The new President of Mexico has Just set out on an austerity program that makes Reaganomics look like an economic boom. and in his own words. says that his country will have "a couple of very tough years." In the words of Deputy Secretary of the Treasury McNamar. the people of Mexico are going to face "a real drop in living standards." What they are telling us is that Mexico is sinking beyond poverty into mass deprivation. Hundreds of thousands. maybe millions of Mexicans. face a likely choice between slow starvation and a stab at decency. by moving across the border. If there is no chance for legal immigration to the United States. and no real chance for anything like a decent life in Mexico. the conclusion is obvious: The flow of illegal entry that we see today is destined to become a tidal wave. The bill tries to address that prospect in a way that is too little: it seeks to penalize employers of undocumented aliens. but then it does not require a universal. uniform means of identification. The bill seeks not to offend Americans by requiring us all to carry an internal passport. It places the onus of identification only on those who happen to have a foreign look. maybe an accent of some kind.
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