Dinero

Interesting facts about Mexico…

Mexico is America’s second biggest oil supplier.
Mexico is America’s third largest trading partner.

And because we can’t, or more likely - won’t do much to stop drug addiction in this country, Mexico is also the main supplier of those illegal drugs.  

Mexico’s economy? NAFTA is probably the biggest reason for the slow growth of Mexico’s economy, (2.2% last year) as the treaty favors the US in almost all of the “Free Trades”. For instance; corn production is heavily subsidized in the US and yet Mexico is forbidden to impose a tariff on its import. I suppose ADM might have something to do with that…

So all of that noise that your congressman is making in regards to new and tougher immigration laws…it’s just noise to please the xenophobic voters. Money is the real power here, oil, trade, and drug money. And that’s something that congress (and Mexico) understands…