Mexican oil equals U.S. immigrants
By Guest Columnist
The Facts

Published April 17, 2006
I am absolutely horrified by Arlen Specter’s and President Bush’s backing of the current immigration bill being debated in the Senate. The estimated 15 million illegal immigrants constitute 5 percent of the current population, which is staggering; larger than the whole population of many of our states. The scale and rapid rate of this mass migration is unprecedented, being one of the largest mass migrations in the history of the human race. In spite of this, very little public discussion has been generated as to its causes and to its long-term consequences.

As an alternative to the current bill, I strongly support the “Comprehensive Enforcement and Immigration Reform Act” introduced by senators Cornyn and Kyl because it has strong enforcement provisions intended to get the current immigration situation back under control.

There appears to be almost no published discussion or analysis of the reasons why the United States and Mexican governments are actively promoting this mass migration. Contrary to popular sentiment, Mexico is not a poor country, in the usual sense of the word. Mexico is currently one of the major oil-producing nations of the world, providing the United States with about 20 percent of our oil imports. One of the reasons for the current promotion of the Specter/Bush bill mentioned above might be that a “quid pro quo” agreement might exist between the United States and Mexican governments, whereby Mexico agrees to export a certain amount of oil to us in return for our opening our southern border to Mexican immigrants.

The general public might not be aware of the upcoming decline in Mexican oil production. Mexico’s famous Cantarell field in the Bay of Campeche, one of the largest oil fields in the world, has passed its “peak oil” point, shortly after which comes a rapid decline in oil production. Further oil production requires massive capital investment in secondary and tertiary oil extraction procedures. Mexico does not have the capital to upgrade its aging oil fields and has built into its constitution severe restrictions on foreign investment. Because of this, it is highly probable that Mexican oil production will plummet in the next five to 10 years. This will result in a collapse in the Mexican economy.

Mexican government officials are undoubtedly aware of the upcoming collapse and are taking steps to alleviate the situation. One of these steps might be the dumping of certain of their people groups on the United States. These people groups appear to be primarily the Mayans in the south and campesinos in the north. This operation is, in effect, an ethnic cleansing intended to protect the Mexican elites and middle classes. The Mayans and campesinos are evidently being forced out of Mexico by their being denied access to even the most rudimentary social services such as roads, drinking water, education and medical facilities. This is probably the major cause of the mass immigration.

Allen Magnuson is a resident of Angleton.

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