Posted on 02/24/2014 7:07:25 AM PST by SeekAndFind
If, a handful of years into the future, the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States has fallen sharply or zeroed out, the president will deserve all the credit. Mexicos president, that is.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, no stranger to the tough debate over the nations immigration laws, thinks recent legislation passed by Mexicos Congress, a major priority of President Enrique Pena Nieto, may have set in motion a reversal of the flow of undocumented immigrants northward. In a short time, Perry said in an interview Saturday, undocumented immigrants may be streaming back over the U.S.-Mexico border, headed for lucrative energy sector jobs back home.
The landscape on immigration is fast changing, Perry said. My instinct is that immigration and immigration reform are going to be substantially less of a flashpoint than they have been in the last several years.
The change, Perry predicted, will come as private investors begin taking stakes in Pemex, Mexicos state-owned oil monopoly. In December, Mexicos Senate ratified outlines of legislation that would allow private investment in the company, which could eventually lead to complete privatization. Outside analysts believe the new rules will eventually make Mexico one of the worlds largest oil producers.
The new jobs that result from the energy boom, Perry predicted, will attract immigrant labor that would otherwise come to the United States.
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From Rick’s lips to God’s ears. :-)
At best the oil industry in Mexico will make a slight dent until we have a Tea Party President that OKs the Keystone Pipeline.
Obama will have to adjust by bringing in more Muslim refugees from wars caused by Muslims.
Who says God doesn’t work on mysterious ways?
He may not be a great political debater but, in my view, this governor would be one fine president of the USA!
Who says God doesnt work in mysterious ways?
A paycheck for nothing will attract better than a paycheck for an honest days work anytime.
OK, so this will take working illegal immigrants to Mexico. That will not ease the amazing burden of illegal immigrants that are here to get all their free stuff, which is at least half of the problem.
If this comes to pass, can you imagine American oil workers heading to Mexico for jobs?
We’ll see.
I have always said that the solution had to come with reform in the Mexican government.
I hope this happens before the Prez election in 2016. I want to stand at the border and count how many of their “base” votes the Dems are losing as they cross the Rio Grande one at a time.
There’s another reason for this to happen too - the simple lack of jobs in the US. They came here to work and earn enough money to send back to support family in Mexico. Check the out-migration stats...
If this comes to pass, can you imagine American oil workers heading to Mexico for jobs?
Doubtful. Mexico has very harsh immigration laws designed to keep foreign workers out. Outside of engineers and specialty positions in their oil business the general labor will not be foreign.
Don't put up too big of fence. We might have to sneak across it for jobs and a government which supports a militia fighting back against criminals... well, grudgingly after a couple of missteps. < /sarc, but maybe not in the future>
Indeed. If true, it also puts the lie to the only alternative to amnesty is brute force deportation. Reverse the magnet and they'll leave on their own. Incentives rule.
On the other hand, LA Times - More youths crossing U.S.-Mexico border alone :
"The flood of undocumented immigrants has slowed compared to five years ago likely due to tighter border enforcement and the economic downturn in the U.S. but in its place is a new immigration surge even more confounding: children and teenagers traveling through the rugged border lands into south Texas, lured by the promise of safety. Up to 120 unaccompanied youths are arriving each day, officials say, a number that has tripled over the last five years and that by some estimates could soon reach 60,000 a year."
There is too much carrot and not enough stick.
Guatemala shares a border with Belize, an English speaking pleasant and relatively prosperous country which few of them choose to immigrate to. Why do you suppose that is?
Any guesses at who steps up to “partner” with PEMEX? China will be first in line, and undoubtedly will supply their own workers.
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