Even within Mexicans, those who immigrate are lower class non-whites. Mexico elites, just like Cuban and rest of the Latin American elites, are whites. The elites live behind barb-wired gates and armed security, but they need money for their lifestyle, so they send their mestizo and native masses as illegal immigrants.
Again, they aren’t Mexican. Oh and Cubans can’t be illegal as a matter of Law because it was the US who sold Cuba out to the Soviets. Sort of a consolation prize if you will.
Correct - they don’t want to share the wealth with the Indians so they send them here and call us racists if we complain about paying for them.
I have seen such poverty in Mexico - and next to such wealth. Mexico ought to be forced by it’s people to solve it’s own social problems which is probably what would happen if we stopped letting them in here.
Pre-’94 the overwhelming majority of illegals were young unemployed men from the hills...Mexican hillbillies. I learned Spanish from them and my Spanish is ridiculed.
Clinton’s Treas Sec Rubin destroyed the Mexican Peso (for their own good). That chased alla the Mexican Maquiladoras to Asia. So the increased wave since then has been the factory workers and formerly employed.
There is also a political aspect. Under PRI(Clinton Democrats) the PAN types felt political oppression. So their motivation was often a mix of economics and politics.
When libertarian Republican leaning FOX (PAN) and social conservative Calderon (PAN) became president they elminated much of the corruption of PRI patronage. So since 2000 a significant number of PRI supporters have come North.
Not all Mexicans are alike.
FOR GREATER GLORY, Hollywood movie now on DVD, gives a great portrayal of the different types of Mexicans politically. Anyone who comments on this topic should see FOR GREATER GLORY at a minimum (Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria, 2012).