[dano1]

I'm not saying we should give them aid. I'm saying we should negotiate for concessions from Mexico to make Mexico a better place to work and run a business. This in turn would reduce the pressure on the border. We should point out to the Mexican government that the border problems are caused at least in part by historical Mexican internal policies, such as historically tolerating corruption on the part of low-level officials. I'm not in this field, but I suspect that an econometric model could be developed to show these relationships. There's a Peruvian economist named Hernando de Soto who has been documenting a lot of the reasons why capitalism is hindered in less developed countries. If we could nudge Mexico towards a more U.S.-like business environment, many Mexicans would start returning home on their own accord. I think if it were done well, President Fox would collaborate, since he probably would like to see more of this type of reform anyway.