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Rick Perry thinks Mexico may have just solved America’s immigration problem
Washington Post ^ | 02/24/2014 | Reid Wilson

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. Mexico’s president, that is.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, no stranger to the tough debate over the nation’s immigration laws, thinks recent legislation passed by Mexico’s 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, Mexico’s state-owned oil monopoly. In December, Mexico’s 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 world’s 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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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: energy; illegals; immigration; mexico; mexicojobs; oil; pemex; rickperry; texas
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1 posted on 02/24/2014 7:07:25 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

From Rick’s lips to God’s ears. :-)


2 posted on 02/24/2014 7:11:30 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Ha! As long as there are subsidies for illegals to come, they will come. Free healthcare, tax deductions for all your kids outside the states, earned income tax credits, and more. Why would they stop coming?

At best the oil industry in Mexico will make a slight dent until we have a Tea Party President that OKs the Keystone Pipeline.

3 posted on 02/24/2014 7:13:09 AM PST by sr4402
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To: SeekAndFind

Obama will have to adjust by bringing in more Muslim refugees from wars caused by Muslims.


4 posted on 02/24/2014 7:13:52 AM PST by Truth29
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Who says God doesn’t work on mysterious ways?


5 posted on 02/24/2014 7:14:09 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: SeekAndFind

He may not be a great political debater but, in my view, this governor would be one fine president of the USA!


6 posted on 02/24/2014 7:14:15 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: jsanders2001

Who says God doesn’t work in mysterious ways?


7 posted on 02/24/2014 7:14:44 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: SeekAndFind
There will be no solution as long as both parties continue to funnel taxpayer money at illegals and their families.

A paycheck for nothing will attract better than a paycheck for an honest days work anytime.

8 posted on 02/24/2014 7:14:47 AM PST by skeeter
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To: SeekAndFind

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.


9 posted on 02/24/2014 7:15:58 AM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Vote Democrat. Once you're OK with killing babies the rest is easy. <BCC><)
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To: SeekAndFind

If this comes to pass, can you imagine American oil workers heading to Mexico for jobs?


10 posted on 02/24/2014 7:17:00 AM PST by Texas resident
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To: SeekAndFind

We’ll see.


11 posted on 02/24/2014 7:17:16 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I have always said that the solution had to come with reform in the Mexican government.


13 posted on 02/24/2014 7:17:50 AM PST by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law and does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: SeekAndFind; All

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.


14 posted on 02/24/2014 7:18:11 AM PST by Din Maker
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To: SeekAndFind

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...


15 posted on 02/24/2014 7:18:53 AM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Texas resident

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.


16 posted on 02/24/2014 7:19:09 AM PST by volunbeer
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To: SeekAndFind
The new jobs that result from the energy boom, Perry predicted, will attract immigrant labor that would otherwise come to the United States.

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>

17 posted on 02/24/2014 7:19:13 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
From Rick’s lips to God’s ears. :-)

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."

18 posted on 02/24/2014 7:19:14 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: sr4402
Correct. And for every one in Mexico who decides the trip is no longer worth waiting, there will be ten in Guatemala or Bangladesh or some other third world hell hole who will take their places.

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?

19 posted on 02/24/2014 7:19:51 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Any guesses at who steps up to “partner” with PEMEX? China will be first in line, and undoubtedly will supply their own workers.


20 posted on 02/24/2014 7:20:41 AM PST by moehoward
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