Good. Let the Mexicans have a taste of their own medicine.
Watching Americans come down there and buy things and respect laws? What an NPR puff piece about racists waiting to happen...!
Except that the Mexican drug lords would have the locals' approval to rid their towns of these troublesome American immigrants and their pilates studios.
So, it's not quite the same. We have to suck it up. They won't. Too many Americans move in and not-so-subtle messages will be delivered.