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> 2M+ illegal crossings every year from a country that hates us Huh? Since when does Mexico hate America? Many Mexicans like visiting America for shopping and

> 2M+ illegal crossings every year from a country that hates us Huh? Since when does Mexico hate America? Many Mexicans like visiting America for shopping and sightseeing, which is why over 2.3M were issued visitor visas in 2023 alone. Mexicans living in American tend to be very hardworking and friendly. Also, I thought most of the people crossing illegally are originally coming from points south of Mexico?

gjsman-1000 2y ago
No, there’s another 2M illegal entries per year in addition to the 2M+ authorized crossings. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wt91pxCd0qA&pp=ygUZc3RldmUgYmFsbG1lciBpbW1pZ3JhdGlvbg%3D%3D https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wt91pxCd0qA&pp=ygUZc3RldmUgYmF...
- Larrikin 2y ago
  So seems like America is very popular and there isn't some universal hate in Mexico.
  - gjsman-1000 2y ago
    You aren’t very creative. I’m talking about if China, or North Korea, did smuggling as part of the masses deliberately through Mexico.
cromka 2y ago
Either they corrected their comment or you misread, but they said THROUGH Mexico
- morpheuskafka 2y ago
  The wording was "crossing from a country that hates us," so I guess it depends on how you interpret the word "crossing." To me "crossing from" as opposed to "journeying/coming/emigrating from" seems to refer to the moment of actually crossing the border, in which case they are crossing from Mexico so that would be the country in the sentence.
burningChrome 2y ago
>> Since when does Mexico hate America? Most of the people coming here illegally now are not from Mexico. Some of the last ICE numbers I saw, border patrol had over 150 countries represented and none of them were Mexico. It is true that Mexican cartels who employ Coyotes do account for the majority of the trafficking since they control all the major routes into this country. All of these illegals are violating the Safe Country asylum rule and the majority of people who are seen for asylum cases are rejected and deported anyways. >> Mexicans living in American tend to be very hardworking and friendly. They also remit billions back to Mexico which never make into our economy: Mexicans living and working abroad sent $63.31 billion home last year, a 7.6% increase compared to 2022. Remittances out of Mexico increased 19.5% last year to total $1.05 billion, or just 1.7% of the incoming amount. Most of the incoming money — 99% of which was wired electronically in transfers that averaged $393 per transaction — came from the United States, where millions of Mexicans live. https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/mexicans-sent-us-63b-home-in-2023/ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/mexicans-sent-us-63b-ho...
- morpheuskafka 2y ago
  > They also remit billions back to Mexico which never make into our economy: OK, but that's not illegal in any way, and I don't think most people would consider it wrong either. The US is a free market economy, so you can pretty much do whatever you want with the money you earned, and gifts aren't taxed at normal wealth levels. Why would it be any different for Mexican residents (and if they aren't permanent residents, it makes even more sense to send their money back home where they are legally expected to return)?

gjsman-1000 2y ago

No, there’s another 2M illegal entries per year in addition to the 2M+ authorized crossings. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wt91pxCd0qA&pp=ygUZc3RldmUgYmFsbG1lciBpbW1pZ3JhdGlvbg%3D%3D https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wt91pxCd0qA&pp=ygUZc3RldmUgYmF...

Larrikin 2y ago
So seems like America is very popular and there isn't some universal hate in Mexico.
- gjsman-1000 2y ago
  You aren’t very creative. I’m talking about if China, or North Korea, did smuggling as part of the masses deliberately through Mexico.

cromka 2y ago

Either they corrected their comment or you misread, but they said THROUGH Mexico

morpheuskafka 2y ago
The wording was "crossing from a country that hates us," so I guess it depends on how you interpret the word "crossing." To me "crossing from" as opposed to "journeying/coming/emigrating from" seems to refer to the moment of actually crossing the border, in which case they are crossing from Mexico so that would be the country in the sentence.

burningChrome 2y ago

>> Since when does Mexico hate America? Most of the people coming here illegally now are not from Mexico. Some of the last ICE numbers I saw, border patrol had over 150 countries represented and none of them were Mexico. It is true that Mexican cartels who employ Coyotes do account for the majority of the trafficking since they control all the major routes into this country. All of these illegals are violating the Safe Country asylum rule and the majority of people who are seen for asylum cases are rejected and deported anyways. >> Mexicans living in American tend to be very hardworking and friendly. They also remit billions back to Mexico which never make into our economy: Mexicans living and working abroad sent $63.31 billion home last year, a 7.6% increase compared to 2022. Remittances out of Mexico increased 19.5% last year to total $1.05 billion, or just 1.7% of the incoming amount. Most of the incoming money — 99% of which was wired electronically in transfers that averaged $393 per transaction — came from the United States, where millions of Mexicans live. https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/mexicans-sent-us-63b-home-in-2023/ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/mexicans-sent-us-63b-ho...

morpheuskafka 2y ago
> They also remit billions back to Mexico which never make into our economy: OK, but that's not illegal in any way, and I don't think most people would consider it wrong either. The US is a free market economy, so you can pretty much do whatever you want with the money you earned, and gifts aren't taxed at normal wealth levels. Why would it be any different for Mexican residents (and if they aren't permanent residents, it makes even more sense to send their money back home where they are legally expected to return)?