Reply #96: The root cause of the Latino (NOT just Mexicans) immigration

[Pharlo]

to the US is the standard of living in their home countries.

And until that issue is addressed, a 40 foot high fence, more guards, more deportations -- will be insufficient to stop it.

The vast majority of Latinos who come to America want nothing more than the opportunity to work at a job that allows them to support their family. And, since there is nothing available at home, they go where the work is located - the United States of North America. Many Latinos whom I have worked with would much rather be back home (Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica) than in Wisconsin....(Hell, from November through March I'd rather be in Latin America too - unfortunately, I can't afford it either.)

I'm a caucasion American living in the upper Midwest, but if I lived in Latin America in the conditions many of these Latinos do, I would do my damndest to get into los Estados Unidos. I think many of the individuals posting here would as well.

Get deported - try again. Put a fence up - Climb it. Can't find a job at a factory - no problem, a lot of gringas want domestic help.

Face facts - if there were sufficient SURVIVAL level jobs in their home countries, they wouldn't be coming into the US.

It isn't like Jorge, Jose, and Maria were sitting at the kitchen table in Jalisco one day having a conversation about how bored they were when one of them had the brilliant idea to hike to the US so they could take a job away from a native US citizen - Anything to keep the boredom at bay.