitcher
Eddie Guardado – MLB all-star pitcher[13]
Jerry Hairston, Jr. – MLB player players[14]
Scott Hairston – MLB outfielder
Dan Haren – MLB all-star pitcher[15]
David Hernandez – MLB starting pitcher
Jeremy Hernandez – MLB pitcher
Rudy Jaramillo – Hitting coach[16]
Jason Jaramillo – MLB catcher
Jason Jiménez – MLB pitcher
Gerald Laird – MLB catcher[17]
Adam LaRoche – MLB first baseman
Andy LaRoche – MLB infielder[18]
Eddie Leon – MLB infielder
Nick Leyva – MLB manager
Evan Longoria – MLB all-star infielder, 2008 rookie of the year
Albie Lopez – MLB pitcher[19]
Alfonso Márquez – MLB Umpire
Sergio Mitre – MLB pitcher
Sid Monge – MLB all-star relief pitcher
Carlos Muñiz – MLB relief pitcher
Sandy Nava – MLB infielder
Ricky Nolasco – MLB pitcher
Augie Ojeda – MLB infielder
Steve Ontiveros (infielder) – MLB infielder
Jesse Orosco – MLB all-star pitcher
Jorge Orta – MLB all-star second baseman
Russ Ortiz – MLB pitcher[10]
Manny Parra – MLB pitcher
Óliver Pérez – MLB pitcher
Carlos Quentin – MLB all-star outfielder
Omar Quintanilla – MLB Shortstop
Erasmo Ramirez – MLB relief pitcher
Horacio Ramírez – MLB pitcher
Rudy Regalado – MLB infielder
Rick Renteria – MLB infielder and coach
Anthony Reyes – MLB pitcher
Rich Rodriguez – MLB pitcher
Ricky Romero – MLB starting pitcher
Sergio Romo – MLB pitcher
Adam Rosales – MLB infielder
Mark Salas – MLB catcher
Freddy Sanchez – MLB all-star infielder and batting champion
Rudy Seánez – MLB pitcher
José Silva – MLB pitcher
Mike Torrez – MLB pitcher
Randy Velarde – MLB infielder
Fernando Viña – MLB all-star second baseman
Ted Williams – MLB left fielder and Hall of Fame legend[20]
Michael Young – MLB all-star MVP, Shortstop and Batting champion[10]
Joel Zumaya – MLB pitcher
Boxing[edit]


Oscar De La Hoya


Mia St John


Jesse James Leija
Oscar Albarado – light middleweight champion
Art Aragon – lightweight boxer
Chris Arreola – heavyweight boxer
Paulie Ayala – WBA bantamweight champion
Tony Ayala, Jr. – Junior middleweight boxer
Tony Baltazar – professional boxer
Jose Benavidez – boxing's top light welterweight prospect
Norberto Bravo – professional boxer
Gaby Canizales – bantamweight world champion boxer
Orlando Canizales – bantamweight world champion boxer, Hall of Famer
Michael Carbajal – four-time light flyweight champion boxer, Hall of Famer
Ruben Castillo – professional boxer
Bobby Chacon – two-time champion boxer, Hall of Famer[21]
Jackie Chavez – female boxer and IFBA World super bantamweight champion
Rudy Cisneros – boxer, Contender contestant
Diego Corrales – Super featherweight and lightweight champion
Steve Cruz – featherweight champion
Alberto Davila – bantamweight champion
Oscar De La Hoya – ten-time world champion
David Díaz – WBC lightweight champion
Joe Diaz – professional boxing trainer
Juan Díaz – WBA and WBO and IBF World lightweight champion
Marlen Esparza – 2012 women's boxing bronze medalist
Louie Espinoza – WBA featherweight champion
B. J. Flores – professional boxer
Arturo Frias – world champion
Alex Garcia – heavyweight boxer
Becky Garcia – flyweight female boxer
Roberto Garcia – IBF Super featherweight champion
Roberto Garcia Cortez – IBF featherweight champion
Miguel Angel Garcia – Brother of Roberto Garcia and Top featherweight boxing Prospect
Frankie Gomez – boxing's Top lightweight Prospect
Delia Gonzalez – flyweight female boxer[22]
Jesús González – an amateur champion and Super middleweight contender
Paul Gonzales – flyweight Olympic gold medalist
Rodolfo Gonzales – boxer, poet, and Leader of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement
Robert Guerrero – IBF featherweight and Super featherweight champion[23]
Genaro Hernandez – Super featherweight champion and world champion[24]
Jesse James Leija – world champion boxer
Willie Jorrin – WBC super bantamweight champion
Rocky Juarez – Olympic silver medalist
Danny Lopez – World featherweight champion, Hall of Famer
Tony Lopez – three-time world champion
Steve Luevano – WBO featherweight champion
Raúl Márquez – world champion boxer and boxing Announcer
Sergio Mora – WBC Super welterweight world champion[25]
Manuel Ortiz – World bantamweight champion, Hall of Famer
Victor Ortíz – WBC welterweight champion
Bobby Pacho – professional boxer
Zack Padilla – Light welterweight champion
Carlos Palomino – WBA welterweight champion, Hall of Famer
Robert Quiroga – IBF Superflyweight champion
Mando Ramos – lightweight champion
Danny Romero – world champion boxer
Brandon Rios – WBA lightweight champion
David Rodriguez – an undefeated heavyweight boxer
Raul Rojas – WBA featherweight champion
Joseph Salas – featherweight Olympic silver medalist
Richie Sandoval – bantamweight champion
Solly Smith – First Latino featherweight champion of the world [26][27]
Mia St. John – professional female boxer
Johnny Tapia – five-time flyweight, bantamweight and featherweight champion
Jesse Valdez – Olympic bronze medalist (1972)
Fernando Vargas – two-time light middleweight champion
Jesse Vargas – welterweight boxer
Football (soccer)[edit]


