Why do they immigrate? The problem is Mexico
by Hugh Holub on Jun. 26, 2011, under immigration law reform, politicsHaving talked to many illegal immigrants the stories are remarkably similar…
….there is no work in Mexico sufficient to feed my family
….there is already family here
…people from my village have been coming to the US for generations to work
When asked why they don’t get papers and come to the US legally the answer is invariably the same…”no es possible” . It is impossible.
One gets an interesting sense of a right to come to the US to work…after all…the jobs are here and they need them.
The border is mostly a nuisance to illegal immigrants …costing more for the coyote… more dangerous… but the choices are not good. Stay home and do what? Starve?
People point out that the jobs available to illegal immigrants from Mexico and Central America is a huge magnet drawing them north. Eliminate the jobs and they will not come.
But that avoids an equally important driver for the migration…there are no good paying jobs for millions of people in Latin America and especially Mexico.
Mexico has everything it takes to be a First World country with full employment and a strong economy.
In the cities you see a 21st Century Mexico.
But go to the rural areas and you see an 18th century country with cell phones and satellite tv.
The rich get richer in Mexico, but the rural people don’t rise with the economic tide. Mexzuico today looks like what American might end up being like if certain policies continue in thios country…no safety nets…no good paying jobs….no future…and no where to go to.
Subsistence agriculture has been damaged by the free trade agreement which lets US corn sell in Mexico cheaper than Mexicans can grow it themselves.
Millions of Mexican have left their villages and aggregated in slums around the big cities.
You can live on $8 a day in Mexico … but not very well.
Even at our worst it is better for the migrants than what they leave behind.
If we are really going to see a decline in illegal immigration then the Mexican economy needs to transform so it can provide living incomes for all its people.
Mexico solves its economic problems by exporting its excess people to the United States.
If we were successful in shutting down illegal immigration we would likely be creating a pressure cooker in Mexico with a whole lot of people with no where to escape to…and they would necessarily have to turn on their own government and demand a fairer share of Mexico’s economic pie.
And interesting experience dealing with the “elite” in Mexico….they really could give a rat’s rear end about the poor people in their own country. And when it comes to their native Indian populations…they sometimes sound like 19th Century Americans.
If we are really going to do something meaningful about illegal immigration, then we must also get really serious with the “elite” in Mexico and push really hard on them to spread their economic wealth down to the villages and slums.
Maybe we might even think of restricting exports from Mexico if they keep exporting people to us…for every illegal alien that leaves Mexico we reduce the amount of something we buy from their “elite” business owners.
As long as the are not enough living wage jobs in Mexico and we have a lot of jobs in this country open to illegal immigrants, all that is ultimately going to happen is the “coyote” fee to get across the border will increase from $2,000 to $4,000 a person.
And if you wonder how really poor people can scrape up $2,000 to get to the US….the immigrant sends money back (called “remittance” which is a major source of foreign money in the Mexican economy).
Thus bankrolling a migrant to come to the US and work and send home money benefits a larger family and entire villages. There are lots of places one can go in rural Mexico and not find a male of working age around. All gone to the north.
An interesting article from “US Immigration Support”
Illegal Immigration from Mexico
For many generations Mexicans have illegally crossed the border into the United States. Reasons for the high rate of migration from Mexico include the close proximity of Mexico to the U.S. and the noticeable difference in the quality of life between the two countries. Many individuals come from poverty-stricken towns in Mexico and desire to come to the United States to achieve the “American dream.” For many, just gaining employment at a low wage job in the United States provides a much higher standard of living than in their home country. During the 1980s, the United States saw a significant increase in illegal immigrants from Mexico. The immigration influx was not limited to Mexicans from one specific region but rather from communities all throughout Mexico.
