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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
Very true, Sing. The problem of immigration from Mexico will stop when the Mexican standard of living more approaches ours. When or if that will ever happen is anyone's guess. Notice how we don't have a huge problem with illegal Canadian immigration... 
Here's a wacky thought. How about we just annex Mexico. Break it up into about 10 new states and just suck it up for 30 or 40 years while we bring it up to snuff...lots of good farmland down there.
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I don't get it... I was down in Guadalajara last spring. It's like a huge city right out of the US. BMW and Mercedes dealerships, downtown with very nice high-rises. Everyone's driving 5 years or newer cars. More $50,000 Ford F350s than I see here in the States, highly-developed infrastructure, etc. Nothing like you see in the filthy border towns like TJ and Jaurez. I was in Mex for 10 days and hotel bills were much higher than you would encounter in the US. In short, it would seem that the standard of living in Mexico has improved dramatically since NAFTA.
But, we continue to have an influx of laborers. Me thinks it is due to overpopulation in the northern portion of the country in the border towns. I think population control (access to BC) would be very effective in reducing the numbers, or possibly even an increase in US manuf on that side of the border. I dunno... just my 0.02. It is interesting to see the increasing influence even in the most affluent areas of SoCal.