On Opening Borders
* According to “Common-Market Plan for N. America Gains Currency” [Oct. 15], as America’s southern border becomes even more porous, ‘serious discussions” are challenging “old assumptions” concerning the increasing problem of illegal immigration into the United States.
Evidently the “old” assumption was that open borders would send waves of Mexican migrants northward and turn some American cities into refugee encampments.
No kidding. Been to Anaheim, Santa Ana, San Diego or Escondido lately? The article alleges that the feared surge of Mexicans into U.S. cities and towns “might never materialize” if wage levels and opportunities in Mexico improve and if population growth levels out. These are two very big “ifs.”
JOSEPH LEA
Mission Viejo
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