If Mexico is so horrible, why would we want the people that made that country that way, in ours?
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You look at the people who made Mexico "horrible", as you define it, everyday.\nIt's so enraging to see that most Americans have no idea of the large responsability their country has had in keeping most third world countries poor, through the thousands of murderous coup d'etats the US has supported, backed and even enforced (Chile 1973, Argentina 1976, Iran 1953, Guatemala 1948 - just to give a few examples), though abusive "free trade" agreements that destroy the local industry (NAFTA FTAA), through imperialist military interventions (the most recent examples in Haiti and Iraq), through proxy wars, "low-intensity" warfare, bombings and millions of covert and non-covert actions many US people (like you) are too lazy to learn about.\nThe US was built on the backs of the third world, so learn your facts before you speak.\n\nBesides...you may not want illegal immigrants in your country, but the corporate elite that rules the USA does want them, so that they can pay squat to them. \nRemember, illegal immigrants are not "taking american jobs", American companies are the ones giving them to them... If the US government would force companies like Wal-Mart to pay an equal wage to illegal immigrants, the incentive to hire them would be gone, and, in consequence, immigrants would find no incentives to move to the US (ie:no jobs for them). But you probably had already figured that out on your own, didn't you?
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absolutely, Mexico is a good example.  Where a few super rich control the government.  Have drug lords controling the rest.  Keep the populous in abject poverty.  The brutality is over whelming.  The masses could over throw the few and take back there government and establish one that isn't so corrupt.  That would benefit the people.\nimmigrateing to America while understandable is hardly the answer.
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The Mexican Government can very well afford to take care of all of its own people. Their oil industry is the second richest in the world next to Saudi Arabia. The Mexican government is exploiting its own people making things hard for them to survive at home and then encouraging them to migrate in droves to the United States. Their agenda is two fold. One is that they want to take back California and Texas and they are using their citizens to come here in such numbers that we cannot keep up with it. They are also organizing the illegals here to protest that we have a problem with their illegality (Mexico would never put up with us doing that to them) and with the financial burden they are imposing on American tax payers. The second agenda of the Mexican government in pushing out their citizens into the United States is that the illegals send back over a billion dollars a year to Mexico and that BOOSTS their economy BIG TIME. (It HURTS our economy BIG TIME). Too many people here have been fooled  into thinking that the poor Mexicans have no alturnative but to come here or starve. NOT TRUE!!!  Vincente Fox is a snake in the grass. He is greedy and uses his citizens to take us over and get richer and we don't even know it.  And we, as compassionate a country as we are, we still should not be used like we are bythe Mexican government.
887133
Yeah mexico is SOOO BAD even though they can LEGALY carry small ammounts of drugs on them like LSD and HEROINE.. But mexico is SUCH a horrible place to live yea right.. They all come to mooch and need to be shot.
313308
it's not right because innocent people that are trying to get by are being sent away.  We should have mexico become one of our states.
634902
Or, what about Mexico annex what was once theirs?\n\nI think both ideas are ridiculous, but if we are going to fantasize, how about this:\n\nAt first it wouldn't be a State(s), it would be a territory or a protectorate, like Porto Rico or the Panama canal zone.  If we annexed Mexico it is possible it would never achieve statehood.\n\nYou mentioned the benefits of building an infrastructure, but the reality is that we have a failing infrastructure up here we would have to deal with first.  We have one of the worst infrastructures compared to all the other developed countries of the world.  Our train system has some serious catching up to do.  Most of our power plants are dated.  Dams and levys are falling apart what seems like every day (think New Orleans), our airports are over used and too small, our National Parks and other public Lands are desperately under funded, our public transportation is terrible, we dearly need a urban planning miracle, we are facing a future of drought, the list doesn't end.  But basically we can't seem to afford to take care of ourselves let alone another 107,000,000 Mexicans.\n\nYes we would gain the natural resources, but the reality is we already have them.  America has been exploiting Latin America's natural resources for more than 150 years.  Look at whats going on in Venezuela and Bolivia.  The US is pissed off because these governments aren't allowing the US to rape them anymore. \n\nAnd we already have the cheap labor, they come here.  And they stay cheap because they are illegal.  But imagine if we start paying another 107,000,000 people minimum wage (or more),  they wouldn't be so cheap any more now would they?\n\nThe old paradigm of controlling mass geographic space is becoming passe.  In fact it is very difficult to govern huge populations speaking different languages, sharing different cultures, expressing different political ideologies.  America is a very expensive venture indeed, and I am not sure it is the least costly model.  When you finally break it down buy cost analysis I am sure the independent Mexico model shows the highest net growth for both countries.  \n\nIt is even possible that our current country "as is" won't be able to afford to exist in its present form for very much longer.  What if we run out of gas?\n  \nCan you imagine trying to get 107,000,000 Mexicans to integrate in to the US way of life, fat chance.  Many of them don't even speak Spanish let alone English.
