If the economy of Mexico was half of what America’s is, would illegal immigration into America by Mexicans (the largest population of illegal immigrants in America) be that much of a burden, or relevant at all, to be a cause for concern?
Giving amnesty to all the millions of illegal Mexican immigrants currently in America is not going to strengthen the Mexican economy; is not going to create more jobs, more business, more wealth for the Mexicans who remained in Mexico; is not going to build a freer society within Mexico; is not going to make it any less likely that the millions of Mexicans living in extreme poverty in Mexico will not also dream of something better for themselves and their families, and thus dare to pursue a path to America, illegally, if necessary.
The problem has never been America, nor its determination to build a wall along the two thousand mile stretch of border with Mexico. Every sovereign country in the world knows that without a border, without some kind of demarcation line to indicate on which side of that line is our land, and which side is your land; and without a willingness to protect that line from unwarranted encroachment or trespassing - that very sovereignty would be in peril. Somehow, for some reason, at some point in American history, there evolved the idea that America should not be sovereign; that America, because of its wealth and prosperity (all built on a foundation of free markets and capitalism) should no longer be sovereign. And now this idea has been picked up by millions of non Americas, including those that are in America illegally.
Among some of the more prominent supporters of amnesty for illegal immigrants are, of course, the ACLU and the Democrat Party, but also La Raza (The Race) and MALDEF (The Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund); both organizations of which are very pro-Mexican and which devote a vast amount of time, money, personal energy and resources to the idea that America, and its borders, ought to be more open and inviting for all Mexicans. But the biggest supporter of amnesty for illegal immigrants may be a surprise. The government of Mexico itself! Well, perhaps that really wasn’t much of a surprise after-all.
It is the consorted endeavor by all these groups - dishonest as they are - and everyone else, to fulfill an end that not only does not justify the means, but is drenched in a stench of misguided, ill-contrived, fallacious lies, Amnesty is nothing short of a scam! And the ones hurt by it most are the illegal immigrants themselves, who are nothing more than pawns and tools to La Raza, MALDEF, the ACLU and the Democrat Party. The Mexican government is just happy to be rid of them; for the sad, bitter irony is that Mexicans are worth more to Mexico in America, whether they are legal or not, than they could ever be worth in Mexico, no matter how hard they toiled. The money they send back home is more money than they could ever hope to make in Mexico. It is more money than the government of Mexico is willing they should make in Mexico! And that is the crux.
The problem is not America. Neither it’s attitude towards Mexicans, or any immigrants; or any unfounded, damnable cry of bigotry or xenophobia leveled against loyal, patriotic Americans. The problem lies with Mexico itself, and its own government. A government so blind, so immoral, so ensconced in corruption it is willing to throw aside its own people, and make them the concern of another government. It is the Mexican government itself that ought to be held to task; ought to be held accountable; and ought to be held in deep contempt for bigotry against its own people.
There is wealth in Mexico. And there is an accumulation of that wealth in Mexico. Enough wealth to begin the process of transforming Mexico from a third world nation into that of an economic leader, should that wealth be properly invested. The Mexican government knows this wealth exists. They are the ones holding it hostage!
Never-mind America focusing its energy on amnesty. Our own government ought to be pressing that of Mexico to release this wealth back to its own people. This is where the solution to illegal immigration in America truly resides. For, should the Mexican government ever give up its stranglehold on the accumulated wealth of its citizenry, and open itself up to free markets, capitalism, low taxation, less regulation - everything we have here in America - the Mexican people are intelligent, capable, and without question, able bodied enough to lift themselves out of the despair and misery that has forced and compelled so many millions of them to risk their own lives searching for better fruits in another land without legal consent.
If ever Mexico should regain its independent from its own government, throw off the shackles of socialism, and embrace freedom - then shall we in America see mass deportation of illegal immigrants. But “en masse” of a different kind. For, it will involve an exodus whose participants are actually willing, and who will come out of hiding on their own. They will want to return to a country that is economically productive and fertile, where they can earn a living for themselves and their families without having to look over their shoulder, or wonder if today will be the day they are turned in; a country where they can make enough money, and keep that money, where they can raise their families, invest in their futures - and do it all legally, on their own soil, in their own sovereign country.