It is far better to be poor in the US than in Mexico and Latin America. And we are building such a large Hispanic population, that is can support a major underground economy. Today, there are no border states when it comes to immigration. Every state has become a border state. for example, in 1990, based on census figures, the Mexican-born population of North Carolina, was 8,751. In 2000, it was 179,236.
Dang, those maps I gave 'em worked.