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Unemployment in Mexico is 40% of that of the US. 4% vs 9.9%

Quote Originally Posted by Jennifer Williams View Post
Elsewhere? Where else can they go? No job in Mexico, no money, no food. Just put yourself in their literal shoes. Your entire village is broke. You're hungry, your children are hungry, and nobody around you has a dime because nobody has a job. You've applied for visas. You've waited, say, two years, and they haven't come.

You've got enough food left for one more day. And no one around you has any, either. Without food, it's simple. You'll die. For certain.

There are jobs close by in the United States, where you can earn money to buy food. Getting there is dangerous but at least it's hopeful, you only might die during the journey, as opposed to for sure dying if you stay where you are.

Say you're talking to this person, face-to-face, on this day. What do you tell him? 1) Stay in your village and starve, or 2) .....?

You fill in the blanks, because so far nobody else has been able to come up with something better than "move to America for a better life."
This man doesn't have the luxury of waiting for a visa, he doesn't have the luxury of waiting for the next election to vote for a better president who might turn the country around in a few years.

He needs to eat tomorrow.

You tell him where he should go.