As the only white person and only American ever in the poor hills of Icacos, Mexico I witnessed a 70 year old man refuse to go with his two sons and I watched them leave and I saw the old man cry begging them not to go that "this is our home". But they left anyways. It's been 18 years since that day.
The Mexican government loves that we accept the unhappy ones. They are the would-be opponents of Mexico's status quo.
Sorry, I think I understand it more.
I think there problems on both sides of the border.
Mexican nationals would be glad to stay home if their Gov wasn’t screwing them blind.
They would be happy to stay home if our Gov wasn’t screwing us blind.
There is no reason that Mexico cant be a productive economic giant other than corruption.
If they used their natural resources and became a competitor to the USA we’d bitch about that too.