Posted on 08/17/2005 2:58:48 PM PDT by Happy2BMe
Half of Mexico Wants to Move to the U.S.
Jim Meyers, NewsMax.comNearly half of Mexican adults would move to the U.S. if they could – and one in five say they would do so illegally, new surveys reveal.
Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005
These same surveys suggest that America's problem with illegals will only get worse in the years to come.
Waves of illegals continue to wreak havoc on America's southern border, and this past weekend New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson ordered a state of emergency in four of his state's counties that border Mexico "because of the urgency of the situation and, unfortunately, because of the total inaction and lack of resources from the federal government and Congress."
Arizona followed suit and declared a state of emergency on Monday.
Whether Mexico Gets Better or Not
The surveys of Mexican citizens by the Pew Hispanic Center also found that increased education and an improved standard of living won't dampen the stampede of illegals coming across the border.
The two surveys conducted in Mexico asked: "If at this moment you had the means and opportunity to go to live in the USA, would you go?" Almost half - 46 percent - said yes.
When asked if they would be inclined to work and live in the USA "without authorization," meaning illegally, 21 percent said they would.
Showing that interest in emigrating isn't confined to the poor, more than one-third of Mexican college graduates said they would move to the U.S. if they could, and more than one in eight said they'd be willing to migrate even if they had to enter the country illegally.
"People with college degrees believe they have greater economic opportunities by migration to the U.S. – even illegally – than they would staying at home," Roberto Suro, director of the Pew Hispanic Center, a research group in Washington, told USA Today.
Mexicans wishing to come to the U.S. are "distributed across the whole breadth of Mexican society," he added.
A Difference of Perspective
Six in 10 Hispanics born in the U.S. favor requirements that people show proof of citizenship or legal residency before they can get a driver's license, but only 29 percent of foreign-born Hispanics agree.
An estimated 10 million Mexicans now live in the U.S., more than half of them illegally, according to Suro.
The unfettered movement of illegals across our southern border is costing American taxpayers dearly:
"Millions of people are going to keep coming every decade unless we restrict it," said Steven Camarota, director of research at the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies, which favors strict enforcement of immigration laws.
"That's the bottom line."
#15 - Are you sure that map wasn't printed in 2005?
MORE THAN half of Mexico is here already: in Los Angeles!!!
I we could get all of the 54 % of the Mexican Population who does not want to come to the United States to go to Guatemala instead, Annexation would be great.
At the rate they're going, they'll make it.
Bush has not closed the borders.
Nor has any president for the past 150 years.
Invasion USA.
LOL. Like I said . . .
LOL ;)
More than half of Mexico is here already ILLEGALLY
Hey! What about the Hidalgo-Guadolupe treaty? Or the Gadsden purchase? I don't know much 'bout history, but I remember those two terms and this is the perfect time to throw 'em around like I know what they mean.
Nor has any president for the past 150 years.
Eisenhower didn't need to, he just enforced the laws in the interior and that stopped illegal immigration cold for several years.
You might want to read this article. Those of us who live in heavily affected states understand the risks. This is why Bush will have to come around to Tancredo's views sooner rather than later. The continued viability of the Republican Party depends on its seizing the initiative from the Democrats on this issue.
I'm not sure about this but I thought Truman deported a lot of illegal immigrants too. Of course he also allowed many to immigrate from Mexico legally to work in the war industry.
And make them part of our welfare system? And Social Security System? They'd be getting a heck of a lot of benefits that they have not contributed into. And that WE have.
Truman I'm not sure about though it's possible. Roosevelt also deported a large number of illegals, at least a couple of million during the depression.
Come on in...LEGALLY AND Learn ENGLISH as a FIRST language AND Become American Citizens LEGALLY!
Those maps are mighty bad...
Twenty years ago my Dad proposed annexing Baja. A lot of Mexican people live near middle class in Baja because of
American Tourism.
I know American people that live there full time, and that keep a boat at Ensenada for Fishing. Another near La Paz. Other friends take surfing safaris down the coast.
With the talk of western Canadian provinces breaking off, joining the US.....NAFTA may be a step along a pathway?
But what YOU don't understand, is that this has been a very big problem for almost 100 years. Blaming it all on President Bush who isn't going to run for the presidency again, is just stupid.
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