Posted by
BECOLBY on Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:30:52 AM
Think outside the box. That is the old adage on the best way to solve difficult problems. For the first time ever, Democrats can be accused of thinking outside of the box when it comes to solving the illegal immigration problem.
There is little debate about the fact that millions of Mexican citizens cross the boarder between Mexico and the United States every year in search of a better way of life. Mexico’s economy had been in turmoil for decades. Even the re-issuing and re-valuation of the Peso failed to prop up Mexico’s economy. For a country rich in natural resources such as gold, copper, zinc, and oil, and one with a huge tourism trade, the country’s economy is in a constant state of decline, mainly due to rampant government corruption at all levels. So it is no wonder that many of the citizens of this nation would want to sneak across the boarder in the hopes of creating a better life. It is also no wonder that the Mexican government endorses this migration as it creates an inflow of billions of American dollars, helping to keep the economy from completely collapsing.
So how can this be stopped? The Republicans want to build a fence on the boarder similar to the one built between Gaza and Israel. The cost would be immense and the effectiveness is arguable at best. The Democrats wanted to open the boarder and offer citizenship to any and all Mexican citizens who asked. This would stop the illegal immigration by means of making it legal and would add a huge voting block to the left. Of course this course has been opposed by the right, even though the only President to grant amnesty to illegal aliens was a Republican. So far, neither idea has been implemented in its entirety, nor it is likely that either would work as envisioned.
But now the Democrats have a new plan to end illegal immigration. If we can’t keep the Mexican from freely crossing the boarder, take away the incentive to cross. This is not like the Republican plan of pressuring employers to verify the legality of their employees; it is something much simpler. If we can destroy the American economy and bring it to a level lower than Mexico’s then the flow of illegal immigrants will reverse. If it is easier to earn a living in Mexico than it is in the United States, why would anyone illegally enter the United States? Not only will Mexicans stop trying to enter the United States, but Americans may start to sneak into Mexico in search of a better way of life.
This new dynamic could change the way the world sees “wet backs”. No longer will such an insult be associated with Hispanics, it will soon come to be associated with the poor white man, paying coyotes to smuggle them across to Puerto Vallarta, in the hopes of getting a good paying job catering to the rich Europeans vacationing there. Who knows, maybe there will be Angelo chambers of commerce in Mexican cities and English as a second language departments in Mexican schools.
Those Democrats are brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Adios!