| "No matter how bitter a taste it leaves in many mouths, the "illegal aliens" are mostly here because they are needed."
They are mostly here because they were kicked off their land in southern Mexico and Guatemala as a result of NAFTA. The slow trickle of undocumented immigration in the late 80s/early 90s became a tidal wave after Al Gore got his way. For most of these folks, it wasn't DESIRABLE to come to the U.S. before then.
As to what happened after the last amnesty? We have entire flourishing communities of Hispanics descended from formerly migrant farmworkers, building homes and business, and sending their kids to college. |