Because the land used to belong to the Mexicans. Remember the Alamo?
http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/mainframe.html
Originally posted by Kopys
> Why are people so paranoid
that once the border with Mexico is opened
> then the US will be harmed
in some way?
>
> Look at EU - They expanded and incuded much poorer
countries. Some
> countries like the UK, Irelend or Sweden gave access
to their labor
> markets - so people from Lithuania, Czech, Slovakia or
Poland do not
> need work permits to work in the UK, Ireland or Sweden.
>
> That did not put a strain on EU at all and hopefully will
revitalize
> the whole EU.
>
> I think there should be more push for
economic stability and
> prosperity and not a push for closing down the
borders.
>
> I think people who have low incomes, low education and
cannot make it
> in their own country feel most threatened. But they are
very easy to
> scare because they do not understand much. This is why
you have such
crappy immigration laws. My 2 cents.
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