Those from bigger cities such as Guadalajara, Monterrey, and Mexico City do not necessarily have a higher quality of life than those Mexicans residing in rural communities. However, individuals from larger cities do tend to have a greater access to opportunities. Many who live in smaller towns tend to be employed in the agriculture sector or try to set up a small business in order to make a living. The average Mexican wage is about $4.15 an hour and those in the agricultural industry make even less. While an individual may be able to survive on that wage alone, it becomes more difficult for those with families. Currently about 40% of the Mexican population is below the poverty line. Unemployment is about 4% but it is estimated that nearly 25% of those working are classified as underemployed.
Even when jobs are created, in many instances they are not sufficient to meet the growing demand of the Mexican people. Their pay may be so low that they cannot afford to cover even the most basic necessities. Thus, many Mexicans from both small and big cities find the neighboring United States to be extremely attractive. Treaties such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have brought more American companies into the country. However, the jobs that have been created are not enough and many wages are still relatively low. Many dream of going to what is known as the “the North” to make more money. However, illegal immigration to the United States is becoming increasingly difficult due to advanced technology, infrastructure, and enforcement. Some illegal immigrants illicit the assistance of a “coyote”, or smuggler, to help them navigate through the land and cross the border. Once they reach a certain destination on American soil, a vehicle is used to transport them to another location. It is here that family and/or friends will pick them up and pay the “coyote’s fee.” Sometimes the fee is paid beforehand and other times a deposit is given and the rest is paid upon completion of their services. “Coyotes” generally have insider knowledge about crossing the border, and know the best routes to avoid detection. However, in order to help to deter “coyotes,”serious fines and penalties if someone is caught smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States. For immigrants who are intercepted en route to the United States, they are usually returned to Mexican soil.
Increasingly, illegal immigrants and “coyotes” have tried to cross the border through the Arizona desert. This is due to increased security along the Mexico-U.S. border near California. Especially during the summer months, there tend to be more cases of illegal immigrants who try to cross the Arizona desert and die from dehydration. Throughout the U.S. – Mexican border, more check points with U.S. border patrols have been added on the American side of the border. At these checkpoints, individuals may be asked for documentation in order to verify U.S. residency or citizenship. As stated previously, there are an increasing number of security measures that have been implemented at and around the Mexico-U.S. border. As a result, it has become more difficult to illegally cross the border. As such, the assistance of “coyotes” is in high demand. The fees for a “coyote” easily runs into the thousands per individual. Many illegal immigrants save up money or borrow money to cover this fee. Once a Mexican immigrant successfully crosses the border into the United States, they generally have two main goals. Their first aim is to send part of their earnings back home to their family and their second goal is to bring more family members to the United States. Eventually they hope to gain permanent residency (green card) and possibly U.S. citizenship status. Other illegal immigrants come with a different purpose. They emigrate to the United States with the sole intention of finding a job that will allow them to save enough money to buy a house or set up their own business upon their return to Mexico. Whatever the specific intentions of the Mexican immigrant are, many agree that their main desire is to come to the United States in search of a better life.
GREEN CARD
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- Green Card Application
- Green Card Renewal
- Lost or Stolen Green Card
- Green Card Name Change
- Green Card Update
- Green Card through Employment
- Green Card through Marriage
- Green Card through Relatives
- Family Based Green Cards
US VISAS
A visa grants the holder the right to apply for entry into the United States.
- B-1 Business Visa
- B-2 Tourist Visa
- F-1 Student Visa
- J-1 Exchange Visitor Visa
- H-1B Work Visa
- H-2B Work Visa
- K-1 Fiancée/Fiancé Visa
- TN NAFTA Work Visa
- U.S. Work Visa
- Visa Waiver Program
US CITIZENSHIP
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Drug smuggling mule trains and illegal aliens in the “secure” borderlands
Why are we afraid of these people?
The two aspects of the border debate
Janet Napolitano: Border security better than ever
Apprehensions of illegal aliens at the border are way down…why?
Obama’s blueprint for a 21st century immigration system
Obama speaks in El Paso about immigration reform
Obama immigration reform proposal lands on table like dead fish
An open letter to Obama about the border
Senate Democrats propose immigration law reform
“Probationary Presence” not “amnesty” needed in immigration reform
Do you think you could pass the US Citizenship Test?