Carlos Bocanegra


Stephanie Cox U.S. Woman's National Team
Esteban Arias – defender
Ivan Becerra – forward[28]
Carlos Bocanegra – Center Back and Captain of the US National Team[29]
Jonathan Bornstein – defender and midfielder
Jose Burciaga Jr. – defender
Edgar Castillo – defender
Antonietta Collins – sports commentator and soccer player, daughter of the well-known television reporter María Antonieta Collins
Ramiro Corrales – midfielder
Stephanie Cox – defender, Olympic gold medalist[30]
Jorge Flores – midfielder
Irving Garcia – midfielder
Alejandro Guido – attacking midfielder
Francisco Gomez – midfielder
Herculez Gomez – forward
Miguel Gonzalez – midfielder
Omar Gonzalez – defender
Antonio De La Torre – defender
Luis Gil – midfielder
Sonny Guadarrama – midfielder
Daniel Hernández – defender
Rodrigo López – midfielder
Antonio Martínez – midfielder
Mike Muñoz – midfielder
Michael Orozco Fiscal – defender
Jesús Padilla – forward, Striker
Orlando Perez – defender
Veronica Perez – forward
Jennifer Ruiz – midfielder, defender
Omar Salgado – forward and midfielder
José Francisco Torres – midfielder
Martin Vasquez – midfielder and head coach
Jose Villarreal – forward
Golfing[edit]
Homero Blancas – PGA tour winner
Abe Espinosa – first Hispanic-American to win a championship
Al Espinosa – PGA tour winner
Robert Gamez – PGA tour winner
Ernie Gonzalez (golfer) – PGA tour winner
Tony Holguin – PGA tour winner
Joe Jimenez – PGA Senior's champion
Pat Perez – PGA tour winner
Nancy Lopez – Hall of Fame American professional golfer
Lee Trevino – Hall of Fame American professional golfer[31]
Ice hockey[edit]
Scott Gomez – NHL center
Moises Gutierrez – ECHL right wing[32]
Martial arts[edit]


Tito Ortiz


Cain Velasquez
Eddie Bravo – mixed martial arts, Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Paul Buentello – UFC, mixed martial arts
Graciela Casillas – kickboxer
Carlos Condit – UFC, mixed martial arts
Dominick Cruz – UFC, mixed martial arts
Nathan Diaz – UFC, mixed martial arts TUF Winner
Nick Diaz – UFC, mixed martial arts[33]
Efrain Escudero – mixed martial arts TUF Winner
Tony Ferguson – mixed martial arts TUF Winner
Kelvin Gastelum – mixed martial arts TUF Winner
Roger Huerta – UFC, mixed martial arts
Juanito Ibarra – mixed martial arts and boxing trainer[34]
Gilbert Melendez – mixed martial arts
Tito Ortiz – UFC, mixed martial arts
Damacio Page – UFC, mixed martial arts
Hector Ramirez – mixed martial arts[35]
Ricco Rodriguez – mixed martial arts[36]
Mia St. John – tae kwon do champion
Diego Sanchez – UFC, mixed martial arts TUF 1 Winner
Frank Shamrock – UFC, mixed martial arts
Joe Stevenson – UFC, mixed martial arts
Manny Tapia – mixed martial arts[37]
Josh Thomson – mixed martial arts[38]
Miguel Torres – mixed martial arts[39]
Charlie Valencia – mixed martial arts[37]
Cain Velasquez – mixed martial arts/UFC heavyweight champion[40]
Joey Villasenor – mixed martial arts[41]
Wrestling[edit]
Aaron Aguilera – professional wrestler
The Bella Twins – professional wrestlers
Sin Cara professional wrestler
Chavo Guerrero Jr. professional wrestler
Eddie Guerrero – professional wrestler
Gory Guerrero – professional wrestler
Hector Guerrero – professional wrestler
Mando Guerrero – professional wrestler
Gino Hernandez – professional wrestler
Shawn Hernandez – professional wrestler
Incognito – professional wrestler
Lady Victoria – professional wrestler
Paul London – professional wrestler
Rey Mysterio Jr. – professional wrestler
Melina Perez – professional wrestler
Tito Santana – professional wrestler
José Luis Jair Soria – professional wrestler
Enrique Torres – professional wrestler
Other sports[edit]


Pancho Gonzales in Australia (1954)


Tony Alva


U.S. water polo Olympian Brenda Villa (second from left)
Mark Aguirre – USBWA college basketball player of the year, 3-time NBA all-star, and 2-time NBA champion
Tony Alva – professional skateboarder, founding member of the Z-Boys.
Olga Appell – Olympic Track and Field Athlete, winner of the LA Marathon
Crystl Bustos – softball player, two-time Olympic Gold and silver medalist[42]
Steve Caballero – professional skateboarder
Kaleb Canales – NBA coach
Patricia Cardenas – world champion water polo gold medalist
Henry Cejudo – freestyle wrestler and Olympic gold medalist
Michael Chacon – professional fixed gear freestyle bike rider
Ronnie Deleon – two-time World kickboxing champion
Angélica Gavaldón – tennis player
Memo Gidley – race car driver
Pancho Gonzales – professional tennis player
Danny Herrera – Weightlifting Powerlifter
Rene Herrerias – college basketball coach
Arlene Limas – taekwondo, Olympic gold medalist
Andy Lopez – college baseball coach
Bobby Martinez – professional surfer
Mario Martinez – Weightlifting Powerlifter Olympic silver medalist (1984)
Lorenzo Mata – college basketball player[43]
Jessica Mendoza – softball player and Olympic Gold and silver medalist[44]
Marc Frank Montoya – professional snowboarder
Juan Moreno (taekwondo) – taekwondo, two-time Olympic silver medalist
Derek Parra – professional speed skater and Olympic gold medalist[45]
Stacy Peralta – professional skateboarder, founding member of the Z-Boys.[46]
Paul Rodriguez Jr. – professional skateboarder
Leo Romero – professional skateboarder
Vanessa Torres – professional skateboarder[47]
Benny Urquidez – World kickboxing champion
Ismael Valenzuela – Kentucky Derby winner
Patrick Valenzuela – Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner
Brenda Villa – World Class water polo player, Olympic Silver and bronze medalist
Earl Watson – NBA point guard[48]
Arts and entertainment[edit]

