Posted on 07/18/2013 5:15:07 AM PDT by Kaslin
There are many strange elements in the current debate over illegal immigration, but none stranger than the mostly ignored role of Mexico.
Are millions of Mexican citizens still trying to cross the U.S. border illegally because there is dismal economic growth and a shortage of jobs in Mexico?
Not anymore. In terms of the economy, Mexico has rarely done better, and the United State rarely worse.
The Mexican unemployment rate is currently below 5 percent. North of the border it remains stuck at over 7 percent for the 53rd consecutive month of the Obama presidency. The American gross domestic product has been growing at a rate of less than 2 percent annually. In contrast, a booming Mexico almost doubled that in 2012, its GDP growing at a robust clip of nearly 4 percent.
Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a recipient of the 2007 National Humanities Medal
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That giant sucking sound is Mexico drawing its citizens back from the USA.
Not fast enough, though.
A lot of Americans going with them, for not only jobs but lower taxes and better healthcare.
This should scare you even more.
If they are not coming here for jobs, then what are they coming for?
Drug dealers?
Gang members?
Terrorists?
Felons fleeing prison?
Yet Mexico counts on these expatriate poor to send back well over $20 billion in annual remittances — currently the third-largest source of Mexican foreign exchange.
Multibillion-dollar annual remittances from America fill a void that the Mexican government has created by not extending the sort of housing, education or welfare help to its own citizens that America provides to foreign residents.
In truth, many thousands of Mexicans flee northward not necessarily because there are no jobs, or because they are starving at home. America offers them far more upward mobility and social justice than does their own homeland. And for all the immigration rhetoric about race and class, millions of Mexicans vote with their feet to enjoy the far greater cultural tolerance found in the U.S.
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Important stuff on the second page.
Zay doon’ come for zeee jobs.........
Zay com for de beenneefiiiits! Zee Obamaphones!
The unemployment rate is 5%, but what is the pay scale???
That might have a little something to think about.
If we had a good man at the top, the Mexicans would trade us their oil (expropriated from American oilcos) discounted to $20/barrel in exchange for us handling their social problems. Every time an illegal alien sneaks in, we are in effect, robbed twice.
BTW, according to our law, the offspring of illegal aliens are NOT, that's not, citizens.
Unfortunately, this particular medicine - a bad economy, is worse than the disease.
Welfare. We are getting the undesirables and Mexico loves it.
If and when our economy improves, they WILL come flooding back in.
It's not about employment anymore. It's about free stuff.
Its a worldwide phenomena. Third world peoples whenever possible migrate toward Western Europe or North America. May be politically incorrect to state but, despite all the claims of racism, living with or in close proximity to whites leads to a much more secure and fulfilling life.
“I asked about the purpose of the government agency he heads, since I had never heard of such a thing. He said its purpose is to increase the flow of Mexican nationals to the United States. I asked, ‘Why?’
"’It serves Mexico's needs,’ he said, and ticked off a list of such things as remittances to Mexico of $10 billion a year, which is 30 percent of the Mexican GDP [gross domestic product]. It provides employment for an exploding population, it alleviates social instability due to rising unemployment and it provides training for Mexicans, ultimately repatriating those skills back to Mexico.
"I responded to his final aim - repatriation of trained and skilled Mexicans back into Mexico - and asked, ‘Then your government would oppose amnesty for the illegal Mexicans in the United States?’
"He cried, ‘Oh no! We support amnesty totally. . . . by populating the United States with millions of Hispanics who are tied economically, politically and linguistically to Mexico, we are able to exert enormous influence and pressure on U.S. policy and its dealings with Mexico.’
"President Vicente Fox believes the U.S. border is a figment of the imagination. In fact, Fox and/or members of his government stated at one point that the borders of Mexico extend much farther north than currently drawn on the map.”
The pay is much cheaper but, so is the cost of living. We sell many factories just over the US border into Mexico that buy pine boards. There is a lot of furniture, kitchen cabinet doors, picture frames, etc. made in Mexico. Many of these factories are set up just over the border with 95% of the products sent back into the US. Some of the best kitchen cabinet parts are made in Mexico and then assembled in the US. This is all driven by the lower labor/manufacturing/benefits cost. Also, many of these manufacturers set up secure areas around their factories where they have armed guards to protect their workers and their families. They live, work, go to school all in these gated, walled, safe compounds.
Another fact that was brought to my attention recently is that Monterrey is now the second largest city in Mexico. Many people have moved there for work away from Mexico City and other places. I have a friend that grew up there but moved to the US(legally with green card) back in the 1990’s. His family still lives there. Monterrey’s population has grown by a million people in just the last few years. This growth is due to its proximity to the US and the manufacturing growth of jobs there in the last 5-10 years.
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I didn’t see thanHansen maintains illegal immigration is decreasing. He is saying it may be justified less by a raw need for survival than it was in the past.
Probably the Mexican government promotes it in its efforts to take over the Southwest USA as “Aztlan”.
Meanwhile, everyone’s attention is diverted toward Trayvon Martin.
THAT photo is a border post?
They have more security at the entrance to Disney World.
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