U.S. Chamber Report Offers Recommendations for Creating a 21st Century U.S.–Mexico Border
Recycling illegal aliens so they can commit more crimes in the United States
Life Along The U.S. Mexico Border Gets More Dangerous, Ranchers Say
Would you pick lettuce in Yuma?
Secure Communities Sucks and must be changed
Napolitano is next on the scandal target list called “Bordergate”
GAO confirms federal environmental laws and federal land managers hinder securing our border
Republicans Introduce Bill to Secure Border on Federal Lands, Protect Environment
Wilderness Areas on the border? What a great idea if you are a cartel drug smuggler
California Gulch..one of those places along the border wide open to drug smugglers
Drug smuggling mule trains and illegal aliens in the “secure” borderlands
Cartel spotter (cybercoyote) two way radio phone found on ranch mountain top
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Note: Hugh Holub is a former City Attorney for the border city of Nogales, Arizona. He has had extensive experience in US-Mexico water and environmental relations and travelled extensively in Mexico from remote villages to the centers of power in Mexico City. He is currently Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable Development and works with border ranchers on environmental and border security issues. Holub is also a former newspaper reporter and has been writing editorial commentaries for newspapers in the Southwest for decades.
June 26th, 2011 on 9:45 am
The problem is white people on latin american land. White people should go back to Europe we dont want them on our continent.
June 26th, 2011 on 9:50 am
Mexicans would stay put but for the white folks feeding the parasites. They don’t want land, they want the support services this country, built by immigrants of every color, are handing them while they wage a breeding war. They really think they “win” if they overpopulate us.
June 26th, 2011 on 12:17 pm
U have to be some kind of ignorant anglo who has never truly stopped to see the whole picture.
June 26th, 2011 on 10:13 am
Latin American Land? You want it because Americans made it nice instead of what you’ve done with Mexico. Latin blood is Spainish,go to Spain.
June 26th, 2011 on 10:15 am
There’s no such thing as ‘finders keepers’ when it comes to land. Mesoamericans practiced conquest and warfare before Europeans arrived. You are just a whining little sore loser. The continent is now ‘ours’. We let you stay out of mercy, which is staring to fade.
June 26th, 2011 on 12:20 pm
Another dumb ignorant person. Who probably just has a highschool diploma or an associates degree
June 26th, 2011 on 12:53 pm
You are quite representative of the arrogant, racist, snots who think we owe you a living. You want to get in our pants because yours are full of crap.
June 26th, 2011 on 3:39 pm
Ad hominem, you lose! Wanna play again?
June 26th, 2011 on 10:37 am
Ultimately, everyone’s roots go back to Africa. Including white people’s. So do yours, Felipe. When are you gonna let go of those dumb racist ideas of yours?
June 26th, 2011 on 11:08 pm
No the problem is the low-class mestizos, who don’t even know how to use running water. The USA should have kept Mexico, when they kicked their ass back in 1848. But instead we paid for the land we kept. It was called the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty. If it had not been for the “white” people, there would be no western civilization and the Aztecs would still be having human sacrifices.
June 27th, 2011 on 4:49 pm
Oh are you Native American?? Didnt think so.
June 26th, 2011 on 9:52 am
Give them anothe decade without enforcement while they wage their breeding war “taking the country one birth at a time,” and truck in a few million more and they will be rioting in the streets demanding, “everything for la raza (the race) and nothing for everyone else.” These people have a breeding and welfare mentality.
June 26th, 2011 on 12:27 pm
U like most pendejo (stupid) low educated mexicans don’t understand where the phrase “la raza” came from or what it means. La raza is actually a phrase that was taken out of a mexican writter who was talking about the race the leader of this world but he didn’t mean mexicans he meant all the people of every color are the same race and that we only have different color pigment but in the end belong to the same race (human race or homosapiens) and if we all just stopped acting so foolish we would be do powerful that we could advance in technology so fast we would of already cured cancer aids and had a better form of government to create a truly powerful society
June 26th, 2011 on 3:56 pm
OK, so if la raza really includes everyone, why are you telling some of them they don’t belong on this continent?
