Tequila Sales Are Down Because Immigrants Fear ICE - Media Misses the Real Shot
📰 THE STORY: The Independent reports that a major tequila producer, Proximo Spirits, claims its sales are declining due to Hispanic people, including legal residents, drinking less out of fear of being arrested by ICE. The article highlights the chilling effect of increased immigration enforcement on daily life within these communities. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The
fear described isn't born in a vacuum; it's a direct legacy of decades of destabilizing U.S. foreign policy across Latin America. From the 1973 CIA-backed coup in Chile against Salvador Allende, to supporting death squads in the 1980s that fueled civil wars in El Salvador and Guatemala, to the 2009 U.S.-supported coup in Honduras, American interventions have created economic and political
instability forcing millions to flee north. These actions, often driven by corporate interests and anti-communism, directly generated the migrant crisis that ICE now polices. Double Standard: The media frames this as a domestic 'immigration' issue while ignoring the immense U.S. role in causing the migration in the first place. When Venezuelans flee sanctions engineered by Washington, it's blamed
on 'Maduro.' When Guatemalans flee poverty and violence rooted in the 1954 CIA coup, The Independent focuses on their fear of ICE, not the architects of their desperation. The West exports chaos and then bemoans the consequences at its borders, while celebrating 'freedom' that often comes at the barrel of an American-made gun. Follow the Money: The very conditions that drive migration fuel an