Actors and media personalities[edit]


Jessica Alba


Eva Longoria


Mario Lopez


Dolores del Río


Ricardo Montalbán


Anthony Quinn


Salma Hayek


Sara Paxton
Rodolfo Acosta – (1920–1974) Mexican character actor of western films. He was born in Mexico and died in Los Angeles.
Jessica Alba – actress
Joshua Alba – actor
Edward Albert – actor
Kevin Alejandro – actor
Ana Alicia – actress
Francia Almendárez – actress
René Alvarado – actor
Armida – actress, singer and dancer
Joe Arquette – actor
Alexis Ayala – actor
Catherine Bach – actor
Crash Barrera – television personality and actress
Robert Beltran – actor
Diego Boneta – actor, singer
Jesse Borrego – actor
Stefano Langone – actor
Shelbie Bruce – actress
Ralph Camargo – actor
Charlie Cannon – singer, theater performer
Steve Cardenas – actor
Charisma Carpenter – actress
Leo Carrillo – actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist, and conservationist.
Lynda Carter – actress and singer best known as the title character in popular 1970s television series Wonder Woman.
Movita Castaneda – actress
Julio Cedillo – actor
Laura Cerón – actress
Damian Chapa – actor, Film director and producer
Ricardo Antonio Chavira – actor
Louis C.K. – actor, comedian, Emmy Award winning screenwriter, producer, and director
Clifton Collins Jr. – actor[49]
Mark Consuelos – actor
Raymond Cruz – actor
Tonantzin Esparza – ALMA Award-nominated American actress. She is the daughter of film producer Moctesuma Esparza, a Mexican-American, and of a Yaqui Native American.[50]
Alana De La Garza – actress
Gonzalo de la Torre – singer and producer
Emilio Delgado – actor; best known for his role of Luis Rodriguez on Sesame Street
Grey DeLisle – singer-songwriter and voice actress
Dolores del Río – actress
Ayiiia Elizarraras – TV personality and model
Jade Esteban Estrada – actor and comedian
Tamara Feldman – actress
Edward Furlong – actor[51]
Vic Fuentes – vocalist, guitarist
Mike Fuentes – drummer
Aimee Garcia – actress[52]
Carlo Lorenzo Garcia – actor
Jeff Garcia – comedian and voice actor
Jesse Garcia – actor
John Gavin – actor and politician
William Gaxton – (1893–1963) actor of film and theatre
Nicholas Gonzalez – actor
Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez – character actor
Lita Grey – silent film actress
Jackie Guerra – actress
Noel Gugliemi – actor
Elizabeth Gutierrez
Gabriella Hall – actress and model
Laura Harring – actress and Miss USA (1985)
Salma Hayek – actress, TV-Film director and producer
Jay Hernandez – actor
Kristin Herrera – actress
Gabriel Iglesias – actor and comedian
Shar Jackson – actress
Anjelah Johnson actress, comedienne, and Former NFL Cheerleader
Katy Jurado – actress
Joanna Kerns – actress and director
Susan Kohner – actress
Nick Krause – actor
Angela Lanza – actress
Iyari Limón – actress[53]
Natalia Livingston – actress
Eva Longoria – actress and model
George Lopez – actor and comedian
Mario López – actor[54]
Seidy López – actress and director
Linda Loredo – actress
Oscar Ozzy Lusth – 1st runner-up on Survivor; Cook Islands
Angélica María – actress and life-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter
Vanessa Marcil – actress
Constance Marie – actress
Cheech Marin – actor and comedian[55]
Ada Maris – actress
Chrispin Martin – actor
A Martinez – Emmy Award winning actor
Alex Meneses – actress and model
Alex Meraz – actor
Cesar Millan – TV personality, dog trainer, and author
Yvette Mimieux – actress
Ricardo Montalbán – actor
Belita Moreno – actress
Marisol Nichols – actress
Ramón Novarro – actor
Bodie Olmos – actor
Edward James Olmos – actor and director[56]
Lupe Ontiveros – actress
Joy Page – actress
Sara Paxton – actress and singer[57]
Michael Peña – actor
Walter Perez – actor
Tony Perry – guitarist
Tyler Posey – actor
J. D. Pardo – actor
Jaime Preciado Bassist
Anthony Quinn – actor
Efren Ramirez – actor
Marisa Ramirez – actress
Sara Ramirez – actress and singer
Mona Rico – actress
Emily Rios – actress and model
Lalo Rios – Mexican actor
James Roday – actor[58]
Elizabeth Rodriguez – actress
Paul Rodriguez – comedian and actor[59]
Valente Rodriguez – actor
Gilbert Roland – actor
Teresa Ruiz – actress
Lauren Sánchez – News Anchor, Entertainment and Media personality
Lola Sanchez – actress
Ref Sanchez – actor and photographer
Michael Saucedo – actor
Christian Serratos – actress, model and singer
Scout Taylor-Compton – actress and singer
Tessa Thompson – actress
Uma Thurman, actress and daughter of Mexican-born actress Nena von Schlebrügge.
Danny Trejo – actor
Michael Trevino – actor
Jacob Vargas – actor[60]
Lupe Vélez – actress
Nena von Schlebrügge, actress
Pee Wee (entertainer) – actor and singer
Victoria Wyndham – actress
Louis C.K. – comedian[61]
Directors and filmmakers[edit]


Robert Rodriguez


Guillermo Del Toro
John A. Alonzo – Influential cinematographer
Edward Carrere
Moctezuma Esparza[62]
Hampton Fancher
Bill Meléndez [63]
Gregory Nava
Chris Weitz
Edward James Olmos
Robert Rodríguez [64]
Phil Roman – Animation director, founder of Film Roman animation studio
Craig Saavedra
Jesús Salvador Treviño – television director
Luis Valdez
Carmen Zapata
Roberto Orci
Rodrigo Prieto – cinematographer
Guillermo Navarro – cinematographer
Guillermo del Toro – director
Alfonso Cuarón – director
William A. Fraker – cinematographer
Models[edit]
Erica Arana – actress, model, TV host, and Former NFL cheerleader
Arianny Celeste – MMA Ring Girl, model, TV host
Ayiiia Elizarraras – TV personality and model
Megan Ewing – A&F, La Perla, and Guess model [65]
Yoanna House – model, fashion model, TV host and America's Next Top model Winner (Cycle 2)
Erika Medina – model
Naima Mora – model, fashion model, America's Next Top model winner (cycle 4)
Carter Oosterhouse – Nautica and HGTV's Carter Can [66]
Mia St. John – professional boxer, model, businesswoman and tae kwon do champion
Christian Serratos – actress, model and singer
Musicians and music groups[edit]