Try using sentences next time. They will make your comments easier to read.
June 27th, 2011 on 4:54 pm
My god I am glad someone said it. This is a true statement. It is the main point of all of this. By 2050 we will be so screwed due to this and you wont want to live here.
We didnt get this country to where it is to hand it over to a bunch of Mexican peons. Does anyone think the value system of Mexico shall be what the value system of the USA should be. Nope.
Its nothing more than MexicanLebensraum.
Time to fight back, take our county back.
June 26th, 2011 on 10:14 am
Lets put a bounty on them. Because if they can’t find work their gonna steal
June 26th, 2011 on 10:21 am
To those gringos who would deny us, we will not be stopped! We have served faithfully as servants for your ruling class, important people like Senator McCain and Mitt Romney, and this is the way you want to thank us? Our reproduction rate is much greater than yours, and we will soon reclaim our stolen lands. But first, we will bleed you dry, by overwhelming your hospitals and schools, and welfare programs. The demonstrations you have seen, with our beloved flag flying high, are just beginning.
June 26th, 2011 on 12:26 pm
Same threats we hear from the Muslims. Exact same. Maybe we should pit you against them then take on the “winner”- hmmmm. Never liked Machiavelli – foreigner.
Think about it – if you succeed in your threat you will have turned the USA into another Mexico – another 3rd world loser state. Whose fault will that be? Own up to it man, you have a country that is NOT serving the needs of its people and not living up to its potential, and you blame somebody else. Weak. Take your cojones in hand dude and change what you’ve got. Mexico geographically could be a #1 country except for the attitude of the people who live there. If the rich have not done their share, get rid of them. If the politicians have corrupted the state, get rid of them. Your loser attitude is on you, not us. Americans are raised from birth to believe they can do anything. At what age do you guys throw in the towel? “No mas, no mas.” You want someone to blame – look in the mirror – that’s where it starts. Mexico is your country – DO SOMETHING!!!
June 27th, 2011 on 5:05 pm
LOL
What MAS class did you get that from. Thats Ok bring it on. Target rich enviornment!! Sounds just like what is going on with the Cartels in Mexico. But this time the population has guns. Punk.
June 26th, 2011 on 10:34 am
I think most of you are racists to think that all mexicans want to do is “overpopulate” or “take over the country by demanding things for la raza” its pathetic really. You have no idea why these poeple come. And its not like this land is your sor mine to claim. Your family came here illegaly when this country was first made. Texas arizona and nm ad california were mexican territory so technicaly if theyre they have every right. Most immigrants cant get legal papers because to becoome a resident or even have a visa you have to have a good decent paying job and no reason to come for work. Ice is so strict with mexican immigrants what about germans or canadians. You all stereotype so much. Its sad
June 26th, 2011 on 12:39 pm
If I remember my history right, Spain sent conquistadores, friars and colonists to conquer, convert and settle Mexico in the early 1500′s. THEY stole it from the Indians, destroying the Olmec, Aztec, Mayan and Incan civilizations. We did the same thing in the USA so don’t get too righteous. Europeans took all of the Western Hemisphere from its original inhabitants so we are all guilty of that. Afterwards, Mexico invited American settlers into Texas because that far northern province needed people. The Mexican gvt did not forsee that those settlers would bring their Anglo heritage with them and fight for the land. We died at the Alamo and Sam Houston won at San Jacinto, capturing your general Santa Ana. We always intended to expand to the west coast, starting with Jefferson. It came to us thru battles, and treaties and fate. The land has always belonged to the winners, the losers go home. This is life. Mexico is a huge country with so much potential – why are the Mexicans neglecting it? We wouldn’t.
