So Mexicans (are?) Taking Jobs from Americans

A poem about immigrate workers seems very fit for the time. So it shocked to me to see that "So Mexicans are Taking Jobs from Americans" by Jimmy Santiago Baca was actually written in 1977. Th author writes this poem from an aggressive, angry point of view. He seems sick of how Americans treat Mexican workers and being accused of stealing jobs. "Do they mug you, a knife at your throat,/saying, I want your job?" (Lines 10-11). This line made me think about how we, as Americans, treat immigrate workers. "I see this, and I hear that only a few people/got all the money in this world, the rest/count their pennies to buy bread and butter" (Line 29-31). Is making money or scraping by the reason America started? My belief is that this county was started on the bases of making a better life for your family and to be able to live the life you want. Whether that is the freedom to practice your own religion, job or to speak your mind, everyone should still be able to move to America to experience those freedoms today as well. I feel that the author was reminding us of what we have forgotten. Nevertheless, America has become a country controlled by money and the search for it. Looking at the stock market will show how crazy we can feel when we see the greedy we have created slipping away. Back to the poem, so are Mexicans taking jobs away from Americans? Maybe, but isn't that the American way?