The only thing I could find to bring into question the Mexican reported unemployment rate was something from Wikipedia, and the footnote was a dead link. Kind of like bringing a knife to a gunfight.
It was a discussion of the methodology employed to do the calculation, and it did not appear to be quite as mathematically rigorous as the methodology employed here. It was compared to a Gallup poll. It certainly does not appear to be an apples to apples comparison.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1153/is_n11_v117/ai_16040951/
This article is not new by any stretch, but it does discuss some of the differences in the way unemployment is calculated differently in the 2 countries.
Well, so they game the statistics, probably quite a bit more than we do. I wouldn’t be surprised. Still, even if they’re all underemployed and struggling, it’s no excuse to be soft on illegal immigration. It’s just a reason to be firmer on enforcement.
Look at it this way, if you are surrounded by poor neighbors who are more than willing to walk into your house and take your stuff, do you leave the door unlocked, or do you build a big fence and get a guard dog? Letting them come in and rob you blind does nothing to help them in the long run, and will only end up creating one more poor household in the neighborhood.