Aren't Mexico and the US neighbors for the rest of eternity? Shouldn't we have a good relationship?
539075
YOU ARE SO RIGTH. Is like in any other relation. It needs the commitment of the two sides.\n\nIn Mexico we have a lot of work to do, that's a fact. And all of us, the citizen, the government, and the politics, should be looking at this situation, and focus their efforts on making this a better country to live on.\n\nWe need to increase the wages in general, so the decision of leaving the country wouldn't be a must, because of the big diference on wages, and the life quality.\n\nWe need to improve the healt services, the education, the infrastructure. \n\nBut in the USA, the government and the citizen have to be aware in their realities, as well, we are neighbors and comercial associates, we have a NAFTA, and we, as neighbors, are complementary. \n\nThe reality about the ages on the citizen in the USA, is that they have the mayority of their people about to retire, and the population in Mexico is mostly young. \n\nThe reality about our lands, is that the farmers cannot compite - inside the NAFTA as it is now, because the USA government subsides their farmers. \n\nThe reality about a big border.\n\nThe reality about the main consumers of drugs, so the main clients to the drug cartels in Mexico are in the USA. \n\nAll those are realities that have to be noticed as well.\n\nI believe that the only way to get trougth this is by noticing everyone of our relation issues, put them in the real balance, then we would be able to work together.
756863
I understand the point you are making with this question, even if most who answered you did not.  You're saying, "Why is the USA considered so 'bad' by everyone for wanting to defend our borders and keep illegal immigrants out, when every other country in the world defends their borders and nothing seems to be said about it?"  In fact, most of the other countries of the world are extremely harsh to illegal immigrants - often to the point of shooting to kill as they find them.  Mexico, for one, is far stricter on their southern border than the USA is and if you are found in that country illegally you will be subject to terrible things if you weren't shot to death, including imprisonment, possibly raping, beating, theft and bribery, etc.  Yet, even Mexico feels it has a right to tell the USA to let Mexicans come into the USA illegally or however they want to!  Give me a break!  I agree with Diaboyos' answer here, too.
639052
I do not think that Mexico should become one of the United States. Mainly, for the reason of the people's feelings towards each other. Now, dont get me wrong, and think im saying everyone hates eachother. But I have noticed many people feel strongly about Mexico, and how Mexico is better than the US. \nNow I have my own opinion on which is better, I will not state now, but I think if the two nations would merge, mas chaos would break lose. In cival, state, federal, and legisislature. And I dont see that happening any time soon either.
765198
we're not traitors. Are we at war with Mexico or Iraq? If its with Mexico, then my husband and I would just stay out of it, maybe take a trip to Canada.
107567
Americans blame everything bad in the world on foreign countries\nESPECIALLY MEXICO\nThe USA can't take responsibility for their mistakes\nthe war on Iraq, 4 example\nMexicans are tired of being picked on and treated like crap in the southwest\nland that used to be theirs\nThe US has to stop being such a hipocritical country\nONLY THEN WILL MEXICO AND THE WORLD LIKE THEM\nOR RESPECT THEM\nMany countries \nlike England kiss the USA's a$$\nbut Mexico shows that it does not support the USA's stand on issues and its hipocritical ways
635776
I don't think that the Mexicans would agree. Mind you, there is always the option to invade it like the US normally does with other countries, but then again Mexico doesn't really have a lot of resources that the USA is interested in.
1114716
I am not Mexican, but my husband is and we have a house there too, I cant think of a way to be sure that he fulfills his promises, if you ask anyone in my husbands town in Tlaxcala, they will tell you that all politians lie. They have lost all hope for their government. I would suggest that people NOT let the government go back to PRI, what did they do for the people all those years that they were in office? It will take any person more than one term to fix the problems! I just worry that all this fence building is only going to seperate Mexico and America more, the tension was always there, but it is getting ridiculous!
80040
Poor Mexico - so close to the United States, so far from God,’ runs a popular Mexican saying. This leads me to believe it is a 'public domain' quote, the origin unknown, or unremembered
614766
OH HELL NO! Never. Mexico govt. would never go for it...they'd lose too much power. U.S. is better off with out them.
1172313
'Coyotes' are just human traffickers violating the US/Mexico border that haven't been sentenced to 28 consecutive life sentences in their home country of mexico, yet. Why, you ask? Because the US hasn't imposed enough trade sanctions on Mexico yet to convince them to start enforcing their own laws. \nThey're not really bad people, they just need to stay completely OUT of america, and all will be well...
573837
What kind of "relation"? US Embassies? You know the saying "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer"
599206
Yes i believ eit does. Jesus taught us to love our neighbors and Mexico is definently our neighbor. He taught us to wash the feet of lepers and be kind to prostitutes. He taught us to turn the other cheek to our enemies and to love them as much as our brothers.\n\nJesus would be dissapointed at our treatment of illegal aliens.
893126
"Scary" isn't it ? I don't usually talk about politics or religion But your question is really a good one ! I'm not sure if we can fix this one. I study allot of history and if it does repeat its self we are domed !\n\nWhen the day comes I'll be looking for a spot in Old Mexico "Hell they're all here!!"
1043637
Thank the pro-hispanic lobby on this one, what it largely seems to amount to is a 'shotgun wedding' between the US and Mexico, and american taxpayers are supposed to buy off on all this garbage and not bat an eye. Since the reverse effect is happening, well it kind of shows that the GOP's head and hind-quarters aren't very well connected anymore, or one has lapped the other, something like that...what this also brings to light, though, is all these other 'programs' that give money away all over the place, Matthew Lesko's dream-come-true, and the taxpayer's worst nightmare, wealth redistribution in the worst possible sense. I think if we're going to help Mexico, it needs to be a lot more metered, and done AFTER the border's nailed shut, so as to minimize the negative impact on american communities. I think when the House finally gets around to consulting the voters on this one, there's going to be a general consensus going back to washington that basically says 'fix the border, and forget the rest of it'. It's a nice idea to try and help others, but if that 'help' is just going to get abused, there's not much point to it. Necessity's the mother of invention, and a lot of the people that originally settled the United States didn't get much 'help', because there wasn't any. Let's not have any more of this 'give away the country to appease your 3rd world business partners' garbage....Mexico could be rolling in money(some already are, they just don't share out) and feed, clothe, and educate every last one of their citizens, probably just off their oil revenues, but instead they'd like to ride the american guilt trip into a split-level condo...time for voters/taxpayers to wake the hell UP and say 'no mas' at the polls, come november...
390538
The mess belongs to the people living in the United States of America. And the people should clean up the mess. We can force the politicians to annex Mexico into the United States of America. See the plan at http://annexmexico.org
312457
i could not have said it better my friend.what is wrong with trying to protect your country way of life,what have we become when it is wrong to defend your country.and not look for the truth of the problem of illegal immigration,the true problem is mexican gov. not the American peoples love for their country.
620890
As I have stated before there are many other countries worse off than Mexico. A common border is no excuse for their behavior. Just being poor is no excuse to break the law.