Cutebrunnette, it's amazing isn't it? If we were to work WITH Mexico to make a solution that would help those who want to come here to work, the Mexican government would do it. It would and could be very economically advantageous to them. It would quickly result in a flow of papered, legal workers into the states (see my other posts for an explanation on that), and would NATURALLY eliminate both illegal immigration AND the coyotes who abuse and exploit the immigrants. The result? We would have an increasing population of tax and social security-paying workers, RATHER than a decreasing population.
Why is this important? We're about to see the cost of an aging baby-boomer population hit us. If people think illegals on the dole are costly, just wait. Those of us in GenX and later will be enslaved to the social system to care for "our own" via taxes. I don't resent baby-boomers, but frankly they have a large enough voting base that they will CONTROL the evolving tax rates.
We will NEED taxed, legal, migrant workers. But these idiots can only squeal, "shut down the border," and "kick-em all out," EVEN if they are working and producing. These people are racist, self-inflated, self-terrorized idiots. What's worse is that I cannot comprehend why Latin countries, including Mexico, have remained devoted to the US.
Not that I want this as an American, but if I were Mexican I'd be aggressively pursuing ties with China and Venezuela. BOTH of those countries are offering solutions, economic alliances, and political solidarity to Mexico. 15-20 years from now we will be struggling to maintain an economy taxed by a massive geriatric population, will be competing on world markets with the Sino-Mexican/Central/South American super-economy, and won't be able to COAX immigrants across the border to solidify our tax and revenue base.
WE will be today's Mexico economically, and THEY won't let US across the border to get work. They may even allow Chinese troops to patrol the border for them. Does that sound far fetched? Don't believe me? Read http://www.mexidata.info/id636.html ..... (For those who hate what I'm writing challenge your 1st-grade education and read the full article.)
The REAL haters of America's future are those who don't recognize that migrants ARE human, not only from the perspective of pain, dreams, and desire, but from the perspective of justified vengeance and long-term resentment.