Soon we have another 12 million illegals, or more. Wages for unskilled low-income American and immigrant workers are depressed. As a result, in parts of L.A., visible contrasts of wealth and poverty reach near-Latin American levels.
And, yes, the majority of the new illegals are from one country, Mexico — a nation with a not-implausible claim on large chunks of the Southwestern U.S. For the first time, a neighboring country will have a continuing hold on the loyalties — and language — of a majority of residents in some states, with the potential for Quebec-like problems, and worse, down the road.
There's another problem looming along these lines that's getting no attention in the media. There's been talk of the ethanol mandates causing corn and tortilla prices to skyrocket and put the squeeze on Mexico's poor. But, more importantly, Mexico's nationalized oil production is falling, and will continue to fall, at an accelerating rate.
Like Mad Hugo down in Venezuela, the Mexican government has been using PEMEX as a piggy bank to prop up their already shaky economy. When the day comes (in the not too distant future) that rather than exporting oil to the US as they do now, they're forced to import oil, the resulting hit to their economy will drive massive additional numbers of their populace to come pouring over the border.
I like Mexicans. Most of them are hard working good people. But there are already too many of them here, too illegally, and if this country does not put a stop to it, I don't think the consequences will be at all pleasant... |
