We need a plan that will help everyone involved, not just specific interest groups. If we continue to allow these immigrants in without making it safe for them to be here, we are adding to the problem every minute. DP
James C. Harrington, TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT
Austin American Statesman, statesman.com : But no matter how much the border is "hardened," people will continue to cross it. They simply cannot survive in Mexico. Mexicans receive $1 billion a year from people working in the United States. This is Mexico's largest source of income — even greater than from its oil and petroleum industry. It's also easier on Mexico to have some 10 million of its people working in the United States than face possible upheaval there if they were unable to migrate.
On our side of the equation, the American economy depends on inexpensive labor — construction, agriculture and the service industries in particular.
The immigration problem will not be resolved until the severe economic disparity between the United States and Mexico is lessened. All that "hardening" the border does is increase the peril for undocumented people coming into this country, forcing them to walk through the desert's extreme heat by day and freezing temperatures at night, often without water. This year alone, some 500 people will perish during the trek.
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