>>>>Assuming that the US could actually do something to help Mexico, and they actually wanted to turn their country around, what then? Who's next? Does the US keep reaching out to the rest of the world when the rest of the world doesn't give a shit about the US? How much foreign aid comes INTO America?
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>>>I agree with your point as far as it goes, but you may misunderstand me. It doesn't have to do with the corrupt government or the economic s-hole of Mexico. It has to do with seeking better opportunities for your family. Please tell me you wouldn't do the same.
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>>I wouldn't do the same
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>Nor would I. What would they be teaching their children? Its okay to break the law if I want to give you a better life.

Is the law holy or sacrosanct to you ? For me, laws are rules in place in certain groups, ranging in a wide spectrum from sensible to ridiculous when seen from my/everybodies personal POV. You ignore/break them at your own risk according to your own gain/risk calculation. Civil disobediance/massive ingoring of certain laws point IMHO to an imbalance - and the american system was built on the idea of checks and balances, formalizing them to a greater extent than ever before. But laws do get changed - sometimes also the ways laws get created. This happened in Rome with tribuni plebis after the patricians overplayed, some laws are corrected/asked for by the judicial branch in western countries. And when I'm in a cynical mood I cannot fathom why some people from a country built on disobeying the [british] law are putting their own countries laws on such a pedestal.

regards

thomas