June 26th, 2011 on 3:55 pm
Why you ask, because it is easier to steal from someone else than it is to build it yourself. According to what Jorge Castaneda said on NPR, it a part of Mexican culture to disrespect the law; he said that in a resent poll asking Mexicans if Mexicans abide by the law, 67 percent said no or rarely. Contrary to the BS we hear from pro- illegal alien, pro-amnesty, open borders crowd, Mexican illegal aliens are not law abiding. We didn’t need a poll of Mexicans in Mexico to know that; he(l illegal aliens from where ever they come will break any and every law that would prevent them from getting whatever it is that they want. And why shouldn’t believe that they can do that? Their church clergy tell them it’s OK! Politicians tell them that not only will there no consequences for breaking the law, but that they will be rewarded for doing so. Just don’t get caught murdering, raping, or sexually molesting the kid of someone important because the media will then make an issue of it. Otherwise the media is on board for helping every illegal alien.
June 27th, 2011 on 5:00 pm
Look you better read some history first.
Az when it was mexico only had a couple of towns that had any mexicans. Far, Far more Apaches and Navajoes and Tohono . plus the other tribes. There were mexicans in Calif , on the coast, NM had towns along the rio Grande River, Texas on the eastern area.
Name one mexican town north of Tucson???? Cant find it yet. Nope. Just 10,000 pissed of Apaches who fought the mexicans for control. they did a good job.
June 26th, 2011 on 10:34 am
Personally, I think it should be easier for people to come to the USA and stay here. Much as the “drug war” is what causes violence, corruption, and loss of tax revenue due to the underground economy, our current immigration policies cause the “problems” that people blame “illegal immigrants” for. If it were easier for people to come here, become citizens, and earn an honest living, we would all be better off.
June 26th, 2011 on 10:36 am
america is all of argentina from canada not only EU america for the americans no for EU people, we problem it’s you adicts of the cocaine and marihuana.
June 26th, 2011 on 10:51 am
Yeah white people talk sh%# about us but who smuggles your drugs in here, we do, without us, white people will go insane because the majority enjoys recreational drug use, Lmao. But seriously though what do you mean breeding and welfare, not everybody does that, my family never did, you guys have hate for us because we are proud of who we are, yet most white people I know aren’t, you guys have a rich culture you just don’t know where to begin looking for it. you guys also rarely complain about China which is the real reason there aren’t any jobs here in the us, do you guys think landscaprs and janitors, dish washer is the reason, look at your phones and computers and where r they made? If your going to be racist distribute your hate and racism fairly and equally.
June 26th, 2011 on 12:45 pm
You’ve made some very good points but wish they had been more cogently written for better effect. As a white person I am very ashamed of the drug culture that has produced so much violence. Until we end the need for drugs (which started by the smuggling from the war in Viet Nam) we will not have peace. That’s on us. Our massive debt to China may be our downfall, then God help everyone. Yes, we need an overhaul of expectations here but things like that take generations to do – I’m not sure if we have the time.
June 27th, 2011 on 8:58 pm
“Until we end the need for drugs (which started by the smuggling from the war in Viet Nam) we will not have peace.”
Drug use long preceded the American War in Vietnam and my guess is it will still be around long after you and I are both gone.
June 27th, 2011 on 5:31 pm
Thats OK we hate the white druggies too. They cause more of you to come here. In a perfect world we would slam down on the drug trade as well as the border. Kill tow problems with one solution.
June 26th, 2011 on 11:05 am
Wow, lots of racist rants here I see (but wouldn’t expect any less). The typical starting point for disenfranchisng and sociogroup I suppose. For our fellow Americans, whether slave or free, we landed here by boat. To our Mexican counter parts, that stratosphere created by so-called “white elites” in your country is part of the big problem. One of the biggest issues with CA/SA is the old colonial legacy. Ask these elite about their nationality, though they’ll say they’re Mexican, or from where ever in south America, they’ll be quicker to trace some heritage back to Spain or elsewhere on the European continent. Just watch any Latin TV and you’ll see that the population is not truthfully represented. It’s sad actually because here you have ppl who are willing to work but you have the elite bunch looking down on the “Indios Sucios”. So, what do we expect over in the US, for these ppl to starve? As the article rightfully points out, we should limit imports to control force their government to provide jobs and services for these ppl.
