If the U.S. gave California to Mexico, what would happen?

Question

Then they secured the borders completely.

What would happen to the ecomomy of California, now that it belongs to Mexico?


Would people still try to come to the U.S.?

Answer 1

1 the corruption of mexico would spread
2 the economy would go from (I think its the) 8th largest in the world to third world status in nothing flat.
3 The rest of the US would be flooded with horrified liberals who finally got a taste of what life is like outside the United States and how much freedom they really had in the USA.

Answer 2

If the US gave California to Mexico, a lot of people in New Mexico and Arizona (and even parts of Texas) would be saying: me too, me too.

If we limited it just to California, nothing would change except that California's economy would now count for Mexico and not for the US, and Mexico's GDP would rise, and the US would go down. Assuming that Mexico would also get all the brains in California, Silicon Valley would now be in Mexico, along with the San Diego Naval base and many other military instllations, so Mexico would suddenly be a world power and would have the military might on the Pacific side. Also, since California has thousands of miles of border land on the north and east sides, all or most of it unable to be patrolled, probably tens of millions of Americans would cross over into Mexical (Mexican California) as illegal immigrants to Mexico, further expanding Mexico's population.

Would people still come to the US from Mexico? Of course. Even more would come. They'd enter California first (as Mexicans), then cross easily over the borders into Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and elsewhere, so that pretty soon everything west of the Mississippi would be "Mexican" and the US would be left with everything they had before Jefferson made the Louisiana purchase hundreds of years ago, that is, the US would become a small country of maybe 150 million people (about the population of Nigeria).

Answer 3

Heck, I think it's a good idea. California has one of the largest and strongest economies in the world, not to mention abundant natural resources. Mexico has oil. Wow! What a union! Except Mexico should give Mexico to California. Let's get our priorities straight here. Then Calmexico should secede. We'd get a new president, just like that. Me gusto las senoritas.

Answer 4

The economy of California would be drained by the Mexican government to finance either programs for the poor or to line the pockets of the elite. Eventually, California would be similar to the rest of Mexico with its share of squaller.

We would go to the coast to visit the beaches and other attractions, but instead of paying tips for meals, we'd pay tips for guys who help us out of boats or into our cars -- and I'm not talking about valets. Or, we'd have to decide whether to give a dollar to a little girl with a dirty face for a four-pack of Chiclets (pronounced chee-cleh).

At least 1/3 of the people of California would probably be devising plans to make it to Oregon or Nevada, or even farther east, to take the jobs that no self-respecting adult Norte Americano would work that hard to get or keep.

Even without California, the U.S. would still hold the attraction as the land where one can get ahead, if only one can get in.

In the final analysis, we'll never know. The U.S. gets enough revenue from California that it won't give it away.

Answer 5

In 5 years or less California would be just like the rest of Mexico.Filthy, over populated, poverty stricken and the Mexicans in California would be trying to get out of there into the US.
Changing the borders of Mexico would not change the Mexican people.

Answer 6

The economy of California would tank if Mexico were to manage it. The place would end up looking like the rest of Mexico economically.

That's why we got Cailfornia from Mexico in the first place - the people living there were sick of the Mexican government's ineptitude in managing the place.

Love, Jack.

Answer 7

Mexicans will still come to U.S, The insecurity of the border will move up to the new border. So I think, instead of giving California to Mexico, the United States should invade Mexico, and bring them to join the union, that way they will stop trying to come to U.S.

Answer 8

The Mexican government would gather up anything worth anything and keep it for themselves. The place would become a cesspool and the citizens would cross the border into Nevada or Washington to find jobs. And finally the Hollywood elite liberal democrats would get the eye opening treatment they deserve and they'll see how great a socialist government really is.

Answer 9

California would economically become Mexico and the immigration problem would end up in a vigilante for real situation because geographically the Mexicans would`nt have so far to trip to cross over.

Answer 10

Well, they'd want Arizona, New Mexico and Texas next.

The economy of California would go down the flusher.

Why? Because all you'd see is a bigger Mexico. They would still have the same corrupt political officials, corrupt police, rampant drug lords, drug violence and the same back-breaking, class ruled, poverty that pervades their culture now.

I'm sure that the people now living in California would flee the area, taking with them their money, education, jobs, technology and culture.

Just a bigger Mexico.

Answer 11

Yes... I think people would still try to come to the U.S., but it might be a few years after we give Mexico California. Our minority population would go WAY down! California's ecomony under Mexican rule might take a nose dive (not trying to be racist, but if Mexico can't make the most of their economy using Mexico, then they probably couldn't make the most of California's economy, even though it gave them a head start.).