That is baloney, another ruse being used by people who favor giving in to this invasion.
Mexico has many businesses just in the tourist industry alone. Have you ever been there?
They also have outstandingly great resources, including a large mining industry (gold, coal, oil, etc) and they have a burdgeoning business/industrial base thanks to NAFTA.
No, it's not growing as fast as the US and of course there are many more opportunities in the US where it is also much more cushy with our freebies (WICK food, heating oil credits for the poor, food banks, etc).
The problem in Mexico seems to be cultural, in that the governing class is reluctant to let the lower class prosper too much.
It is harder for them, but not impossible. Given human nature, and what they see on American TV, they would rather take their chances in the US where no one starves or is homeless, unless by their own choice.
40% of the people live below their poverty line. There is a wide disparity between the US and Mexico in terms of wealth and opportunity. That is a fact, not a ruse.
Mexico has many businesses just in the tourist industry alone. Have you ever been there?
Yes, many times on the border. I have lived in San Diego and have a home in Arizona. I have visited Mexico City twice. The slums and pollution are terrible.
They also have outstandingly great resources, including a large mining industry (gold, coal, oil, etc) and they have a burdgeoning business/industrial base thanks to NAFTA.
The government is corrupt and the wealth is controlled by small number of families. Income distribution remains highly unequal. The oil industry, the biggest source of foreign revenues next to money being sent back by Mexicans in the US, is nationalized>
The problem in Mexico seems to be cultural, in that the governing class is reluctant to let the lower class prosper too much. It is harder for them, but not impossible. Given human nature, and what they see on American TV, they would rather take their chances in the US where no one starves or is homeless, unless by their own choice.
Easy for you to say. The millions who are coming here do so at great personal risk and expense. They are riding on the tops of trains and buses braving robbers and corrupt cops to get to the border. They cram themselves into trucks and trek across the desert to get here. If caught and returned, they try again. Also, Mexico is being used as a transit point for Central America, where conditions are even worse.
The very fact that the Bush administration crows about sending back 6 million illegals in five years gives you an idea as to the enormity of the problem. 500,000 to 850,000 make it through. We are being invaded.