June 26th, 2011 on 11:12 am
Lol the only ones that should get checked are ghetto black people
June 26th, 2011 on 11:15 am
Of course the problem for why people migrate is basically for economic and social conditions on their places of origin. Although this conditions finally become global. Among the main factors that make people migrate is the trickle-down effect of greed and abuse. These are exercised by whom ever has little or big power over others. Of course you will say these thoughts are communism, I wish you think on humanism.
June 26th, 2011 on 11:23 am
The united states and mexico should become one country.then with stronger labor laws people latin euros, amd or whatever adgetive ypur declined to describe human beings in need off food and shelter would travel in both directions and the billions wasted in law enforcement would leave udine woth a sequal to the american dream
June 27th, 2011 on 5:01 pm
Are you out of your f*****g mind?
June 26th, 2011 on 12:15 pm
This is a good story, my parents came here the first time as illegals my dad eventually got his papers after getting a federal job in mexico just to be able to provide a bit more and so he could get help getting his papers. I was born in the US but raised in mexico at first and it wasn’t as bad for us cause of the corrupt job my dad had but my cousins and weren’t so lucky at first excwpt that my dad ended up putting all my uncles and aunts through college with his job and they are now doing way better as lawyers doctors and judges. But I have for years cried out to my friends and family (mothers side since they are poor) that in order for them to have a better life in there country Mexicans need to rise up against the horrible corrupt leaders and fight forbetter waiges and protection against this drug cartels. Its either that or fight with punches and kicks for a revolution to overthrow them all and start over. Like zapata once said its better to die on your feet then tolive a life on your knee.
June 26th, 2011 on 1:29 pm
“For many generations Mexicans have illegally crossed the border into the United States.”
Yeah, but not by the tens of MILLIONS like they do now. Citing history is a weak attempt to justify what is happening today and it is unacceptable.
June 26th, 2011 on 2:03 pm
Yes, the problem with the U.S.-Mexico border is on the Mexican side, namely, its eternally corrupt govt. controlled by fatcats including drug cartels that keeps the masses down while leeching off them. Who can blame anybody for braving Hell to try to get into the U.S.? The solution however is on the U.S. side, because it has the power to invite the Mexican people to dissolve their govt. and reorganize their territory as several new U.S. states and merge into the U.S. in a phased manner, allowing the border to expand to the Mexican coasts, with mass bidirectional migration developing Mexico as a U.S. sector, raising the GDP for all.
See how it can be done with the Megamerge Dissolution Solution:
http://megamergedissolutionsolution.blogspot.com/
June 26th, 2011 on 2:04 pm
Why do they immigrate? The problem is Mexico
And interesting experience dealing with the “elite” in Mexico….they really could give a rat’s rear end about the poor people in their own country. And when it comes to their native Indian populations…they sometimes sound like 19th Century Americans.
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…they sound like 19th Century Americans. And that is the window to this reporters soul. It pleases me that he doesn’t know much about that issue, and needs to link a whole bunch of his assumptions in this article. And he won’t be able to.
Illegal Immigration from Mexico
For many generations Mexicans have illegally crossed the border into the United States. Reasons for the high rate of migration from Mexico include the close proximity of Mexico to the U.S. and the noticeable difference in the quality of life between the two countries. Many individuals come from poverty-stricken towns in Mexico and desire to come to the United States to achieve the “American dream.” For many, just gaining employment at a low wage job in the United States provides a much higher standard of living than in their home country.
