[DCPatriot]

So why don't we take a look at Mexico and see if we like what we see there?

I don't understand your point

[defenderSD]

I don't mean to be a condescending "world traveler", but I get the feeling that very few people who bash Mexico on this website have ever been to Mexico. I'm not a big world traveler: I've only been to Canada, Mexico, Alaska, and Hawaii (outside of the continental US.) But whenever I've been to Mexico, 80% of the Mexicans I've met have been very friendly and kind towards me and my family.

I sailed twice in the San Diego to Acapulco yacht race, and at the end we always went out to drink beer at the bars in Accapulco and celebrate. The locals just loved us, and real Acapulco cliff divers would walk up and show you the little scars on their forearms from hitting rocks on the sea floor after their dives. We went to middle class bars, not the bar at the Hilton, and people were really friendly and wanted to talk to us and meet us. This was over twenty years ago, but I don't think people have changed much down there. The drug cartels are more brutal and ruthless, but the average Mexican is kind and decent.

[rolling_stone]

When looking at the effects of illegal immigration (sweden etc)shouldn't we look at where the people come from and what they are doing here? Do you like what you see?