Joan Baez


Fergie


Selena Gomez


Demi Lovato


Linda Ronstadt


Lead singer Zack De La Rocha of Rage Against the Machine


Carlos Santana


Julieta Venegas


Dave Navarro
Lou Adler – record producer, manager and director
Pepe Aguilar – singer
Rikk Agnew – singer, musician
Ak'Sent – rapper
Anacani – singer
Joan Baez – singer, songwriter, activist*
Baby Bash – rapper
Tony Bellamy (Yaqui/Mexican) – Musician and vocalist of the Native American rock band Redbone.[67]
Betzaida – Latin pop singer
Cedric Bixler-Zavala singer, musician
The Blendells – Soul band
Chingo Bling – rapper
B-Real – rapper and lead member of Cypress Hill
Juan Brujo – Lead singer of Brujeria
Christian Rey – Lead guitarist of Abriel
Sabrina Bryan – singer, actress
Vicki Carr – Grammy Award winning singer
Cassie – singer, actress, model. Her father is of Filipino descent, and her mother is of African-American, Indian, and Mexican descent.[68]
Albert Castillo – Music producer
Dino Cazares – guitarist
Ingrid Chavez – singer, songwriter, poet[69]
Mark Chavez – Musician
Vicci Martinez – singer, songwriter
El Chicano – Soul and jazz band
Lisa Coleman – Grammy and ASCAP[70] Award winning musician/composer, funk keyboardist, member of Prince and The Revolution and Wendy and Lisa
Kid Cudi – rapper
Marcos Curiel – guitarist
Paula DeAnda – singer, songwriter, actress. She is of Mexican descent.[71]
Diana DeGarmo – singer, actress
Zack De La Rocha – rapper, singer, poet, lead member of Rage Against the Machine[72]
Gonzalo de la Torre – singer, musician
Grey DeLisle – singer-songwriter, voice actress
Andrew Martinez – drummer
Lhasa De Sela – singer, songwriter
Nadir D'Priest – musician
Sheila E. – musician
Elida Reyna Y Avante – Tejano band
Roberto Enrique – singer, songwriter, actor
Joe Escalante – musician[73]
Alejandro Escovedo – singer, songwriter, musician
Coke Escovedo – percussionist
Pete Escovedo – percussionist
Freddy Fender – Tejano and country musician
Fergie – singer-songwriter, actress, member of The Black Eyed Peas
Aundrea Fimbres – singer, member of Danity Kane
Rosie Flores – rockabilly and country singer
Mando Fresko – DJ, radio personality, actor
Frost – rapper
Victoria Galvan – singer, musician
Andrew Garcia – musician, American Idol (Season 9 contestant)[74]
Girl In a Coma – rock band
Selena Gomez – singer, actress
Gonjasufi – rapper
Lalo Guerrero – singer, songwriter
Ha*Ash – rock pop duo
Marcos Hernandez – singer, songwriter
Miguel – recording artist, songwriter, producer of Mexican and African-American descent[75]
Raymond Herrera – drummer[76]
David Hidalgo – singer, songwriter[77]
Marques Houston – singer
Intocable – Tejano band
Frankie J – singer
Johnny J – multi-platinum music producer, rapper, songwriter
Prima J – Pop duo
Flaco Jiménez – accordionist, musician[78]
Maya Jupiter – DJ, emcee
DJ Kane – singer
Joshua Kadison – singer, songwriter
A Lighter Shade of Brown – rap group
Robert Lopez – musician
Trini Lopez – singer, guitarist
Demi Lovato – singer, actress
Malo – Latin rock and roll soul band
Malverde – rapper
Angélica María – Lifetime Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter and actress
Vanessa Marquez – singer, songwriter
Cruz Martínez – musician, music producer
Javier Jose Mendoza – conductor
Lydia Mendoza – Tejano music singer[79]
Jorge Mester – conductor
Roy Mitchell-Cardenas – rock bassist
Laura Molina – singer, musician, artist, painter, muralist[80]
Chris Montez – singer, musician
Chino Moreno – lead singer of Team Sleep and Deftones
Myra – singer, songwriter
Natalie – singer, songwriter
Los Nativos – rap group
Dave Navarro – guitarist
Asia Nitollano – member of The Pussycat Dolls
José Pasillas – drummer
Sara Paxton – singer, actress[57]
Pee Wee – singer, songwiter, actor
Jennifer Peña – singer
Amanda Perez – singer, songwriter
Chris Pérez – Grammy Award winning guitarist
Yolanda Pérez – musician, singer
Romina Power – singer-songwriter, actress
A.B. Quintanilla III – musician, music producer
Johnny Richards – jazz composer[81]
Jenni Rivera – singer, songwriter
Lil Rob – rapper
Johnny Rodriguez – country music singer
Sixto Rodriguez – folk musician.[82]
Chan Romero – singer, musician
Linda Ronstadt – Grammy Award winning musician
Andy Russell – (1919–1992) vocalist, specializing in traditional pop and Latin music. His parents were Mexican immigrants
Sam the Sham – Leader of Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs[83]
Adán Sánchez – singer, son of legendary Chalino Sanchez
Jessica Sanchez – singer. Her father is a Mexican American, originally from Texas, and is a US Navy veteran. Her mother is a Filipina from Samal, Bataan in the Philippines.[84]
Hope Sandoval – singer, songwriter
Esteban Jordan – singer, songwriter
Sonny Sandoval – singer, member of P.O.D.
Carlos Santana – Grammy Award winning guitarist[85]
Selena – Tejano superstar
Arban Severin – musician, actress
Esperanza Spalding – jazz singer, musician[86]
Taboo – rapper, member of The Black Eyed Peas
Abel Talamantez – singer
John Tejada – electronic musician, music producer
Thee Midniters – rock and soul band
Melody Thornton – singer, model, member of The Pussycat Dolls[87]
Tierra – R&B, soul band
Randy Torres – guitarist
Tina Piña Trachtenburg – rock pop band
Robert Trujillo – bassist
Reik – pop trio
John Trudell – musician, author, poet, political activist[88]
Chayito Valdez – singer, actress
Ritchie Valens – singer, musician
Patrick and Lolly Vegas – Yaqui/Shoshone/Mexican musicians and vocalists of the Native American rock band Redbone.[67]
Jaci Velasquez – contemporary Christian Latin pop singer
Julieta Venegas – singer-songwriter, instrumentalist
El Vez – singer
Angela Via – singer, songwriter
Jasmine Villegas – R&B, pop singer
Taco Shop Poets – spoken word and world music band
The Zeros – punk-rock band
Authors and poets[edit]
Oscar Zeta Acosta – minor novelist, activist, attorney and politician
Francisco X. Alarcon author, poet, activist, and college professor
Alurista – poet, activist, and college professor
María Amparo Ruiz De Burton – author
Rudolfo Anaya – author[89]
Gloria E. Anzaldúa – author, poet, scholar and activist
Ana Castillo – author, novelist, poet and essayist
Lorna Dee Cervantes – poet
Ingrid Chavez – singer, songwriter and poet
Sandra Cisneros – author, novelist and poet
María Antonieta Collins – TV host, journalist and author
Carlos Cumpián – author and poet
Diana Gabaldon – novelist
Dana Gioia – writer, chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts
Guillermo Gómez-Peña – artist, author, poet and activist
Rigoberto González – author and critic
Rodolfo Gonzales – Political activist, poet and featherweight boxing champion
Juan Felipe Herrera – author, poet and activist
Miriam Herrera – author and poet
Rolando Hinojosa – author, novelist, poet and essayist
Luis A. López – author and poet
Paul Martínez Pompa – author and poet
José Montalvo – author, poet and activist
José Montoya – artist and poet
Pat Mora – author and poet[90]
Cherríe Moraga – author, poet, essayist and activist
Julian Nava – author, educator and diplomat[91]
Daniel Olivas – author and attorney[92]
Tomás Rivera – author, poet and educator
Luis J. Rodriguez – author, poet, novelist, journalist, critic and columnist
Richard Rodriguez – author
Luis Omar Salinas – author and poet
Ricardo Sanchez – author and United States Army general
Jimmy Santiago Baca – author and poet
Danzy Senna – author and novelist
Gary Soto – author and poet[93]
Sergio Troncoso – author, novelist, short-story writer and essayist
John Trudell – musician, author, poet and Political activist[88]
Luís Alberto Urrea – author, poet, novelist and essayist
José Antonio Villarreal – author and novelist
Victor Villaseñor – author and public speaker
Maria Helena Viramontes – author and professor
Visual arts[edit]


