Christian Leftist

The Mexican President demanded that the United States stop its enforcement of its immigration laws because they are ‘hurting Mexican citizens.’ Even though Calderon’s stance on illegal immigration appears to be a ploy to unite the opposition party in his country with his supporters, the message is arrogant and imperialistic at best.

Please Mr. Calderon, just because some of our government leaders are self-centered, ignorant nitwits doesn’t mean that you should follow their example and act as if your country is the only country that matters in the world. Our nations have sovereign borders. For better or worse, they have stayed the same for over a century now. Mexico lost the Mexican-American War in a decisve military victory, and despite not ratifying the treaty that Santa Anna signed, Mexico did not challenge the concessions made in that treaty through force.

I don’t like the fact that our immigration laws seem to punish the working poor instead of the corporations that exploit them, but our economy is suffering from the disappearance of middle-class jobs. Pay people a living wage with benefits, and Americans will do the dirty work.