Originally Posted by
MW
Illegal immigration is a truly complex and nuanced issue and there no single solution that will solve it. While there is a criminal aspect to it, that doesn't mean that everyone who participates in it or supports it has involvement in a drug cartel. Illegals come here for a variety of reasons. While some illegals do come here as active participants in drug cartels, that in no way defines them all. Same thing with amnesty supporters. Their reasons behind supporting amnesty is just as varied as the reasons illegals come here. And no, they're not all associated with drug cartels.
The Mexican drug cartels use illegal immigration as a cover to smuggle operatives and hard drugs into the United States, but the cartels aren't the primary reason behind illegal immigration, economics is.
The Mexican drug cartels are just another mafia type crime organization operating in the United States. Where is your concern over the Chinese mob, Russian mob, Italian mob, etc.? They too deal in drug trafficking, people smuggling, gun smuggling, black marketing, prostitution, and other illegal crimes. All of these groups modify democracies from within by introducing their illicit earnings into the legal economy. their businesses defeat the competition because, by counting on these illegal parallel markets, they can lower their prices. Mafia assets also participate in the financing of banking, construction and transportation sectors of the economy.