Kat Von D
Manuel Gregorio Acosta – artist, painter and Illustrator
Carlos Almaraz – Street artist and muralist
Cecilia Alvarez – artist, painter and muralist
Alfonso Arana – artist and painter
Fortunato Arriola – artist and painter
Gus Arriola – artist and comic Strip cartoonist
Judy Baca – artist, painter, muralist and activist
Galo Canote (also known as "Make", "MakeOne" or "LoveGalo") – graffiti artist, painter, muralist and activist
Miguel Condé – artist, painter and print-maker
Peter Coffin – artist and painter[94]
Enrique Chagoya – artist, painter and print-maker
Edgar De Evia – photographer
Jerry De La Cruz – artist and painter
Roberto De La Rocha – artist, painter and muralist
Daniel Martin Diaz – artist and painter
Richard Dominguez – comic book artist and Illustrator.
Carlos Dorrien – artist and sculptor[95]
Elsa Flores – Street artist
Harry Gamboa, Jr. – performance artist, photographer and essayist
Guillermo Gómez-Peña – performance artist, author, activist and educator
David Gonzales – cartoonist
Gronk – performance artist, painter and print-maker
Ester Hernandez – artist and painter
Javier Hernandez – comic book artist and radio host
Luis Jimenez – artist and sculptor
Yolanda Lopez – artist, painter, print-maker, educator and movie producer
Gilbert Luján – artist, painter, muralist and sculptor
Xavier Martínez – artist, painter and teacher
Alberto Mijangos – artist and painter
Mister Cartoon – tattoo and Graffiti artist[96]
Laura Molina – artist, painter, muralist and Musician[80]
Franco Mondini-Ruiz – visual artist
Rafael Navarro – comic book artist
Manuel Neri – artist, painter, print-maker and sculptor
Martín Ramírez – self-taught artist
Daniel "Chaka" Ramos – graffiti artist
Miguel Angel Reyes – artist, painter, print-maker, muralist, Illustrator and Instructor
Carlos Saldaña – comic book artist and comedian
John August Swanson – visual artist[97]
Mauricio Toussaint – contemporary artist and painter
Mark Vallen – artist, figurative realist painter, activist, curator and blogger
Rafael Vargas-Suarez – contemporary artist, painter and photographer
Emigdio Vasquez – artist and muralist
Jhonen Vasquez – cartoonist, comic book and author
Esteban Villa – artist and muralist
Kat Von D – tattoo artist and TV personality[98]
Estevan Oriol – photographer and director
Journalists[edit]

