Not meaning to condone illegals at all, but if we went to work in Mexico, we would want to stay Americans with our own culture. I can't see myself wanting to assimilate into being a Mexican.
You can’t imagine wanting to assimilate into Mexico because you don’t live in a corrupt hell hole. The people who come here from Mexico have every reason to want to be American rather than Mexico, but they don’t seem to understand exactly why they felt forced to come here. That’s a good reason not to give them amnesty.
susie
If you went to work in Mexico, you would enter legally and follow the laws of the country while you were there. You would know that you were only there temporarily, so would feel no need to assimilate. If you are there on a two-year contract and always plan to go back home or to another country there is really no need to assimilate.
But, if you immigrated to Mexico and planned to raise your family there and send your children to Mexican schools and live there as a citizen of Mexico, you would have a totally different outlook. While you might never fully assimilate you would still learn the language and try to blend aspects of their culture into your own. You would try to give your children every advantage by making them learn the language and customs and make Mexican friends, so they would not be at a disadvantage and not feel their are not a part of their home country.
I hate when I do a lousy job of proofreading. Just so the grammar police don’t flip out on me - “their” was supposed to be “they are” in that last sentence.