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1. No.. the Mexican People have not commonly illegally crossed the border for many generations. One reason they have not is that the identification that was required to do that was very, very difficult to get. They did not last long, and they usually didn’t stay. When the Personal Computer developed enough in the 1980′s, the Mexicans began forging the California Drivers licenses, and even that didn’t work to well. When the illegal aliens began coming over with fake document across the full spectrum, then they began to come over in serious numbers. Per the poverty though.. they paid $1,500 for three of those fake I.D.s in almost any park in Mexico’s big cities. Something stinks about saying the people coming over were very impoverished. Further, and at the same time, the graduates of the University’s in Mexico were no longer able to get jobs. They came north and we have one heck of a lot of those folks in Jobs that should have gone to Americans. But, they broke the wage level and became very popular.
2. The Mexican unemployment rate.
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/mexico/unemployment-rate
3. This is the CIA Factbook on the Mexican Economy.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
The fact is, the Mexican Economy is remarkably stronger than the American Economy at this point. It could be that it will continue to be so for a long time. So many jobs are moving from here to Mexico that we won’t see the trending for a few more years, but the trending we DO SEE, tells us we would be fools to assume the burdens of Mexicos poorest
4. When will Mexico assume the responsiability for its poor? This author suggests we have to take their poor, or Mexico will blow up. I would suggest is it the obligation of the poor to arrange that blow up. I would also suggest that the people who are sucessfully arranging for Americans to pay for the poor of Mexico get out of our pocket books, and go home.
We need our jobs. Actually, I don’t think very many people at all want to give them our jobs. As more and more lose their homes, I think also, the danger is that there will be a far more serious blow up in this country. It is time for the illegal aliens to be deported.
June 26th, 2011 on 2:06 pm
Oh my god even the Mexicans with degrees sound like complete idiots! Glad i’m not one of them. But they all give us LEGAL hispanics a bad name. Simply put fix your sh%$ in your own country. Want to come to our country? Then do it legally and become a Mexican AMERICAN. You are not entitled to anything just because the “white” man did this or that and should go back to Europe! The race card is just to easy to play here and really isnt the issue at hand.
June 26th, 2011 on 2:15 pm
Another dumb ignorant person. Who probably just has a highschool diploma or an associates degree
June 26th, 2011 on 3:52 pm
Please tell me you have even less than that, Jacobo. Please. Otherwise I will be sad.
June 26th, 2011 on 5:33 pm
Wow! Just: Wow! Sometimes I can’t believe how some people seem to have no compassion at all when it should be so natural to care about our fellow human beings no matter who they might be if they’re loving and reasonable. People who are up against it, who are desperate and poor don’t need ridicule and name calling, they need HELP!
June 26th, 2011 on 11:22 pm
The Lord helps those who help themselves! It’s one thing to help someone who is LAW ABIDING and an honest hard worker. It’s another to give welfare to someone who has demonstrated a complete willingness to overlook our laws while they overstep our border. Many of them do hard labor, but do they get paid in cash and avoid paying taxes that will trickle down to others in this country in need — including many who are also perhaps illegal immigrants? Yes. (Evidently they don’t care to help pay the taxes that may help other Mexicans here illegally or Mexican-American citizens.) That is unlawful, dishonest and greedy. God does not cotton to law breaking, dishonesty and greed, and He WILL NOT BLESS IT.
I had a certain boyfriend when I was 17 while I was still living at home who always wanted to borrow a few bucks — most of which he never wanted to pay back. My family was doing okay financially but I was a teenager with no job, and he worked full time, so why did he want money from me? Because he felt he could GET AWAY with it. He was a few years older than me and should have been aware that borrowing money from me was essentially borrowing money from my Dad (which should have made him feel ashamed). I decided to break up with him but was finding him resistant. Finally I asked my VERY WISE Dad for advice. He said “cut off the money — he’ll disappear.” IT WORKED!! I guess if there is no GAIN or PAYOFF in some behavior, the behavior will not continue.
