I don't doubt what the Mexican is saying, but we can't save others until we first save ourselves.
In a plane, they tell mothers to make sure their oxygen masks are on before the attend to their children's oxygen masks.
I think we need more legal immigration, and I think some kind of settlement for the hard working Mexicans who want to become Americans can be found.
Ours is a country of original immigrants (except the poor native Americans who got screwed).
So finding a way to protect America, keep the money at home, give immigrants a chance to be an Americans, pay income taxes, pay into social security and health care, etc. sounds okay to me.
What kind of settlement?
They have to join the military for 4 years, or real public service for 4 years...and they get a prison wage, and can't send the money back to relatives in Mexico. Something that assures they are committed to America first, and give them the reward after fulfilling that commitment. A path to citizenship. Don't forget, much of Australia's citizens are descended from the penal colony which was Australia.
If the candidates for immigration screw up, they are deported with no second chance, they are documented and in our system. If we have to use retina scanners, fine.
I'm not anti Mexican, I understand their plight...which is why I think a settlement, a compromise is a reasonable solution.
Quote from bigarrow:
I was talking with my foreman today who is from Mexico one of his sons is going to college in Mexico studying to become a mortician. The murder rate is so high there is a shortage of morticians there. My foreman said the country is so dangerous he won't even go back for a visit. The gangs will follow people when they come across the border into Mexico and then steal their vechiles and all their money and sometimes their clothes. The gangs will watch the business owners down there and make them pay thousands in protection and when the business owner has a bad month and can't pay the full amount the gang will kill a family member or the owner himself. I told him he needs to get his son back to America, it's too dangerous just to make money.