Enrique Morones on AVM

At midnight on March 20, 1998, US-Mexican dual citizenship became available for the first time; at 12:01 a.m. on March 21, Enrique Morones petitioned for the status. In June of that year Morones became the first dual citizen of Mexico and the United States. His documents were presented to him personally by President Zedillo in a ceremony at the Mexican National Palace. The status and the honor are entirely appropriate: throughout his forty-seven-year life, Enrique Morones has divided his heart and his soul between San Diego and Mexico. For over twenty years Enrique Morones has been an effective and vocal human rights defender for people in need on both sides of the border, and for nearly that long he has been a regional and national advocate for border activists and organizations. For this work he has received many honors. But he has also received many threats on his life. He has been vilified by opposing politicians and news outlets. He has been shunned by potential business clients. And he was dismissed from the job he was born to do. He is now a full-time advocate for Mexican immigrants to the USA, for the Hispanic community in and around San Diego, and for the human rights of all Latinos.

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