Are people a nation's greatest resource?

Victor Davis Hanson writes today at Town Hall about immigration and emigration. Did you know that Mexico receives $20 billion a year from expatriates who have migrated to the US? That does not count the grocery carts full of clearance sale clothing purchased at Walmart for relatives still living in Mexico.

Hanson writes,

People should be a nation's greatest resource. Fairly or not, Mexico has long been seen to view its own citizens in rather cynical terms as a valuable export commodity, akin to oil or food. When they are young and healthy, Mexican expatriates are expected to scrimp, save and support their poorer relatives back in Mexico. When these Mexican expats are ill and aged, then the U.S should pick up the tab for their care.

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