[FITZ]

"But if we think massive immigration is a problem for America then the best solution available to us is to make Mexico a place worth staying in."

It's also a problem for Mexico. Mexico won't be a place worth staying in until it stops trying to get rid of it's people, how can they begin to solve their problems until they try to keep the people they need in that country?

Los páramos desiertos

http://www.diario.com.mx/servicios/hemeroteca/nota.asp?notaid=21927

A good article showing why all this is leading to more instability in Mexico, a worsening of conditions there.

[discostu]

Absolutely, if nothing else they're having a talent bleed, I've seen the effect of talent bleeds on companies, I've seen the effect of talent bleeds on cities, no reason to think it would be any better on a country. Problem is I'm not sure Mexico has the will or the knowledge to fix the problem. We faced a similar, though not so acute, problem with Europe after WWII, thus the Marshal Plan was born. While the Marshal Plan gave birth to our modern era of money dumping foreign aid in it's original form it was about focusing and directing aid to assist countries into becoming self sufficient prosperous non-communists. Might be time for a Mexico Plan.