Reply #35: The US used to screw with Latin America a lot [View All]

[McHatin]

And there was little illegal immigration then. You are making a faulty connection. I do agree the US has screwed with Latin America democracy in the past, but democracy does not automatically bring economic prosperity. Illegal immigration is not a product of US foreign policy, it is a product of lax immigration policy and economic conditions as well as proximity and easy entry. It is the product of a system that accommodates and encourages illegal immigration at the expense of US workers and for big business.

Even if I believed illegal immigration was mainly the product of US foreign policy, I'd still want to stop it, considering it is helping big business and hurting workers...