If they were slaves, Mexico would build a wall to keep them in. You need to stop being so sloppy with your language. Not everyone in a 3rd world country is a slave, just because they make less than you. Or because they make less than you feel they should make.
I don't support illegal immigration.
Neither do I.
Your policy is going to result in a communist revolution in Mexico.
Which policy? The one where I want to build a wall and send back the illegals? Or the one where I prefer Mexicans had jobs instead of starving? And if there was a Communist revolution in Mexico, would it reduce the flow of illegals? Would it stop the 30 families who run the country from stealing Mexico's wealth? Would it really make things worse?
Business week lists the current salary of an assembly line worker in Mexico to be $1.47 an hour. If that's a stunning climb, I'd be surprised.
Considering their exports to the US went from $40 billion in 1993 to $198 billion last year, I'd be shocked if it wasn't an improvement. And reducing their exports to the US sure isn't going to improve their wages.
Do you think they're rushing across the border because they are being paid well?
They're rushing across the border because their country sucks and because we refuse to build a wall. If they can't send their poor here, they'll at least have an incentive to try to fix their system, before they get a revolution.
Did the NAFTA proponents predict that Mexican wages would reach the princely level of $1.47 an hour in just ten short years?
I keep hearing about the failed predictions of the NAFTA proponents, but didn't trade expand? What about the failed predictions of the NAFTA opponents? Sucking sound? LOL!
Perhaps you should build a factory in Mexico and pay them a "humane" wage. You'd have your pick of workers and would surely make millions.