Gustavo Arellano – editor at the Los Angeles Times and writer/creator of ¡Ask a Mexican!
Ron Arias – highly regarded Chicano writer and correspondent
Jim Avila – TV journalist and correspondent
María Antonieta Collins – TV host, journalist and author
Frank H. Cruz-TV anchor and reporter
Laura Diaz – Southern California newscaster and co-anchor of CBS 2 News
Giselle Fernández – TV journalist and reporter
Luis De La Garza – TV and radio host
Christy Haubegger – movie producer and founder of Latina Magazine
Maria Hinojosa – broadcast journalist and correspondent
Raul Peimbert – Spanish-language TV journalist and newscaster
John Quiñones – News correspondent, award-winning journalist
Jorge Ramos – Spanish-language TV news anchor and journalist
Naibe Reynoso – TV journalist and reporter
Rubén Salazar – TV journalist and reporter
María Elena Salinas – Spanish-Language TV news anchor and journalist
Lauren Sánchez – Emmy Award winning journalist
Political figures[edit]



New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez


Romualdo Pacheco Governor of California


Octaviano Larrazolo, First Latino U.S. Senator


Bill Richardson


Ken Salazar


Romana Acosta Bañuelos
Oscar Zeta Acosta – Politician, attorney, minor novelist and activist
Romana Acosta Bañuelos – former Treasurer of the United States
Mike Aguirre – former city attorney of San Diego, California
Juan Bautista Alvarado – twice governor of Alta California from 1836 to 1837 and 1838 to 1842
Toney Anaya – US Democratic Politician and Former Governor of New Mexico[99]
Rosemary Barkett – federal judge
Xavier Becerra – U.S. Representative (CA-31)[100]
George P. Bush – son of Jeb Bush
Cruz Bustamante – former California lieutenant governor[101]
Anna Escobedo Cabral – 42nd Treasurer of the United States
Carlos Antonio Carrillo – (1783–1852), Gobernor of Alta California, (1837–1838). His father, José Raimundo Carrillo, came from Loreto, México.
José Antonio Carrillo – (1796–1862), Californio ranchero, official and political. He was brother of Carlos Antonio Carrillo.
Juan José Carrillo – the first mayor of Santa Monica, California
José Castro (b. California, 1808 – d. February 1860) was acting governor of Alta California in 1835–1836, and Commandante General of the Mexican army in Alta California at the time of the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt and the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848
Raul Hector Castro – governor of Arizona
Lauro Cavazos – secretary of education[102]
Gabe Cazares – former mayor of Clearwater, Florida
Dennis Chavez – U.S. Senator from New Mexico[103]
Henry Cisneros – former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and mayor of San Antonio, Texas[104]
Henry Cuellar – U.S. House of Representatives Texas's 28th congressional district[105]
Mario Gallegos, Jr. – Texas state senator
Ruben Garcia Jr. – former executive assistant director of FBI
Reynaldo Guerra Garza – first Hispanic judge appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals
Tony Garza – U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Eric Garcetti – Mayor of Los Angeles
Gil Garcetti – Former Los Angeles district attorney
Alberto Gonzales – United States Attorney General
Henry Gonzalez (1916–2000) U.S. Representative (Texas)[106]
Matt Gonzalez – politician, member of the Green Party
Rafael Gonzales – (1789–1857) A native of San Antonio, Texas, he was governor of Coahuila and Texas.
Ron Gonzales – former mayor of San José, California[107]
Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo – former governor of New Mexico and first Latino to serve United States Senate
Marco Lopez – mayor of Nogales, Arizona
Manuel Lujan Jr. – U.S. Representative from New Mexico[108]
Abel Maldonado – 47th Lieutenant Governor of California
Rosario Marin – 41st Treasurer of the United States
Gloria Molina – Los Angeles County Supervisor and former vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee[109]
Joseph Montoya – former U.S. Senator from New Mexico[110]
Carlos R. Moreno – Supreme Court Justice, California
Fabian Núñez – California State Representative, current Speaker of the California State Assembly[111]
Estevan Ochoa – historic mayor of Tucson, Arizona, he was the first Mexican-American mayor after the Gadsen Purchase of 1854 [112]
Solomon Ortiz – U.S. Representative (TX-27)[113]
Mariano S. Otero – a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico
Miguel Antonio Otero – former Governor of New Mexico
Romualdo Pacheco – governor of California
Alex Padilla – Los Angeles City Council Member
Steve Padilla – former mayor of Chula Vista, California
Federico Peña – former mayor of Denver, Colorado, former United States Secretary of Transportation and former United States Secretary of Energy
Francisco Perea – a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico
Andrés Pico (1810 – February 14, 1876) was, as the political administration changed, a mixed-race Californio youth; a successful rancher and commander; and an influential American politician; in 19th century California. He was brother of Pío Pico
Pío Pico (May 5, 1801 – September 11, 1894) was the last Governor of Alta California (now the State of California) under Mexican rule
Miguel A. Pulido – mayor Santa Ana, California
Cruz Reynoso – former judge on the Supreme Court of California, Presidential Medal of Freedom (Recipient)
Bill Richardson – former governor of New Mexico, former U.S. Secretary of Energy[114]
Albert Robles – politician and convicted criminal
Gloria Romero – Democratic Majority Leader in the California State Senate, college professor
Trinidad Romero – Delegate to United States Congress from the Territory of New Mexico
Edward Roybal – former U.S. Representative from California[115]
Ernesto Ruffo Appel – politician and former governor of Baja California
Mary Salas – former California Assembly representative
John Salazar – U.S. Representative (CO-3)
Ken Salazar – U.S. Senator (CO)
Ezequiel D. Salinas – state court judge from Texas
Loretta Sanchez – U.S. Representative (CA-47)[116]
Linda Sánchez – U.S. Representative (CA-39)[117]
Hilda Solis – U.S. Secretary of Labor, former U.S. Representative (CA-32)[118]
Raymond Telles – The first mayor of a large American city (El Paso, Texas)
Esteban Edward Torres – former Representatives, U.S. ambassador to UNESCO, and labor activist[119]
Gaddi Vasquez – U.S.Ambassador and 8th United States Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Antonio Villaraigosa – former mayor of Los Angeles[120]
Kim McLane Wardlaw – federal judge, US Court of Appeals
Brian Sandoval – governor of Nevada
Susana Martinez – governor of New Mexico
Military figures[edit]



