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Are the northern,
educated and industrialized Mexicans typical migrants? Does the US need farm
or skilled labor or both? Canada does. Is no natural resources to
industrialize, as in rural Nicaragua with a high birth rate, at the root of
much of the problem? Or is the lack of an industry-oriented education the
fault? How does the aging US population integrate with the high fertility
migrant population? Has the pensioners to workers ratio (PWR) been
considered in any way? What proportion of migrants return to Mexico with
Social Security (SS)? Perhaps 0.20 PWR in the US. Immigration will lower the
cost of SS by adding workers. Can immigration revitalize a community?
Meanwhile, the US continues to strengthen border control. New US laws
expedite removal of unauthorized migrants and restrict welfare benefits to
legal immigrants. |