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American news sources are talking about the potential border obstruction at the first pages of their websites; what they're not talking about is what about the Mexican economy is so bad that a lot of Mexicans want to work in the United States.
I am no expert; I have said that before. My inclination is to say that a less expensive, and hopefully effective, approach would be to attempt to help Mexico rebuild or restructure its economy so that the United States can have a relationship with Mexico that is like the relationships between economically functional and mutually respectful European countries. It's less difficult to help people want to stay where they're from than to keep them out or throw them out of somewhere else that they think they want to be.
Also, if the Mexican economy is so bad that thousands of people want to work in the United States, how is Mexico going to pay for the border obstruction?
If a lot of media sources spend the next year actively discussing what Mexico's problems are, perhaps a less controversial solution will emerge as a result of those discussions.
There have to be Mexican economists who have something to say about this topic. Why aren't they being interviewed by American media every day?
What about all of the businesses that hire illegal, or even legal, immigrants to work like slaves? If those businesses get disciplined for doing that, won't that help? Somebody has to be hiring all of those people; if that stops, won't the Mexican government have to do something for Mexicans?
Copyright, with noted exceptions, L. Kochman, January 25, 2017 @ 2:52 p.m.
