> <i>Measuring migration flows between Mexico and the U.S. is challenging because there are no official counts of how many Mexican immigrants enter and leave the U.S. each year.</i><p>I think this is the biggest problem. I don't really care if people want to relocate from one country to another. I just care that they do it legally and the two countries know about it. If you are paying a coyote to sneak you across a lightly patrolled stretch of the border in the middle of the night... you should know you are doing it wrong. "Securing the border" does not have to mean "lock all those dirty Mexicans out." It can just mean "let's make sure we know who is coming and going." I do recognize that the process can be problematic and could use an overhaul... but anytime anyone even mentions any type of reform, they just get shouted down. Because... <i>racist</i>!
"Measuring migration flows between Mexico and the U.S. is challenging because there are no official counts".<p>I suspect many are avoiding official counts.
Illegal immigration ends when USA puts people in JAIL for hiring illegal immigrants.<p>On the other hand, Canada a couple of years ago started requiring Mexicans a Visa but now they are backing up and not requiring a Visa anymore....so in other words: illegal immigration is not a problem its a solution, not for the average guy on the street but for the guys at the very, very top.
I wonder if this is actually bad for the US. I don't know enough about US demographics, but it seems that it has long run on an assumption of near-constant immigration or desire to immigrate.<p>If that dynamic changes, or starts to change, I wonder what the effect on US demographics/culture/etc. will be.
This is not entirely surprising given how hostile the US has been to Mexicans recently. The fact that one of the top contenders for President is so anti-Mexican pretty much tells you everything you need to know.
Since US stole 1/2 of Mexico from the Mexicans. 1847... Wonder how many Mexicans were in what is now America at that time. What's with the downvotes, not as if it's not true.