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No I'd rather have Mexico(its a good place for cheap labor)
800908
I don't want to take ANYthing from ANYbody. What I'd REALLY like to see everybody do is roll back down to Mexico, take what they've learned in OUR country, and apply it. Mexico's SOOOO close to being able to stand up and do the Right Thing, here, and take care of their own. They mainly just have to decide that they've GOT to do it, and get it done. There's no reason on god's green earth that they couldn't just get home, set up, and MAKE a lot of good things happen, just I don't think they really want to leave. If they'd do that, then they'd really and honestly be helping all the poor people that come running in every year, and that's how we end up at chapter 432 of a very boring, very predictable soap opera called The History Of The US/Mexico Border.\nI support helping Mexico, but helping Mexico to Do Right, which is to get their own economy going, to get their own infrastructure built, to take their own initative, and to do that instead of everybody just bolting for the United States. \n\nPeople commit crimes mainly because they've run out of other options. Some truly are maniacs, and incorrigibles, and they deserve a seat in the Big House. But, if people could make it on their own, likely they'd never get involved in all this garbage to begin with. Unfortunately, a lot of people have gotten involved in crime, because it DOES pay, at least it does the way we've been maintaining our borders these last 20 years. So, you tune up the borders, make em right, and I think you'll see a lot of stuff go away that was happening before. I think we also need to localize manufacturing. It's more efficient if you're not shipping stuff 1/2way around the world etc. You get americans producing goods for americans IN america, mexicans producing goods for mexicans IN mexico, so forth, and so on. Import raw materials etc., but other than that localize your manufacturing so as to lessen transport costs, fuel usage, and so forth. In an efficient economy, in theory at least, there wouldn't be all that much imports etc., because you'd be making what you need/use locally.\nWhat we have now is inefficient, imagine in the case of the illegal aliens if your 'commute' was 700 miles or more.\n\nMexico's GOT a 1 trillion dollar economy. That's very positive.\nBut, they need to figure out how to BOOST it, legally, to the point where they can really start investing in the things that'll support all their people.  \n\nThere's a lot of problems with today's status quo, the best fix for the ones between our country and mexico and canada would be to fix the borders. Do that, and I think a lot of other things will straighten themselves out, too.\n\nI'm against illegal immigration, period. If you're in the country illegally, that's criminal trespass, right there. But, as long as businesses keep hiring people in violation of the law, people will come seeking jobs. So, stop the illegal hiring, make it really really hard to get into the country illegally to begin with, and you'll have fixed some things. \n\nThe world isn't perfect, and there's no magic wand to wave over other people's problems, or our own for that matter. Comma. There are some fundamental basic principles that can be successfully observed and applied, and one of those is that spending 1/2 your energy just getting to work is pretty wasteful.\n\nI support helping Mexico, but in much more structured ways, \nthey have a big cement company, cement can pour foundations for homes, they have many people seeking work, they've got money, like I say what I think is lacking is the will to do it. \nThe border fence kind of has one purpose, to help them find the will to do for themselves, and not have every one of their problems have the common answer of 'get it from the United States'. Mexico's even got minerals etc. They really CAN do it for themselves. \n\nI hope
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they come over here and marry women no one wants, so, if we were to ship the women no one wants to mexico, would they all go back?\n\nIf we shipped them all back, the economy would get better, due to the fact that some companies would go out of business, ( the weak ones), and the strong companies and businesses would thrive, meaning, companies with the management and budgetary know how would be absorbing the vaccume left by the weak companies, therefore increasing the job to worker ratio, which means more disposable income, less unemployment, higher wages, and , well, a better america without illegal no hablas. But I digress. Just get'em out of here!!!!!\n\nIt's called a typo. And you probably need to quit paying the neighbor kid to  type and read for you and learn english for yourself.\n\nBy the way, on may 1st, can your people extend your boycott for a few more weeks. I'm sure since your kids wont be in school, ( like they are anyways LOL) our kids may learn more, and everything will be better. What are those taco carts called you push around with the bells on. And what is the icecream like stuff you sell? Venezuelan beaver cheese?
