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Kill the Mexican Spider!

An short essay on the current illegal immigration problem.

By Lester Townsend

There has been a lot of discussion on the subject of illegal immigration recently, with a clamoring for a wall to be built along the Mexican border. The wall is a necessary first step to correct the current problem, but much more, than simply building a wall, must be done. In 1986 we supposedly addressed this problem by granting amnesty to what is now stated to have been 3 million illegal aliens ( the actual number was probably around 8 million ). Because of this amnesty we now have what is reported to be another 12 million illegal aliens ( the actual number is probably around 20 million ).

The current situation has an understaffed and underpaid Immigration and Naturalization Service ( INS ), rounding up and shipping back to Mexico, 1/2 a million illegal immigrants every year. Yes the INS is underpaid ( the INS pay scales are the lowest of all Federal Agencies ).

The current situation is like a homemaker who constantly cleans up cobwebs from her house. What she needs to do is solve the problem at its source. She needs to kill the spider.

We need to consider the reason that millions of Mexicans are moving to this country. Any long term solution must address the fact, that people will leave a country where they have no hope of bettering their economic situation, and no way to provide a better future for their children.

The economy in Mexico is basically a feudal system where all property and wealth is controlled by a very small aristocracy. The average Mexican is effectively prohibited from owning property. With no way to own their own business, farm, or other property, there is no way to accumulate wealth. The system consigns the average Mexican to a life of serfdom, with no expectation of anything other than more of the same.

Property in Mexico is owned by the government, or very wealthy Mexican individuals. This situation leaves no easy way for the average worker or farmer to better his lot. Mexico has a system called ejido property which gives the farmers the right to a beneficial interest in land that they do not own. This system effectively ties them to the land as serfs. Please do an Internet search on the term ejido property to research this situation.

When you research the ejido property situation in Mexico, you will see that the Mexican Constitution prohibits foreign nationals from owning property close to the borders or coasts. These ejido properties also prohibit the Mexican people from owning their own plot of land. This situation has driven millions of immigrants to the United States from Mexico.

There supposedly have been efforts to address this situation in recent years, but these efforts are a bad joke, when a person considers how the Mexican economy works. Any attempt to convert ejido property to private property would require approval of a large number of officials, who would have to be bribed. The government pay structure for civil servants and police is very low, and does not pay a living wage (those at the top do very well). This is done because government employees are expected to make up, any shortfall in income, with bribes. Conceptually this is similar to our system of compensation waiters and waitresses with tips. The big difference is that tips are legal. The cost of the bribes needed to convert ejido property to private property effectively prohibits the average mexican from being able to own property.

Any effort to pay a reasonable wage would require a substantial increase in the amount of taxes on income and/or property. This increase would fall on the aristocracy which controls most of the income, wealth, and property in Mexico. This concentration of wealth creates a situation where there is massive corruption and a general lack of meaningful development of the countries infrastructure. The corruption occurs because the bureaucrats and public officials are not paid a living wage. The failure to pay a living wage occurs because the Mexican Aristocracy is not willing to be subject to the taxes necessary to finance the government. The rich would rather tolerate the corruption, and live in walled haciendas, than pay a higher rate of tax.

The economic situation in Mexico is basically intolerable for the average worker or farmer, and as a result they move to the United States. Since we will not accept 20 million legal immigrants, we have that many illegal immigrants. This failure to control our border is intollerable for us, as a sovereign nation.

We must act to force the Mexican government and people, to solve their underlying problems. We must force them to kill the Mexican Spider so we can stop sweeping up cobwebs. Basic steps to address this situation would include the following.

We must build a wall across the entire border with Mexico, and staff the barrier with sufficient military ( National Guard ) and police ( Border Patrol ) forces to stop all illegal crossing of the border. We must also guard our other borders and sea coasts, to stop entry at other locations. The National Guard is an institution suited for this purpose. It is better to have them guarding our nation, than serving in foreign wars, which should be the function of our active duty military (the question of whether or not, we should be involved in foreign, wars is not considered in this essay).

We must start prosecuting employers who hire illegal workers, so the illegals will not be attracted by jobs. If they can not find work, many will go home. This will be much more efficient than trying to find, arrest, and deport 20 million people. Arresting, trying, and incarcerating a few dozen CEOs, and Officers, of major corporations will go farther to solve this problem, than hiring an additional 100,000 INS agents.

We must then stop all legal immigration from Mexico, until they address the economic and social problems, which are causing the massive migration to the U.S..

Once the social and economic conditions in Mexico change, so that the Mexican people can own their own homes, farms, and businesses. They will no longer be compelled to migrate to the United States, in search of a better life for themselves and their children.

The wide open border, between the United States and Mexico, is a huge safety valve for the social unrest in Mexico. As long is this safety valve exists, Mexico will not address the problem. The steps listed above are a core of the steps necessary to stick a cork in the safety valve.

Once the safety valve is closed, the Mexican Aristocracy will be forced to address the problem. If they do not make the necessary changes, to the Mexican economy and society. They will face something akin to the French revolution. The Mexican Aristocracy needs to reflect on the fact that Mexico does in fact have a tradition which uses the guillotine.

The problem with Mexico is complicated by the fact that both major political parties in the United States want to keep the status quo. The Republican Party is owned by the multinational corporations who want to suppress wages, and the Democrat Party views the new immigrants as potential voters ( ignoring the fact that they can not vote legally ).

The American voters can do their part to kill this Mexican Spider by voting the Republicans and Democrats out of office. Our current politicians need to be replaced by people who will protect our borders and our National Sovereignty.

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