Why the U S Should Have a More Protected Border with Mexico
... We usually get legal immigrants who are allowed to work in the U.S., but who get paid in Mexican money or we get the illegal immigrants that just happen to make it across the border without being caught, due to the lack of protection on the border. “Mexico is simply not taking responsibilities for its primary role in the U.S. ... It’s now time for the United States forced Mexico to do so” (www. ... ) Mexico does indeed have a problem with a lot of poverty in their country, but that does not make them necessarily a poor country. “ Mexico is the richest nation in Latin America when measured by GDP, and by a wide margin in 2001, Mexico’s GDP was the highest in Latin America, a substantial twenty and half percent more than runner up- Brazil“, said Walker (www. ... Mexico is not that far behind their competitor Argentina. If Mexico has such a high GDP, why are there not enough job opportunities for them at home and why are they risking everything they have to come to America? ... For the Mexican side the incentives are just to irresistible for them considering the average illegal makes about sixty dollars a day in the U.S. and the a worker in Mexico, doing the same exact thing will make about five dollars a day. “The Mexican - American border is the busiest American frontier. The wage differential between the two countries ($5/ day - $60/day) is the greatest between any two bordering countries in the world” (Barry, U.S. Mexican Border: Can Good fences Make Bad Neighbors 2). ... In order to crack down this situation we are going to need more Border Patrol and U. S Customs Officers to slowly decrease the number of illegal immigrants coming into our country. ... We need to cut this number in half by sending them back where they came from (MPI STAFF, U.S. Mexican Border 3). Many of the illegal immigrants that worked in the United States are to afraid to go back to Mexico, because they know they will have trouble getting back into the United States. ... Ever since the September 11, the United States and Mexican border have cracked down tremendously. ... “The U.S. government budgeted nine billion for border protection in the current fiscal year, up four hundred million from last year. The number of border Patrol agents along the U.S. ... Since September 11, United States Custom and Border Patrol officials have taken the highest level of alert; almost every vehicle is looked over. ... The Drug Smugglers are desperately trying to wait it out in hope that it goes back to the way it was, which has not happened lately (Roberts, Along the Mexican border, drug smugglers resume their trade after brief lull 1).