I agree with what someone else said about there being a lot of potential for Mexico to be a great country (once the corruption is weeded out). Illegal immigrants LACK VISION. They have no inkling of how to make a country great with sacrifice and standing up for what’s right. We do, we did, and now they would like to CO-OPT our country NOW THAT WE’VE ALREADY DONE ALL THE WORK AND SACRIFICE TO MAKE IT GREAT… Again, God WILL NOT REWARD LAZINESS, and neither should America. I think America is finally getting the picture and things will be very different once Obama is gone!
If Americans and Mexicans were to trade countries for a few years, America would become a slum and Mexico would become great. It isn’t the LAND that makes a country great — it’s the courage and character of the people IN it.
I have this friend whose house is always a wreck and in disarray. I hardly go there because it’s such a downer to be there. BUT SHE LIKES TO VISIT MY HOUSE… She ALWAYS has a LAME excuse as to why she can’t make her house clean and neat and safe. She blames it on everything BUT HERSELF! She says things like “I wish I had a nice house like yours! You’re so lucky!” Huh?! It’s not luck, it’s HARD WORK, attention to detail, organization and CONSISTENCY. No doubt, if we switched houses for a few weeks as an experiment, soon my old house would become a shambles and hers would become nice. Hmm. It’s not the CAR, it’s the flawed thinking of the DRIVER that is the problem.
Illegal immigrants lack vision and have flawed thinking such as (we can’t throw our corrupt leaders out, there is no hope here, it’s easier to co-opt Americans’ hard work). Wrong, wrong, and wrong. Take all the effort being used to break the law, cross the border, survive the elements and the desert and the heat, pay ridiculous sums to coyotes, risk life and limb, hiding from “the man,” playing our entitlement systems, avoiding paying taxes, etc. and USE ALL THAT EFFORT TO MAKE YOUR OWN COUNTRY GREAT.
Get some VISION. Vision comes from God. God will not grant vision to people who ignore Him, His commandments and the laws of the land.
If the Mexican people had VISION, they could make Mexico a place that everyone else would be jumping their fences to get into…
They need to THINK WAAAAAAAY BIGGER.
June 27th, 2011 on 10:47 am
What about compassion for fellow American citizens? Don’t they also have needs and wants? Especially those that have been out of work for years and their hope of getting anything dwindles by the day.
Your post shows that you don’t really care about those that are more unfortunate, just those YOU think needs help.
June 27th, 2011 on 3:25 pm
Exactly. These whiners playing the sympathy card don’t seem to be aware of how clearly selfishly selective their sympathies are (i.e., only toward illegal immigrants — who have obviously broken the law in one big way and oftentimes many other ways once they get here). If indeed they are so supposedly compassionate, then where is their compassion for American citizens who are suffering? It doesn’t exist, because they were only playing the sympathy card for political purposes, they aren’t actually truly compassionate people — they just want us to bend over backwards to show compassion for lawbreakers while those lawbreakers show no compassion for us.
Did anyone see the recent news story about a hit and run perpetrated by an ILLEGAL ALIEN in Phoenix, Arizona. It seems an illegal alien hit some pedestrians crossing the street legally SO HARD that one of the guy’s lower LEGS FLEW OFF HIS BODY (and he died). DAYS LATER, they discovered the severed lower leg on top of a nearby building. The hit and run driver fled because he knew he was an illegal in this country (who apparently CANNOT DRIVE). Where is the compassion for us American citizens who are law abiding contributors and tax payers in OUR OWN COUNTRY who end up getting RUN DOWN by WORTHLESS DRIVERS who aren’t even supposed to be here?!?!
June 26th, 2011 on 6:21 pm
Brings a tear to my eye…
June 27th, 2011 on 10:43 am
Why come here?
Most of out manufacturing jobs have either been shipped to Mexico or China.
August 13th, 2011 on 12:16 pm
Carlos Slim The richest man in the world is a Mexican citizen.
He is worth 75 billion dollars. He should donate at least half of his wealth
to help Mexico develop it’s economy. if he doesn’t care about poverty in Mexico
then why should americans care. Bill gates ad Warren buffet are giving there wealth
away.