Comments on: How Illegal Mexican Immigration Was Solved (By the Mexicans)

By: Gregory Benford

Gregory Benford — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:38:07 +0000

But there are plenty of countries still wishing to export populations…

By: Robert Nowall

Robert Nowall — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 14:22:44 +0000

Brilliant thing to pick out of the stats…what with Japan reportedly likely to be depopulated by the late 2000s, and Western Europe sustaining itself by encouraging immigration from the Middle East, the only thing sustaining the USA birthrate was this high birthrate…now the USA will follow the rest of Western Civilization down the rathole of massive social programs the population is *unable* to sustain…

By: donn

donn — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:57:17 +0000

Also, the economy(tanking since democrats took over the house, where spending starts, in 2006., and yes G. W. Bush should have vetoed more spending)(Oh,and the community re-investment act forcing banks to lend to previously unqualified buyers, thereby leading to the housing bubble) is not so good, so there is less incentive to come.

By: baldguy

baldguy — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:04:21 +0000

I was always perturbed at the pope for declaring that the world’s Catholics shalt not use birth control. Good to see common sense take over.

By: Ken Houghton

Ken Houghton — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:57:28 +0000

I assume you mean the average family has two children, leading to an average family size ca. 4 (as against that ca. 8.8 in 1979).

The Penn World Tables show that Mexico’s GDP per capita in real terms went up 75% over that time–about 1.4% per year, on average.

Real growth and better lives.

(Hmmm. Luna is our dog; her most common name is “tic.” But I don’t believe the machine will take that as proof I’m sentinent.)

By: Marc Farnum Rendino

Marc Farnum Rendino — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:45:28 +0000

There is one other large factor:

So-called conservatives have made quite a mess of this country lately, so it’s not as attractive as it once was.