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Quote by: rmnunez My naswer is an easier and swifter visa process that contemplates a differentiated status for seasonal or temporary working Mexican non-immigrants. What previously would be "undocumenteds" would become seasonal or temporary non-immigrants for a negotiated fixed period. This would have to involve a periodic and much higher allocation of temporary residence and work permits for Mexicans. |
Like I said, just change the laws so they're not illegal anymore. It won't stop them from crossing, they'll just be legal now.
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Quote by: rmnunez The US is missing the boat here big time. Mexico just granted Mexicans the right to vote from the US, these are 20 to 25 million of the people who live in the US, they are almost 70% of the US' hispanics and will be about 25% of that country within 5 years. The Mexicans will eventually govern the US, they are rapidly climbing the social scale and increasingly found at the highest levels of government. |
So the answer is to let even more of them in? We're going to have to decide once and for all if a desire to maintain our own culture is a racist trait. We are expected to welcome all who come here, though they don't come to be Americans, they come to be Mexicans in America (or some other nationality), bringing their culture with them. As far as I can tell, there is no record of any "multi-cultural" society lasting any significant length of time. Is it fair to be expected to welcome and adapt to other cultures and yet not have the desire to maintain our own?
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Quote by: rmnunez The US cannot effectively remove all undocumented aliens and by shutting them out denying drivers licenses or public education for their children these people are alienated when the country ought to be trying to lure them into the social system there rather than leave that to the remote Mexican government. |
I think it's much more fair to expect the Mexican government to get rid of the corruption that generates the conditions that drive these people to come and do our laundry and gardening. Every Mexican migrant that comes north relieves their government of the social costs of providing for their own people, leaving more money to be raked off by their crooked politicians.