I live in the furthest furthest furthest southwest corner of the continental United States. The way the crow flies, I'd be in Tijuana, Mexico (TJ) in ten aeronautical miles.
This proximity, being the case, there is an awful lot of debate over illegal immigration round here. It gets hot and heated and a lot of attention.
People are concerned. A lot of people are. And then there's me.
I'm so on the fence here.
I mean irrespective of the religious implications, I really do want to help the less fortunate and it is also in my natural nature to want to love my neighbor.
When I imagine it, I see what US economic engines could do to rally people together around the resources all over that land. The standard of living would rise across the board for a lot of people down there and all it basically would take is some direction and organization of some sort. I wonder what a group of western philanthropists could do if given a region for a test spot. I wonder.
I am for restrictions on the border absolutely, and the laws in place are effective when they can be enforced. It's just that if it were my job to tell a little Mexican girl she had to leave her classroom because she is on the wrong side of the border, it would wear on my heart something terrible.
(Oh what's a mother to do? I worry worry worry over you kids)...
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This may seem to be on this side of the fence, but I'm against clothing, housing, and giving "free" medical treatment to those who jump the boarder from Mexico and decide they now deserve all the benefits of Americans who have paid into the system all their lives. Yes, we are all humans, but it's not America's job to take care of the world. If individuals choose to give to charities, that's fine...do it, but don't force Americans to take care of the world.
It may seem trivial but it doesn't help that in California all of our cities, towns, streets and such are named after Spanish sirnames. It is almost an invitation...yeah come on over...we speak your language!
I agree with you.
And the government may be effective, but at what cost?
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