With so many Mexican citizens in the US, should we have representatives in the Mexican Congress?
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Mexican citizens in the U.S. do have representatives in the Mexican Congress.  They are allowed to vote in Mexico's elections the same way that U.S. citizens overseas are allowed to vote in U.S. elections.
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Each of the 50 states can send 2 Senators to congress.  This allows each state equal say in the political process\n\nEach state sends a number of Representatives to the House, the other half of Congress, to represent them.  The thing is, Representatives in the House correlate with the population of each state, so a more populous state has more Representatives than a less populous state.\n\nIt all arose from debate about whether the states should have equal say in the political process or whether it should depend on population.  Our congress is a compromise, the Senate was developed so each state has an equal say, the House for those who thought population should determine how much say each state has, dependent upon population.\n\nNeither has ministries, they simply retain the legislative power, with set rules governing how each half of Congress interacts with each other in making laws.  Each half retains specific powers, and often they share powers as well.  Congress, the House and Senate combined, is simply one of 3 branches of government.  \n\nIf you have any more questions my email is open, so simply ask, and I'll be happy to let you know!
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YOU ARE SO RIGTH. Is like in any other relation. It needs the commitment of the two sides.\n\nIn Mexico we have a lot of work to do, that's a fact. And all of us, the citizen, the government, and the politics, should be looking at this situation, and focus their efforts on making this a better country to live on.\n\nWe need to increase the wages in general, so the decision of leaving the country wouldn't be a must, because of the big diference on wages, and the life quality.\n\nWe need to improve the healt services, the education, the infrastructure. \n\nBut in the USA, the government and the citizen have to be aware in their realities, as well, we are neighbors and comercial associates, we have a NAFTA, and we, as neighbors, are complementary. \n\nThe reality about the ages on the citizen in the USA, is that they have the mayority of their people about to retire, and the population in Mexico is mostly young. \n\nThe reality about our lands, is that the farmers cannot compite - inside the NAFTA as it is now, because the USA government subsides their farmers. \n\nThe reality about a big border.\n\nThe reality about the main consumers of drugs, so the main clients to the drug cartels in Mexico are in the USA. \n\nAll those are realities that have to be noticed as well.\n\nI believe that the only way to get trougth this is by noticing everyone of our relation issues, put them in the real balance, then we would be able to work together.
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I would vote the way that I felt was right.  That's the point of having representatives.  If we just wanted to do what the constituents want every time, we'd have a direct democracy.  Sometimes the constituents don't have all the facts and don't know what's best.
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Yes, I believe they are. It helps them undermine America. If these Mexicans become citizens, they can run for the senate or congress in 9 years. If that happens, we will definetly lose our freedoms. They will put their own people in power and them initiate a moslem takeover of our country. Islam is quickly becoming  a major religion in  Mexico, and will soon be here.
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Yes. There are many illegals in this country other then Mexico. They all need to go back to their countries too.
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Um, people that'll soon be out office if they don't restore america's confidence in their capacity to pass sufficiently effective legislation to keep the vast majority of mexicans from moving into america at will? Dunno, you'll have to google that one...
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Your question seems to assume that candidates for all political offices should represent the constituents.  For sake of argument I will assume that you understand that mayors, governors and the president are leaders, not representatives.  Likewise, let's agree that we are discussing members of Congress, that bicameral beast in our capital.\n\nIf you look at the Constitution, you will find that Senators were originally elected by state legislatures to represent at the federal level the interests of the states, not the members of voting districts.  That leaves the House of Representatives.  Your representative should represent his constituents according to their wishes, not his own.  If you can find one who actually does that, by all means, please let me know.\n\nSo what to do with the ones who don't represent the people they're elected to represent?  Our system requires voters to keep all elected officials by staying involved and thinking critically.  Most of us are victims of government education and thus less prepared for critical thinking than some.  We would rather go home from work and have dinner in front of Entertainment Tonight than to have family disussions about work, the news of the day and so forth.  Instead of knowing what our elected officials are doing, we wonder who our entertainers are doing.\n\nThe bottom line is that we must act as individuals and within groups of concerned citizens to communicate with representatives so that they know our concerns.  If they don't act accordingly, vote the SOBs out.  It's just that simple.
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There are over 200 million US citizens, so you probably have more than one opinion!  I as one US citizen don't feel threatened by Mexican immigration.  The system we currently have is broken.  I believe the law should not be broken and employers should be fined if they hire illegals.  At the same time, why not let Mexicans come legally to the US, give them Social Security numbers and keep everybody paying into the social programs.  Many illegals are paid cash, which means there is less money going to pay for the soon to retire baby boomers.  Mexico has a young population, but the US has a aging population.  The US needs more Mexican immigration.  If people come to work, fine.  I wouldn't want people to come and to demand social programs and services in Spanish.
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I'm sure that our reps will listen to their constituents.  The president...who knows.  He's in his own world.\n\nI've never lived in one of the countries you listed, but they don't have good track records for representation.  I'm not sure why.  But that's what revolutions are for...
