August 14, 2006 10:58AM 

# New at Cato Unbound: Mexicans in America 

By [Will Wilkinson](https://www.cato.org/people/will-wilkinson) 

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Be sure to check out today’s fresh [August issue](http://www.cato-unbound.org/issues/mexicans-in-america/) of *Cato Unbound*, kicking off with celebrated essayist [Richard Rodriguez’s provocative meditation](http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/08/14/richard-rodriguez/mexicans-in-america/) on the place of Mexico and Mexicans in the U.S. economy and consciousness. Here’s a taste:

> It is as though America, having benefited from illegal labor, pretends that the transaction was one of middle-class benevolence. Mexicans should be thankful for a month of cheerless eight-hour shifts, standing there waiting for the old lady to get off the commode. The odd thing is that they are thankful!

Read the whole thing*,* and stay tuned: *Mexifornia* author Victor Davis Hanson will reply on Wednesday, and it’s not going to be a lovefest.

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