Coupla thoughts on the Shamnesty deal …………………..

There’s all this talk about a “virtual fence” – does that mean it will only preclude “virtual illegals”?
Also, all these demands by illegals, and the claims of “Reconquista” – I can’t help but envision the U.S. turning into a BAD version of Mexico – kinda like South Africa & Zimbabwe, when whites were forced out – I realize this isn’t politically correct, but – one only needs to look at SA & Zimbabwe’s current fiscal/productivity dilemmas vs. SA during and immediately after apartheid, and Zimbabwe since Madman Mugabe told the white farmers to leave …………………….. I’m NOT saying native South Africans & Zimbabweans are all corrupt and incompetent – but unfortunately, the individuals in power are, as a rule, corrupt & incapable of governing properly and fairly – they choose to govern tribally, which lends itself to all sorts of problems.

We lived in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, for 2.5 years – we saw the barrios on the outskirts of town, thrown together with cinderblocks, roofed with corrugated metal, stealing electricity from municipal light stanchions. We lived in a neighborhood that was NOT an ‘expat enclave’ {didn’t find THAT ‘til we’d been there about 9 months} – our neighbors were teachers, lawyers, business proprietors. I had ‘poor’ women with children in tow ring my door buzzer, demanding I give them ‘ropa usado’ {used clothing}, then having their kids defecate on the sidewalk. Whenever we would travel up to the border, on our return, the spousal unit’s truck {a LARGE Dodge} would be subjected to kids panhandling – even going so far as the kids jumping up on the hood {a good 4.5-5 feet off the ground}. There are also the ‘rent-a-kids’ – you’d see a woman with 5 or 6 kids begging on a corner – that afternoon or the next day, you’d see the same kids with a different “mother” on another corner. We went to doctors there – I was in a hospital for 4 days – granted, we had insurance {though we had to prepay my hospital stay} – but the ‘poor’ of Mexico have FREE medical care available – EVERY Mexican graduate of a Mexican medical school MUST give 2 years’ medical care to the poor, whether in a hospital setting, or in a rural clinic. Many physicians who are established in their practices there still donate time to the free hospitals, instructing medical students & caring for patients. One note of caution – God forbid, but should any of my readers be visiting Mexico & have an accident, if they send a green ambulance for you, tell’em you want ANOTHER one – at least in the Monterrey area, a green ambulance is one step {make that a half step} removed from a morgue wagon ………………………..