Is there something else our country can do to stop illegal Mexican immigrants? Well, making sure there aren't any jobs for them would be one solution. Punish the companies that are hiring illegal immigrants or pass a law making temporary workers legal. Better yet, pay a living wage for the jobs illegal immigrants are currently taking, them maybe Americans will take them. How about pressuring or helping Mexico to improve their economy. In Mexico the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer, kind of like in the USA. NAFTA was supposed to help, however:
Mexico has shed nearly 30% of its farm jobs since the trade pact went into effect, according to government statistics. That translates into 2.8 million farmers and millions more of their dependents fleeing their fields. Some have taken subsistence jobs in Mexico's cities, but many have relocated to the U.S. July 1, 2006 LA Times
Illegal Mexican workers send between 6-8 billion dollars back to Mexico's economy every year. It's the third biggest legitimate economic force in the country after oil and tourism. Mexico's disputed Presidential winner of the recent election will be decided in an election court by Sept. 6th. The new President will decide how the economic future of Mexico will proceed.
The contest pits leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who wants to boost social spending and rethink the NAFTA relationship, against conservative Felipe Calderon, who wants to maintain Mexico's policy on free trade and open the country's state-controlled energy sector to private investment.
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