The Mexican Solution / or Delusion

I agree with your approach for the most part. And yes, I feel that the hispanic voters would tend to vote very conservative. 97.8% of Latin Americans are Catholic, thus would tend to vote republican.

And I do feel that Mexican people get a bad rap in general, but as a Mexican myself, let me tell you, we do not want to be too open to Latin America. Last year Caracas, Venezuela was voted to be the worst city in the world. And Mexico City's crime is horrendous. It would be great to act as some sort of beacon to Mexicanos looking for a better life, but openening up more to those obsurdly corrupt governments will help nothing.

Oh, and I know you mean well, but inferring that you would rather be waited on by a mexican than a white american is stereotyping. I know lazy mexicans, i know great mexicans. I know lazy white people, and i know great ones. You should not perfer to be served on by one over the other in a perfect world. But i know you meant well by that comment.

I have also met a number of very good hispanics, in fact, I have several dear friends that are hispanic. You are right in that there are a lot of very good hispanic people that would make a great addition to this country, or any country. But I worked for the department of corrections for 12 years in 3 different states, I have lived in Canyon City, Co. El Paso, Tx. Lexington, Ne. and Colorado Spgings, Co. I worked maximum security most of my career, and the majority of the hispanic population were gang banger, or wannabe gang bangers, and an overwhelming number of the high security population were hispanic. I have seen the crime rate in the cities where I have lived and been able to compare it to where I live now, I have researched the statistics through various sources, and I can tell you that the cities that I have lived in have a much higher crime rate than cities without a large hispanic population. I dont want to make anybody beleive that I think that hispanic people are bad. But at this point, in the cities that I have lived in, they have an overwhelming number of bad representatives. The majority of these people were brought up here and by unethical businesses that dont look into who they are hiring. I think you should have some idea who you are hiring regardless of ethnicity. These businesses just want warm, cheap bodies to throw on a manufacturing line. They dont care about the criminal background, or anything else. They dont care if they are poisoning the community around them. They have created a trusted pipeline to funnel drugs from Mexico into these communities. If we could do a background check before allowing anyone to immigrate north, that would be a different story. But just opening the border I think would be more trouble than it is worth.

I also believe that Lazy is Lazy, it doesnt matter where you are from. Many white folks are lazy because they have been spoiled, maybe they have never had to struggle. Take enough away from them and you would be surprised how ambitious they become.

I dont mind opening the border to the good, hard working people with a dream, but opening the border to everyone is a can of worms I would rather keep the lid on.

mccookreader,

I disagree, the educational level of the prison population in almost every state almost mirrors that of the same size population on the outside. The level of an individuals education, does not correlate with whether they will commit a felony or not. A large majority of the population in southwest Nebraska live below the national poverty line, and yet there is a relatively low crime rate.

The Hispanic prison population is mostly made up of gang bangers that are locked up for dealing drugs or attempting to kill each other for territory. They have the money to get educated if they want to. I have seen inmates with 100K or more in thier inmate accounts. You cant force education on them, they wouldnt take it, even if it was free. The prison system offers these inmates a chance to obtain a GED for free, and the opportunity to take that education a step further. They set them up with resources and housing and offer to get them started before release...they wont take it. Because they can make more money in a month of gang bangin and selling drugs than they can at a job, even if they had a bachelors degree.

I would agree that a good education increases the chance that any individual(regardless of race) will have a better self image, and have a higher degree of success and will be much less likely to commit a crime. But I worked maximum security, do you have any idea what you have to do to get locked up in max? Especially in Nebraska! I dont think that poverty would drive most of us to do these things.