Thread: NYT: For Migrants, New Law Is Just Another Challenge

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/world ... exico.html

NYT: For Migrants, New Law Is Just Another Challenge


By MARC LACEY
Published: April 28, 2010

NOGALES, Mexico — Despite its intent to “discourage and deterâ€

Another pregnant illegal alien trying to get in, thank God she didn't make it over the fence.

They won't keep coming if they have no jobs and no handouts. We need to stop ALL handouts to any "families" where the parents are illegal aliens, that's the only way to stop them from even thinking of coming in.

We should keep families together, deport their children along with illegal aliens, whether they were born here or not. Once the US born reach the age of majority, they can come back..without the parents.

Veronika's behavior is irresponsible and could have caused a miscarriage.

Either way, migrants pool significant sums, anywhere from $2,500 to $5,000, to make the passage. That is enough in many of their hometowns to build a basic home or start a small business, but it is widely viewed among migrants as a worthy investment.

Despite the presence on this board of a number of Latino bashing racists and backwards mercantilists I have been making this point repeatedly here. The binational circles of family and friends who are putting up the money should be investing in their home communities and promoting trade here not illegal immigration.

Amnesty International gave the government of President Felipe Calderón some credit for improving the plight of migrants crossing its turf. Conditions at detention centers have improved, the group said, and migrants who are caught crossing Mexico spend less time in custody pending their repatriation.

On average two weeks