This is one of the best articles I have read lately about illegal immigration in the USA. Can the USA practice "tough love" with Mexico and would this be the best way to handle our illegal immigration problem?
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/16575974.htm
"By closing the borders, the United States would stop subsidizing Mexican failure. At present, workers come here not just to get higher wages, but also because they believe their cash income will often be untaxed and will be augmented by subsidized state health care, housing and education.
Tax evasion and American entitlement help to free up workers' dollars to be sent back to Mexico. In economic terms, that translates to the U.S. economy's subsidizing millions of the unemployed people in Mexico through $20 billion annually in cash remittances. This money weakens the incentive of millions in Mexico to seek employment or to demand government reform."
2007-01-30
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