Thread: FORUM: Immigration reform begins in Mexico

Washington Times
Article published Oct 27, 2007
FORUM: Immigration reform begins in Mexico

As the debate over the issue of immigration reform rages, we would all be wise to examine, honestly, the reasons why more Mexicans emigrate to the United States than die in Mexico each year. While the common argument is that they come here seeking work, the true root of the problem is that the Mexican government has allowed corruption to reach such alarming levels — in both government and business — that the average Mexican cannot survive within the borders of his own country.

The above statement is not an exaggeration. In 2006, 559,000 Mexican nationals emigrated from Mexico to the United States while the Mexican Demographics Agency reported a total of 501,000 deaths among Mexico's population. The question that begs to be asked regarding the massive emigration is, why?

Mexico is a country rich with natural resources. With its wealth of petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas and timber, it has all the resources a country would need to keep it from becoming a destitute Third World country.

Further, the median age in Mexico is 25.6 years of age and the literacy rate for the total population is at 92.2 percent. This demographic, combined with their abundant natural resources and central location in the Western Hemisphere, are a perfect catalyst for an employment sector that would — under normal circumstances — compete on the First World economic stage.

According to a report produced by the World Bank titled, "Democratic Governance in Mexico: Beyond the Capture of the State and Social Polarization," a majority of the identifiable problems facing the Mexican economy are directly related to bureaucratic corruption. From the “untouchableâ€

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