Trade being essential to any political division, and world trade requiring world governance, and "irreversible" world trade naturally giving way to the same governance in other arenas; and, mixing the populations of the former countries that would make up this region being a natural consequence of the regional model, it's evident to me that the trade and immigration situation is harbinger of the "new world order".
You may be right. I believe that is what will happen, just not sure when.
That much is not subject to conjecture, it's known fact: There is a program to unite the entire hemisphere, from Canada to the tip of South America into one big... well, I guess the idea is to make it into some kind of clone of the E.U. "trade zone".
Part and parcel of this agenda will be open borders from Canada to South America. Madness, you say? Bingo. Bingo, and *sigh*.
I forget the name for this abomination (I'm exhausted at the moment) but it's been in the news quite a bit over the past six months or so. It's definitely happening, and I see nothing standing in its way. Long term? We're screwed. That's IF there is a "long term", which is nothing I'm about to wager serious money on at this point, what with the credible risk of EMP from Iran, or North Korea, or China, or Russia... or maybe even Pakistan or one of their clients.
I'm not particularly optimistic.