Reply #12: One Caution on That I/C [View All]

[ProfessorGAC]

It is a fact (you can research it very easily) that almost 80% of all goods manufactured in the so-called maquiladora section across from Brownsville, Harlingen, and the like, are sold in Mexico and central America.

While some plants are true maquiladoros, and are making it there and shipping it there, the whole region has become highly industrialized and is the center of manufacturing for the good made in, then sold in Mexico.

I'm not defending the companies who do what you've described. But, there is a misconception that everyone who moves a plant across the Rio Grande is maquiladora. That's simply not true. Yes, they're multinationals, but this was an attempt to make goods for Mexico, in Mexico, by Mexicans. For the companies with that motivation, i applaud them.

The others, i will agree with everything else you've said.
The Professor