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I may be silly to treat this as a legitimate question, however:\n\nTheoretically, I'd say let the Mexican's vote on it. I am absolutely certain that those in power would want to stay there and there would be war. However, again theoretically, if that could occur peacefully, and Mexican people wanted it, it might not be a bad idea. We have been able to leverage our natural resources into taking care of our people (and much of the world's overflow) well enough that people are trying to come here illegally in floods our immigration policy has determined to be too overwhelming to assimilate legally.\n\nIf we had all of Mexico's natural resources, I don't see any reason why we couldn't do the same thing there, after which they might be happy with their own land, and we would all love to visit them. \n\nI like Mexicans, when they aren't illegally draining education funds to support multilingual education to the point where it is impossible to educate my own kids to the level I am paying for as a taxpayer. I think they are hard working, have wonderful family values, and are warm people on an individual basis. I wouldn't mind at all being in the same country with them if they brought their natural resources with them so that we could leverage them to pay for the additional population, at an American lifestyle level.\n\nHowever, we went into Iraq with all the best intentions (I hope), and look what happened there. We thought the Kurds and Shiites would magically bond to install a unified government, and never considered that our enemies in the terrorist world would be so threatened they would gather in Iraq to make life for innocent citizens there a living hell.\nI gave my confidence to our government when we went over, assuming they had more information than I did, and I still thing they did what they thought was best. However, when you remove the lid from a pressure cooker, things can blow up.\n\nIn a theoretical world, I think the idea is possible, if the Mexican's wanted it. In the real world, I think we'd better fix our crystal ball before we try to 'fix' someone else's country.\n\nHaving said that, I don't want our lifestyle to become reduced just because it is better than that of our neighbors. I think we need to set a reasonable immigration policy and enforce it. We can only absorb so much and still keep our culture recognizable. Granted that every immigrating group has added flavor to the mix, I don't agree one group should come in here illegally and try to dominate the home culture by their numbers. \n\nI do not speak of race. I am speaking of assimilation. I am also thinking of a balance of immigration which includes other countries besides those physically closest to us. \n\nSorry. Too long.
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The nation of Mexico is much more than the 130 million mexicans, and that migth be changing througth the time.\n\nWhat i mean is, yes, the mexican people who lives in the USA or in any other country of the world are part of this nation, but that is gonna be until they want to be a part of it, i am sure there will be lots of them who would like to get some other nationality eventually because of their own interests. \n\nThey migth keep some links with their mexican family, or maybe not, we don't know how and when is it gonna happen but that's the way it migth be going.\n\nWe live in a globalized world and should be less worried about this. In fact many of us maybe have some american nationalized family, and maybe he is not a part of Mexico by his own choice, so what? \n\nWe have to be friends to our neighbors and stop looking for points of discordance and problems!\n\nquiet take over... In Mexico we need to learn english too, in the government secondary and high school we have to acredit english courses, as well as in many universities in order to graduate. Besides, even if that's not one of the subjects in some universities, learning english is almost a MUST only to apply for the better job oportunities, wich there are not so many. So, don't worry is the same for us, and for the rest of the world, maybe our children will have to learn chinese as well!
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Yes to all of your questions.  They are essentially taxed without representation.  But they are legal citizens with full US rights, they just dont get their own voting Representatives or Senators in the US Congress.
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I agree with both of your issues!  However, i do not agree with the statement that they "are here whether we like it or not."  I don't like it!  Most Americans don't like it!  If we protest enough, our elected Officials will eventually do something about it.\n\nWrite your Congressmen and Senators.  Write to the President.  Inundate them with mail that demands what is right for America.  Withhold your votes from anyone who does not make "Restoring America for Americans" the cornerstone of their political platform.  Withhold your votes from anyone who doesn't make ILLEGAL immigration a major plank of their platform.  Let your elected Officials know this.\n\nBe proactive ~ America is so close to apathy that it is mind-boggling.  It's time for another Revolution, people ~ one with no weapons other than words and quiet determination.\n\nStop thinking "Republican" or "Democrat" and start thinking "AMERICAN!"  Vote a straight ticket and you grow a row of idiots.  VOTE THE CANDIDATES WHO ARE FOR AMERICANS ~ born or LEGALLY naturalized.\n\nA standing ovation to Bullseye for his input above.  I've copied it and will now email it to everyone on my list.\n\nADDITIONAL DETAILS:\n\nBecause the pro-illegal alien lobby has a bottomless pit of money and can hire PR people to spin (and fabricate) anything any way, there are an undue number of myths and lies that the public (and many politicians) has bought into. The FACTS are:\n \n1. It is NOT racist to call these people "illegal aliens" In fact, "illegal aliens" is the only term used in federal laws and regulations to describe criminals (and they ARE criminals) who come into our country illegally. They are not illegal immigrants, not undocumented immigrants, not migrant workers, and not day laborers - they're ILLEGAL ALIENS.