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Well never stop murder so we shouldn't try.....we'll never stop child abuse so we shouldn't try....we'll never stop blah, blah, blah.
I know prostitution and drugs are victimless crimes (for the most part, speaking in terms of a user, or a woman who truly wishes to be a hooker). However, illegal immigration is far from a victimless crime.
One thing that I have found to be so comical is the invocation of the immigrant farmers' hero, Cesar Chavez. Chavez was completely against illegal immigration because he knew anyone working off the books would continue to lower the wages being paid to those who were in the country.
I can certainly agree that humanitarian organizations should be exempted from criminal prosecution. Giving food to the hungry and water to the thirsty is one of - if not the highest - calling of Christianity.
However, the solution lies not with open borders. It lies not with the under economy. I am disgusted when I read about the Mexican government and their demands when they brutalize Guatemalans who would dare to enter their country looking for a better life.
I look at the corruption of the Mexican government and know that the answer is not opening the border. It is reform in Mexico. Mexico is oil rich, has two coastlines ripe for ports and trade, and contains more resort and potential world class resort locations than most anywhere in the world.
The better life for Mexican citizens lies not in the long run with coming to America and working for ridiculously low wages that they can send home. That adversely affects low wage earners in America as well. The answer lies in revolution within their own country. Corrupt officials in Mexico know this, and will therefore do anything they can to put pressure on the US to keep the status quo.
I fully support a guest worker program. All above the table. But it has to be done with respect to the laws of this country.
That was rambling and much longer than I had anticipated it would be.
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