During my working career I spent a lot of time in real Mexico, not tourist Mexico. It's tough to work legally down there, paperwork to fill out, fees to pay, etc. They really did not want some gringo engineer down there fixing things that they screwed up. Executives at our company were really impressed that thier engineers worked for 25% of what ours were paid but strangly forgot the reasons we were constantly sent there for.
The grinding poverty and corruption in Mexico is hard to comprehend until you have experienced it, by comparison the US is paradise even at the lowest economic levels. This country will need something like the iron curtain in europe of the 60s to stop illegal immigration physically.
The only other way to stop it is to take away the incentive to come here which will take draconian legal measures. No employment or government services without legal documentation and apply the penalties to both sides of the transaction. Deport the illegal and prosecute the employer. Make company executives responsible and enforce jail time, fines are just seen as the cost of doing business.
I'm betting nothing serious will be done as there are too many people in this country getting rich from illegal immigration and too many reasons for the illegals to come here.
The grinding poverty and corruption in Mexico is hard to comprehend until you have experienced it, by comparison the US is paradise even at the lowest economic levels. This country will need something like the iron curtain in europe of the 60s to stop illegal immigration physically.
The only other way to stop it is to take away the incentive to come here which will take draconian legal measures. No employment or government services without legal documentation and apply the penalties to both sides of the transaction. Deport the illegal and prosecute the employer. Make company executives responsible and enforce jail time, fines are just seen as the cost of doing business.
I'm betting nothing serious will be done as there are too many people in this country getting rich from illegal immigration and too many reasons for the illegals to come here.