Friday, January 07, 2005

Follow the money

Mexican government publishes "how to" comic book for illegal immigrants:
"Remittances - the money Mexicans in the U.S. send back to their relatives in Mexico (sic) - are now at about $18 Billion dollars a year, account for more income to Mexico than any source other than PEMEX, the state owned Petroleum Company."

Considering that there are still about 100 million folks in Mexico who haven't crossed our border yet, remittances amount to about $180 for every man, woman and child in Mexico, or about 2% of GDP. This, and the political value of sending the discontented north where they won't disturb the status quo south of the border, helps to explain why the Mexican government plans to distribute 1.5 million copies of their guide for how to cross the border illegally and stay here unobtrusively.

I have a great idea. Why don't we print up comic books explaining to Guatemalans how to enter Mexico illegally and meld into the Mexican economy?

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