General Richard E. Cavazos


Guy Gabaldon


Army Major General Alfred Valenzuela


World War II Medal of Honor recipient Marcario Garcia
Bertrand Blanchard Acosta – aviator, fighter pilot
Lucian Adams – Medal of Honor (World War II)
Everett Alvarez Jr. – Navy LCdr/pilot who endured 8.5 years in Vietnamese captivity and one of the longest periods as a U.S. prisoner of war (POW)
David B. Barkley – Medal of Honor (World War I)
Roy Benavidez – Medal of Honor (Vietnam War)
Robert Cardenas – U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
Richard E. Cavazos – first U.S. Army Hispanic 4-star general, Distinguished Service Cross (Korea and Vietnam)
Kathlene Contres – U.S. Navy
Emilio A. De La Garza – Medal of Honor (Vietnam)
Ralph Ellis Dias – Medal of Honor (Vietnam)
Daniel Fernandez – Medal of Honor (Vietnam)
José María Flores – General and Governor of Alta California (Mexican American War)
Guy Gabaldon – Navy Cross recipient, credited with capturing (or persuading to surrender) about 1,500 Japanese soldiers and civilians during the Battle of Saipan (World War II)
Marcario Garcia – Medal of Honor (World War II)
Edward Gomez – Medal of Honor (Korean War)
Harold Gonsalves – Medal of Honor (World War II)
David M. Gonzales(1923–1945) – Medal of Honor (World War II) First in Los Angeles
Alfredo Cantu "Freddy" Gonzalez – Medal of Honor, KIA in Huế (Vietnam)
Ambrosio Guillen – Medal of Honor (Korean War)
Rodolfo P. Hernandez – Medal of Honor (Korean War)
Silvestre S. Herrera – Medal of Honor (World War II)
Edward Hidalgo – former Secretary of the Navy
Jose F. Jimenez – Medal of Honor (Vietnam)
Miguel Keith – Medal of Honor (Vietnam)
Felix Z. Longoria, Jr. – first Mexican American buried in Arlington National Cemetery (World War II)
Jose M. Lopez – Medal of Honor (World War II)
Nicolas Lucero – French Croix de guerre (World War I)
Benito Martinez – Medal of Honor (Korean War)
Joe P. Martinez – Medal of Honor (World War II)
Louis Gonzaga Mendez, Jr. – highly decorated Colonel, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (World War II). He was born in Mexico.[121]
Tony Mendez – ex-CIA agent, portrayed in 2012 American film Argo.[122]
Ernest Medina – Captain of Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry of the 11th Brigade, Americal Division
Francisco Mercado, Jr. – Distinguished Service Cross
Eugene A. Obregon – Medal of Honor (Korean War)
Rafael Peralta – Navy Cross (Operation Iraqi Freedom)
Oscar F. Perdomo – United States Air Force flying ace (World War II)
Manuel Perez Jr. – Medal of Honor (World War II)
Lori Piestewa (1973–2003) – the first woman in the U.S. armed forces killed in the 2003 Iraq war[123]
Alfred V. Rascon – Medal of Honor (Vietnam)
Louis R. Rocco – Medal of Honor (Vietnam)
Cleto Rodriguez – Medal of Honor (World War II)
Joseph C. Rodriguez – Medal of Honor (Korean War)
Alejandro R. Ruiz – Medal of Honor (World War II)
Ricardo Sanchez – United States Army General and author (Operation Iraqi Freedom)
Marcelino Serna – Distinguished Service Cross (World War I)
France Silva – Medal of Honor (boxer Rebellion)[124]
Eugene Suarez – U.S. Marine, war photographer, World War II and Korea
Jose F. Valdez – Medal of Honor (World War II)
Eugene A. Valencia, Jr. – flying ace (World War II), Navy Cross
Alfred Valenzuela – Major General, United States Army
Jay R. Vargas – Medal of Honor (Vietnam)
Ysmael R. Villegas – Medal of Honor (World War II)
Maximo Yabes – Medal of Honor (Vietnam)
Sam Ybarra – (1945–1982) was a United States Army soldier who served in the Tiger Force commando unit attached to the 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War. He was of Mexican and Apache descent.
Scholars and educators[edit]



Lauro Cavazos


J. Michael Ortiz
Rodolfo Acuña – historian and professor
Elsa Salazar Cade – entomologist/science educator
Mariano Velazquez de la Cadena – grammarian, scholar, and author
Lauro Cavazos – U.S. Secretary of Education (1988–1990)
Francisco G. Cigarroa – chancellor of the University of Texas System and president of the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Miguel Angel Corzo – CEO and President of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Jose Cuellar – professor of Chicano studies
Robert R. Davila – president of Gallaudet University
Alicia Gaspar de Alba – historian, scholar, author
Roberta Fernández – novelist, scholar, critic and arts advocateprofessor[125]
Mario E. Aguilar Cuauhtlehcoc – educator,historian,and elder of the traditional Danza Azteca circle "Danza Mexi'cayotl.
Francisco Gil-White – anthropologist and educator
Jonathon J. Andrew Muñoz – philosopher and educator
Laura E. Gómez – President of the Law and Society Association and a Professor of Law and American Studies at the University of New Mexico
Guillermo Gómez-Peña – performance artist, author, activist and educator
Juan Gómez-Quiñones – professor, historian, poet and activist
José Ángel Gutiérrez – professor and attorney
Ralph C. Guzman – political scientist, professor, author, Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, Provost Merrill College UC Santa Cruz
Arturo Islas – professor of English and novelist
Jesus "Chuy" Luna – Professor of History California State University, Fresno, former professor of Chicano Latino Studies, CSU, Fresno, assistant professor of Mexican American Studies at University of Colorado, Boulder at historian, writer, scholar, mentor [126]
J. Michael Ortiz – President of Cal Poly Pomona
Arnulfo Trejo – writer, college professor and literary activist[127]
Francisco Vázquez – scholar and public intellectual
Erv Wilson – music theorist
Science and technology[edit]



