14 July 2005

No Borders Inc. - Is this the “[New] American Way,” Maria? Raul?

This is rich - and makes blogging fun.

Remember Maria Hinojosa?

You know – the, ummm, less than fair and balanced correspondent formerly [scroll down] with CNN PRESENTS?

The “Latina without borders” who was the talking head on last year’s CNN one-hour documentary “Immigrant Nation- Divided Country“.

The [naturalized] American woman who wrote that she considered delivering her first child in Mexico, so that he could travel on a Mexican passport…as she does.

Meet her brother, Raul Hinojosa.

My sincere thanks to Business Week [somebody remind me to write a letter to the editor to get these people some facts!] for this one: “A Massive Economic Development Boom” | That’s what legalizing undocumented immigrants would unleash, creating a win for everyone, says UCLA professor Raul Hinojosa

Former adviser to President Bill Clinton and an early architect of the North American Development Bank, the principal financing institution for the North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA)

Indeed, Hinojosa, a fast-talking, pony-tailed graduate of University of Chicago’s PhD program, is cashing in on the boom in illegal immigration himself. His startup, No Borders Inc., pedals debit-like cards on which immigrants can store cash, send money home to Mexico, make phone calls, and join medical discount plans.

We will get into Raul’s very self-serving and convoluted take on the economics of the ongoing invasion of the United States another time. [ Calling Joe Guzzardi…]

It seems that Raul Hinojosa has put his mouth where his money is, Si?

Like other members of the illegal alien lobby, to see his true motivation…just follow the money.

Hinojosa was also a panelist at last summer’s First Data Immigration Reform panel in Denver.

I am tempted to compare him here to Frank Sharry, George W. Bush, or Morris Dees…but I will let the reader find their own comparisons.

Now…who thinks Maria may be an investor in brother Raul’s enterprise [I love this!] - “No Borders Inc.”

Stay tuned.