Today a dollar buys 149 pesos. People are desperate for work and a decent life. The issue is geographic. The United States has a 2.000 mile United StatesMexico border with only 350 border patrol officers on duty at any one time. Our neighbor. Mexico. has one of the worlds fastest growing populations and. at the present time. one of the worlds slowest economies. One recent estimate is that between 15 and 20 percent of Mexicos adult population has emigrated illegally and is working in the United States. Our neighbor. Mexico. has one of the highest birth rates in the world.
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