Ellen Ochoa


Jose Hernandez
Albert Baez – physicist and professor, developed the X-ray microscope
Elsa Salazar Cade – science educator and entomologist
Victor Celorio – inventor of Instabook or book on demand [128]
France A. Córdova – former NASA chief scientist
Henry Eyring – theoretical chemist, writer, and recipient of the National Medal of Science award
Sidney M. Gutierrez – former astronaut[129]
Jose Hernández (astronaut) – astronaut[130]
Héctor García-Molina – computer scientist and professor in the departments of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
Ellen Ochoa – astronaut, director for flight crew operations for NASA[131]
John D. Olivas – NASA astronaut[132]
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, M.D. – associate professor of neurosurgery and oncology; director of the Brain Tumor Stem Cell Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University and brain surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital
Eloy Rodriguez – biochemist, professor at Cornell University
Ted Taylor – physicist and nuclear weapons designer
Civil rights leaders and community activists[edit]

Lupe Anguiano – civil rights activist
Norma V. Cantu – civil rights lawyer and college professor
Carlos Cadena – attorney in the landmark Hernandez v. Texas supreme court case
Aurora Castillo – environmental activist
Sal Castro – civil rights activist and educator[133]
Ernesto Chacon – Latino and low income civil rights activist


César Chávez at a United Farmworkers rally, 1974
César Chávez(1927–1993) – labor leader and activist[134]
Linda Chavez-Thompson – former executive vice-president of the AFL-CIO
Miguel Contreras – labor leader
Bert Corona – labor and community organizer
Ricardo Cruz – attorney, civil rights activist
Maria Echaveste – former White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress
Josefina Fierro de Bright – civil rights activist during The Great Depression
Gustavo C. Garcia – attorney in the landmark Hernandez v. Texas supreme court case
Rodolfo Gonzales — leader of the Chicano civil rights movement,[135] boxer, poet
José Ángel Gutiérrez — political activist, founder of the Raza Unida party, writer, and professor
John J. Herrera – civil rights leader[136]
Dolores Huerta – civil rights leader
Nativo Lopez – civil rights activist
Mimi Lozano – co-founded the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research
Angel G. Luévano – labor leader and activist
Rueben Martinez – activist and businessman
Eliseo Medina – labor activist
Janet Murguía – civil rights activist
Alex Pacheco, activist
Emiliano Reyes – Business executive and humanitarian activist. He is of Mexican and Swedish descent.[137]
Olga Talamante – political activist
Emma Tenayuca – labor organizer
Reies López Tijerina – activist, founder of the Alianza Federal de Mercedes
John Trudell – Musician, author, poet, and political activist[88]
Baldemar Velasquez – president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee
Raul Yzaguirre – civil rights activist[138]
Religious figures[edit]

Oscar Cantu – auxiliary bishop in San Antonio, Texas.[139]
Virgilio Elizondo – Roman Catholic priest, and theologian
Patrick Flores – Roman Catholic bishop
Elias Gabriel Galvan – retired bishop of the United Methodist Church
Richard John Garcia – bishop of Monterey, California[140]
José Horacio Gómez – archbishop in San Antonio, Texas[139]
René Henry Gracida – bishop
Ricardo Ramirez – bishop of Las Cruzes, New Mexico.[141]
Jaime Soto – Roman Catholic coadjutor bishop of Sacramento
James Anthony Tamayo – bishop of Laredo, Texas.
Joe S. Vasquez – bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Austin, Texas.[142]
Businesspeople and entrepreneurs[edit]



LA Angels owner Arte Moreno on the right


Hector Barreto
Fernando Aguirre – partial ower of the Cincinnati Reds, and former CEO of Chiquita Brands International[143]
Michael Ball (fashion mogul) – fashion mogul
Hector Barreto – 21st Administrator of the US Small Business Administration
Rudy Chapa – track runner and businessman
Anna Maria Chávez – CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA
Frank H. Cruz – Founder of Telemundo and Chair of The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Fred Diaz Jr. – CEO of Dodge Ram Trucks
David Martinez – Managing partner
Emilio Azcárraga Milmo – CEO and businessman
Arturo Moreno – businessman and owner of the Los Angeles Angels
Louis Ruiz – creator of Ruiz Foods, Inc. (Largest Latino owned company in California) [144]
Tony Sanchez – businessman, philanthropist, and Democratic politician
Solomon Trujillo – CEO and businessman
Louis Verdad – fashion designer
Oscar J. Zuniga – engineer and businessman
Sergio Zyman – marketing executive
Others[edit]

Gregorio Cortez (1875–1916) – Mexican-American hero
Hidalgo Moya – architect
Chachi Gonzales[citation needed] – dancer, choreographer, actress, business owner and fashion designer (of her brand of apparel ChachiMomma)

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[IrezumiKiss]

Yes you ignorant leg humping colon basher, we know there are good Mexican-Americans. We are talking about the ignorant illiterate masses being driven into the United States

Oh, are you now?

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ARE YOU REALLY?

In your zest and zeal to tar and paint the whole country as some backwards cesspit of vicious voodoo savage alien nightmares out of a Heart Of Darkness side story that never got printed, I DON'T BELIEVE YOUR MIND HAS THE CRITICAL THINKING WHEREWITHAL, COMPASSION OR CARES TO SEPARATE THE "GOOD" MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS FROM THE "BAD" MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS.

and if it does, then...

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"Prove it. Show me."

You're very familiar with those words, ain'tcha?

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[Ishmael]

They bring all kinds of danger and backward savagery to the streets of America. Highways along the border are littered with headless bodies and their butchered parts.

I wonder if our liberal friends will answer a simple question?

What percentage of the US prison population is made up of illegals?

Ishmael

 

[BotanyBoy]

I wonder if our liberal friends will answer a simple question?

What percentage of the US prison population is made up of illegals?

Ishmael

What does it matter? The GOP makes profit from locking people up.....you all vote for it and vote to fund the police/prison state every chance you get.

More criminals = more Republican profits.......what is your fucking problem???

 

[Byron In Exile]

I completely missed how that was a strong part of Hispanic Culture

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The roots of European culture ain't so pretty either, if you're willing to go back far enough.

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