Status quo

By the way this blog not intended to always be about illegal immigrants. My view is that immigration is good if assimilation is encouraged. Sometimes this takes a generation or two. It also takes leadership from within the affected community. For our part we need to concentrate on education and leadership building. Always with the target being assimilation and not "celebrating diversity".

If you think about it, the people that risk life and limb to get into this country are the ones that really do want to work hard, thrive, and contribute. I dare say that the ones that stay home and grind out a life under the status status quo of land ownership inequality and poverty don't have the drive to make it in the US. My sense is that we need to actively promote rule of law, a fair and equitable justice system and property ownership rights south of our boarders as a broader solution to what drives illegals here in the first place. The ones that make it here have what it takes to contribute; we need to make sure we encourage and provide systems that promote their assimilation to be full contributors to the USA.