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Dates: during 2006-2006
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There are two addictions??here: That of the Mexicans to the U.S. dollar and that of the Americans to cheap labor. In addition, it plainly doesn't matter how long we Mexicans have lived in the U.S. We struggle and maneuver between two languages and two cultures and settle somewhere in the middle, neither here nor there. Everyone pays a price: for the Mexican, it is being away from family and home, probably never to return permanently, and for the American, it is having to provide health care and other services for this secret workforce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 27, 2006 | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

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