Right now Americans feel under attack from horror stories coming from Mexico. Many of these stories come through the war on drug cartels, causing the deaths of tens of thousands of people. Many other stories comes from illegal immigrants, coming to America committing crimes, and leaning on America's social programs. Many people feel that the only way to fix this problem is by building a wall along the border, keeping everyone out. Other people say that opening up the process to become a citizen will allow the government to at least keep track of everyone that comes across the border.
Now what about another option? What if Mexico became a better place to live?it seems that for a fraction of the cost of building a wall, or overloading our social programs, we could help Mexico solve a lot of their social problems. This could be through political reform, helping their people elect politicians with integrity. Maybe through military action, destroying the drug cartels that have a strangle hold on the entire country, the people there wouldn't feel so desperate to leave.
I don't have all of the answers, but at some point we have to stop being so afraid and face to problem head on. If America is the greatest country in the world, then if nothing else shouldn't our neighbors be towards the top instead of drifting towards the bottom?
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