Why did and does the poverty exist? Mexico is immediately south of the USA border. Why was there poverty at all?
I defy anyone to say the USA is not at fault in it's foreign policy with Mexico. This issue goes back decades if not a century. When was the Mexican - American war? There hasn't been an improvement with foreign policy with Mexico since.
Poverty is a strategy as well. It is a military strategy. It is a long term military strategy. It is really difficult to justify the impoverishment and the lack of sovereign authority of the Mexican government of it's own country. The drug cartels run rampant. The drug cartels have more power than the government and the corruption within the government is still being witnessed with the slaughter of college students.
The answer by the USA for Mexico was to allow the Undocumented to cross the border and find work. "The Wetback." That was foreign policy. All of a sudden, since September 11, 2001 and the allowance of fear as a political voice the Undocumented are a threat as they never, ever have been before.
In recent years there were children that traveled alone to the USA to find a safe haven. These children are the promise to their countries, yet, to have them survive the day, parents set them on a path that would never serve the future of their countries.
The Undocumented came to the USA because that was the only path forward. What brought the Undocumented to the USA so very long ago is STILL the reason today. That is pure negligence of the USA policy to Mexico, Central and South America. It is easier to point a finger at communism or socialism or some other excuse rather than have a policy that helps the western hemisphere to be sophisticated, educated, STABLE and profitable. It is hideous to realize the USA turned to China and India for cheap labor when there is an entire continent to the south of the USA with people completely as competent a worker as those in the east if not more so.
So, don't bother trying to find a dialogue about the moral content of deportation, it does not exist. The Undocumented that came to the USA did so to be productive and successful no matter the poverty they faced. Poverty in the USA is very different than the poverty south of the USA border. IN EVIDENCE of the desire to be a productive member of the USA is the existence of at least two decades of their children. Children that know no other life. They are more American than most of the rest of the population. They should be embraced and valued and allowed their future path. That path was laid for them a century ago.
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The current application fee for naturalization (US citizenship) is $640 plus the $85 biometrics fee, totaling $725. While it is one of the most expensive immigration fees, in the long term, investing in citizenship will save you $1,000’s.
There are only two options if you want to live and work in the US permanently: citizenship and permanent residency. Permanent residents have to pay $455 every ten years to renew their green cards. Over the course of a lifetime, that’s nearly $3,000 and potentially much more as immigration rates will likely keep increasing....
