And despite the vile taste that idea puts in my mouth, we still do a FAR better job of it than Mexico. Mexico has a GDP of over $1 trillion. Their per capita income is 10% above the global average. The problem is that a handful of families take the majority of it, and use it to maintain their position by buying police and politicians.
Welllll, look at our political upper class, our economic upper class, educated upper class, and last but certainly not the least, our religious upper class. So the trend we are taking seems to be more about emulating Mexico's method of operation than encouraging Mexico to be 'compassionate' to its own citizenry.