Originally Posted by
WillBrink
Not close to accurate. We didn't lose CA, they did, cuz we took it from them, as we did TX, etc. That being said up to modern times, the border is open because most of them coming here do jobs for $ we will not, which is how we keep a large portion of our food so cheap. Laborers from Mexico represent dirt cheap labor, and we have had programs over the decades that encouraged them to work in the US, and programs that discouraged them depending on the economy and political winds.
The powers that be are well aware of of the fact most people will lose their minds should the prices of foods, and other labor go up, and that's one of various reasons those who actually hire them, are either ignored or at worse, slap on the wrist. Meanwhile, the lettuce gets picked, houses get their lawns done, etc, same reason Europe allowed in those "refugees" cheap ass labor.
Vast majority of Mexicans and others coming here are as they seem, looking for a better life and make some $, which often gets sent back to their home country. A small % are what we all fear, drug runners, refugees, terrorists, etc. and all of them are of our own making sadly.
The dirty - no so well kept secret - is we need the cheap labor and no on has the balls to just say it as it is. This has been an ongoing open secret for many decades and while 'Muricans complain about those "damn Mexicans" not a one would vote for a politician who saw the costs of various foods etc skyrocket up on their watch.
Vast majority of Mexicans want what most want, feed their kids, live their lives, be left alone and such.
Until we get honest about being the black hole of drug use of the planet, knowing any real attempts to control the border will cost us on various fronts, etc, it's all BS.
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