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Americans blame everything bad in the world on foreign countries\nESPECIALLY MEXICO\nThe USA can't take responsibility for their mistakes\nthe war on Iraq, 4 example\nMexicans are tired of being picked on and treated like crap in the southwest\nland that used to be theirs\nThe US has to stop being such a hipocritical country\nONLY THEN WILL MEXICO AND THE WORLD LIKE THEM\nOR RESPECT THEM\nMany countries \nlike England kiss the USA's a$$\nbut Mexico shows that it does not support the USA's stand on issues and its hipocritical ways
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Maybe Mexico should sell oil to US and with the \nprofits re invest in the Mexican people. To create an environment where people wish to stay rather than escape. \nPerhaps one could seek out the reason why someone wants to leave their country. Images of this in my mind is of many many years with the border issue. Why does it look like now it is a  crisis when is has been a problem for 40 years.
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Absolutely NOT.  Mexico is the toilet of the western hemisphere.  It is filled with poverty, corrupt officials, drug lords, illiterate people, and nothing but problems.  With the exception of Mexican food, Mexico has offered virtually NOTHING of any worth to the civilized world.
191371
Because we wouldn't have the guts to ask and they definitely wouldn't pay. The Mexican government encourages it poor to come here by whatever means necessary to relieve it's responsibilities to it own people.
1026068
they want the best of both worlds.  they want to remain a mexican citizen and criticize the US for being a racist country but yet they want to stay here even though they are not welcomed.  they are raping our country.
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I AGREE WE MEXICANS NEED TO RUN OFF THE WHITES WE CAN TAKE OVER THEIR WHITE HOMES FOR OUR CHILDREN\nMEXICANS ARE THE BEST  WE SHOULD MAKE RECONQUISTA GO FOR ALL OF THE USA MAKE IT ONE BIG MEXICO  MAKE WHITES SERVE US WHITES ARE SUCH LAZY RACIST MAKE THEM SUFFER THIS IS OUR LAND NOW AND WHITES SHOULD GET USED TO IT
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They can't! Not EVERYBODY think that their government is bad, that's only what the poor people think. If they going to ban together and form a new government, there is also going to be the opposite side try to stay the same government. When two sides are argue with opposite idea, there WILL be a war. Nobody likes war, so the Mexican just trying to be happy with the government (which obviously they DIDN'T happy with it) just so Mexico could have peace!
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There is not so much hatred towards Mexicans, but, the media hypes up the racists in America and those racists feel empowered to make a stand.\n\nMany people forget what a good trading partner Mexico is, as well as a politically and militarily stable neighbor, who is also a US war ally. \n\nThe US also makes lots of money trading with Mexico.\n\nAll governments, our own included, are very corrupt. One of Mexico's main problems is their inability to attract corporate investment in their country.\n\nTheir isn't enough existing corporate infrastructure to attract big dollar investments.\n\nIn addition, Mexico's rampaging drug trade doesn't help much either. Interesting that these anti-Mexican politicians and citizens blame Mexico for America's problems, but are silent or non-supportive of Mexican initiatives to control the drug trade. Creating a stable environment for foreign investment is key to economic development.\n\nThe federal government successfully pressured President Fox to recall his support for a bill that would legalize the possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use. This would have freed up thousands of Mexican police officers and soldiers for the war against the big-time smugglers and drug lords. We did not support Mexico on that one.\n\nDuring Hurrican Katrina, the Mexican Army sent two emergency kitchen convoys to the affected areas. They were given permission to enter because the US government couldn't feed their own people. The Mexican Army didn't ask anyone what their nationality was: if someone was hungry, then they were fed.\n\nDuring Hurrican Katrina, the Mexican Navy sent a medical ship to Louisiana to provide emergency medical treatment to anyone who needed it, and that ship was busy! Again, no one was asked what their nationality was.\n\nThe US government never thanked the Mexican government for their support.\n\nThat is an example of a conscientous neighbor, and what do we do? We criticize, insult, and disrespect. \n\nEver visited Mexico? It is a beautiful and wonderous country. Millenia old ruins of step temples, beautiful coral reefs for scuba diving, quaint Maya villages to visit and the list goes on.\n\nEnough with the anti-Mexico tirades already. Mexico, the Mexican government, and Mexican illegals are not to blame for the problems America has. Americans who are truly concerned about the direction our country is headed in needs to look inward. . .