\n \n2. Mexico is NOT a poor country. It has the fifth richest economy in the world, and by sending its teeming masses to our country, that status keeps on rising. Mexico has more resources per square mile than the U.S. and plenty of money to take care of its own people. Why should the taxpayers of this country subsidize Mexico's corruption?\n \n3. Illegal aliens are NOT necessarily coming here to work. Lou Dobbs recently reported that 33 percent of our prison population is now comprised of non-citizens. Plus, 36 to 42 percent of illegal aliens are on welfare. So, for a good proportion of these people, the American dream is crime and welfare, not coming here to work.\n \n4. Illegal aliens are NOT doing work Americans won't do. What jobs won't Americans do? In most states, Americans still clean their own houses, do their own landscaping, clean hotel rooms, work in restaurants and fast food places, paint houses, DO CONSTRUCTION WORK, work in airports, etc. - just like we have the past 200 years before "our" government allowed these people to invade our country. There are 18 million Americans who cannot find a job, so illegal aliens who are coming here to work do so at peril to American workers.\n \n5. Illegal aliens absolutely do not contribute more than they cost. Certainly the millions in prison and on welfare aren't contributing a dime to our economy, and the ones who are working often are paid in cash with no deductions for taxes at all. The ones who use fraudulent social security numbers and qualify to pay taxes and social security have so many deductions for dependents that they pay little if any taxes. We have seen them pay less than $100 in taxes and get back $4,000 refunds (thanks to earned income tax credits and multiple dependents). The Center for Immigration Studies estimates that the average Mexican illegal alien costs U.S. taxpayers a whopping $55,000 each. Some bargain, eh?\n \n6. The economy does NOT depend on illegal aliens. Sure, greedy CEOs (making $50 to $150 MILLION a year) and business owners depend on illegal aliens, but due to #3, #4
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we need a good presidente for Mexico
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Mexico’s Immigration Law: Let’s Try it Here at Home 1\nMexico’s Immigration Law: Let’s Try it Here at Home\nBy J. Michael Waller\nMexico has a radical idea for a rational immigration policy that most Americans would\nlove. However, Mexican officials haven’t been sharing that idea with us as they press for\nour Congress to adopt the McCain-Kennedy immigration reform bill.\nThat’s too bad, because Mexico, which annually deports more illegal aliens than the\nUnited States does, has much to teach us about how it handles the immigration issue.\nUnder Mexican law, it is a felony to be an illegal alien in Mexico.\nAt a time when the Supreme Court and many politicians seek to bring American law in\nline with foreign legal norms, it’s noteworthy that nobody has argued that the US look at\nhow Mexico deals with immigration and what it might teach us about how best to solve\nour illegal immigration problem. Mexico has a single, streamlined law that ensures that\nforeign visitors and immigrants are:\n• in the country legally;\n• have the means to sustain themselves economically;\n• not destined to be burdens on society;\n• of economic and social benefit to society;\n• of good character and have no criminal records; and\n• contributors to the general well-being of the nation.\nThe law also ensures that:\n• immigration authorities have a record of each foreign visitor;\n• foreign visitors do not violate their visa status;\n• foreign visitors are banned from interfering in the country’s internal politics;\n• foreign visitors who enter under false pretenses are imprisoned or deported;\n• foreign visitors violating the terms of their entry are imprisoned or deported;\n• those who aid in illegal immigration will be sent to prison.\nWho could disagree with such a law? It makes perfect sense. The Mexican constitution\nstrictly defines the rights of citizens – and the denial of many fundamental rights to noncitizens,\nillegal and illegal. Under the constitution, the Ley General de Población, or\nGeneral Law on Population, spells out specifically the country’s immigration policy.\nIt is an interesting law – and one that should cause us all to ask, Why is our great\nsouthern neighbor pushing us to water down our own immigration laws and policies,\nwhen its own immigration restrictions are the toughest on the continent? If a felony is a\ncrime punishable by more than one year in prison, then Mexican law makes it a felony to\nbe an illegal alien in Mexico.\nIf the United States adopted such statutes, Mexico no doubt would denounce it as a\nmanifestation of American racism and bigotry.\nMexico’s Immigration Law: Let’s Try it Here at Home 2\nWe looked at the immigration provisions of the Mexican constitution.[1] Now let’s look\nat Mexico’s main immigration law.\nMexico welcomes only foreigners who will be useful to Mexican society:\n• Foreigners are admitted into Mexico “according to their possibilities of\ncontributing to national progress.” (Article 32)\n• Immigration officials must “ensure” that “immigrants will be useful elements for\nthe country and that they have the necessary funds for their sustenance” and for\ntheir dependents. (Article 34)\n• Foreigners may be barred from the country if their presence upsets “the\nequilibrium of the national demographics,” when foreigners are deemed\ndetrimental to “economic or national interests,” when they do not behave like\ngood citizens in their own country, when they have broken Mexican laws, and\nwhen “they are not found to be physically or mentally healthy.” (Article 37)\n• The Secretary of Governance may “suspend or prohibit the admission of\nforeigners when he determines it to be in the national interest.” (Article 38)\nMexican authorities must keep track of every single person in the country:\n• Federal, local and municipal police must cooperate with federal immigration\nauthorities upon request, i.e., to as
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too much cheap labor would be lost, big corps would have to pay taxes and real wages to citizens, and mexico doesn't want them back...their prez encourages immigration, legally or illegally.