Well first of all Mexico really doesn't have the kind of problems you think it has. It's actually the 14th wealthiest nation in the world. The problem is poor distribution of wealth, which I'm sure you'll agree there's little anyone but the government can do to fix.
However for the common person, the wages in Mexico suck because 1) the agricultural industry of the nation has died completely (they have to import corn to make their own tortillas and such now >_>) and 2) maquilladores don't have to pay their workers much money, because $10 a day or so is still more than any other common job. Hence the run across the border, where you get paid $10 an hour. Might I add that the costs of living in Tijuana and San Diego are roughly the same?
Oh, and why he doesn't apply for citizenship: the system is so backed up and slow (especially after 9/11) that it'll take a minimum of 2 years for anybody to become a citizen, and note that he wouldn't be allowed to live in the US with his family for those 2 years. So basically it's a gamble - live with your family now illegally, or spend two years (minimum) and then live with them legally.
Also, the cost of applying for citizenship is substantially high, one to two thousand dollars for the paperwork and related costs.
I think we can both agree that the process for citizenship needs to be made more attainable for our neighbors in the south.
However I would only support such a move in conjunction with dramatically increased border security.
Maybe the Mexican people need to start reading some Thomas Jefferson and start taking power into their own hands.
From what I read the Mexican government is rather inefficient and corrupt. As long as they have America to turn to, why should they fix their own country?
<!--QuoteBegin-reasa+Aug 4 2005, 06:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (reasa @ Aug 4 2005, 06:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I think we can both agree that the process for citizenship needs to be made more attainable for our neighbors in the south. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> If we do this with Mexico though, we have to do it with Cuba, etc. etc.
<!--QuoteBegin-Depot+Aug 4 2005, 04:36 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Depot @ Aug 4 2005, 04:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-reasa+Aug 4 2005, 06:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (reasa @ Aug 4 2005, 06:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I think we can both agree that the process for citizenship needs to be made more attainable for our neighbors in the south. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> If we do this with Mexico though, we have to do it with Cuba, etc. etc. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I see nothing wrong with doing it for everyone.
<!--QuoteBegin-reasa+Aug 4 2005, 04:15 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (reasa @ Aug 4 2005, 04:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> As Spooge was so kind to correct, its people who come here illegally and do so in such massive, unsustainable, numbers that bother me. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Yes, damn them for wanting to escape poverty and poor working environments!
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
I see nothing there about having a valid green-card.
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However for the common person, the wages in Mexico suck because 1) the agricultural industry of the nation has died completely (they have to import corn to make their own tortillas and such now >_>) and 2) maquilladores don't have to pay their workers much money, because $10 a day or so is still more than any other common job. Hence the run across the border, where you get paid $10 an hour. Might I add that the costs of living in Tijuana and San Diego are roughly the same?
Oh, and why he doesn't apply for citizenship: the system is so backed up and slow (especially after 9/11) that it'll take a minimum of 2 years for anybody to become a citizen, and note that he wouldn't be allowed to live in the US with his family for those 2 years. So basically it's a gamble - live with your family now illegally, or spend two years (minimum) and then live with them legally.
Also, the cost of applying for citizenship is substantially high, one to two thousand dollars for the paperwork and related costs.
However I would only support such a move in conjunction with dramatically increased border security.
Maybe the Mexican people need to start reading some Thomas Jefferson and start taking power into their own hands.
From what I read the Mexican government is rather inefficient and corrupt. As long as they have America to turn to, why should they fix their own country?
If we do this with Mexico though, we have to do it with Cuba, etc. etc.
If we do this with Mexico though, we have to do it with Cuba, etc. etc. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I see nothing wrong with doing it for everyone.
Yes, damn them for wanting to escape poverty and poor working environments!
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
I see nothing there about having a valid green-card.