Hola! to Maria and everyone at Latino USA! I heard Liz Jones’ insightful and human report about Cesar, and I was moved by it. I wish that all members of the U.S. Congress could truly hear and understand a podcast of her report.

Hardline conservative lawmakers in America, routinely think and talk about “undocumented” immigrants (usually their euphemistic code for Mexicans who are not legal USA residents), as if they are not real people.

Liz Jones’ story about Cesar is immensely powerful at various emotional levels, including its deeply humanizing dimension. After listening, I felt as if I had actually met Cesar and his grandpa in person.

I am a mostly “integrated” naturalized Canadian, who transplanted myself in 1975, from my birthplace on an English-speaking island in the Caribbean, three years after graduating from university in eastern Canada.

Latino cultures and peoples have fascinated me since my childhood, when I listened to latino music on radio stations broadcasting from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

Regretfully, I know only a few words of Spanish.

Latino USA programs and its host Maria offer invaluable and compelling audio encounters with Latinos and their richly varied experiences. Saludos!

Norman

Edmonton, Canada