So you would as a Mexican mother, do anything??? You would teach your children, by your actions, that the ends justify the means? That you have no responsibility other than to self and your families needs and desires? That is an interesting “Christian” concept, to me
I’ll clarify. I wouldn’t kill, I wouldn’t willingly hurt anyone. What I meant is that I can understand why they would move into America. Most families have nothing there, and I can see how a mother would look at American children and think, “These children are no better than mine, no superior in the eyes of God, yet they get education, plumbing, health care, safe housing, and a future,”. I can understand why they would move to the US, trying to do what is right for their children.
So immigration somehow solves these problems, for those left behind? They locals not able to immigrate ] are still left with no running water…a poor education…healthcare. I’m sorry, but your logic has some major flaws, IMHO. Immigration, is a poor substitute…In fact, it promotes these hardships as you still leave hundreds behind to suffer for each you allow to immigrate.
What stops the local Churches… Catholic and others and Peace Corps ect ]… from teaching? Providing better health water …sanitation ] needs? THIS is how local needs are addressed.
Immigration solves these problems for those who move, and often times they send money back to their families. I’m not saying it is at all a good long term solution, I am just saying that we need to be more sensitive to those who have moved. Obviously their nation has major issues to work out, and perhaps them leaving is not the best solution, but we cannot hate them for leaving.
Also, Mexico has very little infrastructure. The Government has very few programs that help the poor in a timely and effective manner. Also, the Catholic church there isn’t very effective (at least in some areas) because many people have combined it with pagan beliefs (at least in their personal worship) and the general consensus is that the poor are poor for a reason and the rich are usually not too generous in that regard. I am not an expert on this topic, but that is what I gathered from talking to the people there. Outside organizations are doing quite a lot, building houses, providing sanitation, but they are nowhere near to putting a dent in the problem.
Could you please provide your evidence of this statement? Gangs have been with ALL of us since the beginning of time recorded…for good or bad. Im almost positive that: To the Jews…Jesus and His Gang…was bad for Jewish traditions
I wrote a research paper on this earlier this year, but I’m having trouble finding the article, but I can share the research with you. It said that the idea of gangs used for drug trafficking moved down from California area and became popular within Mexico. That was when drug trade became a huge problem in Mexico.
Ahh, I think I found it. Oh, nope, but the one I just found talked about how America’s lax drug laws are the ones that actually allow cartels to arm themselves. I’ll keep looking for it though, and I’ll let you know when I find it.
Nonsense, IMHO. If America " dried out" tomorrow, Drugs would be sold to the next easy target. By geographic sense alone, USA is the easiest to run illegal drugs. Crime seeks the “easiest ways”…that is the nature of crime.
Sure, there still would be drugs, but Mexico would no longer be used as a stop in the drug dealing chain. Canada doesn’t have as large of a drug problem because Marijuana is legal for the most part, so illegal cartels don’t make so much of profit. Drug producing countries would still sell, but Mexico would definitely be less involved.
“Mexico, a major drug… transit country, is the main foreign supplier
of marijuana and a major supplier of methamphetamine to the United States.
Although Mexico accounts for only a small share of worldwide heroin production,
it supplies a large share of heroin consumed in the United States. An estimated 90%
of cocaine entering the United States transits Mexico.”
- From a report presented to Congress
Then logic dictates that we can associate Mexicans with illegal immigration, if your above statement is accurate…can we not?
No! Just because there are illegal aliens that are Hispanic, it doesn’t mean that all Hispanics are illegal aliens. Associating a stereotype with a given race is a very dangerous thing to do, and also very rude and insensitive.
It is true they buy local goods…But can you support that they pay such as Social Security…Federal Income taxes? These can only be done as a LEGAL immigrant…Since ILLEGAL Immigrants don’t possess the correct paperwork to do so - that is what makes them Illegal
Actually. 1) Even if they don’t pay social security, they will never have access to the benefits, so it is ultimately a moot point 2) They can pay federal income taxes. According to the Tax Foundation, illegal immigrants can pay taxes using an Individual Tax Identification Number and while not all of them do that, the number of them applying for that identification number is quickly increasing. USA Today puts an estimate at $9 billion paid each year by illegal immigrants.
