Mexicans say they prefer being detained in US, rather than being returned to Mexico

Two of the top five stories in the Wall Street Journal today have to do with Mexico. The first: Mexican Migrants Signal They Prefer Detention to Deportation
Illegal immigrants meet with Mexican officials in Phoenix, discuss options under Trump administration
The second: Mexicans Vow to Fight Trump by Jamming U.S. Courts
Group says it will urge compatriots targeted for extradition to fight in court; government allocates funds

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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We are all Mexicans now

Pop star Shakira shakes it to stop entrenched white racism

A new hit single anti-Trump protest song has been smuggled across the border, and is taking the country by storm. As usual, Manhattan Infidel has the exclusive story.

Emilio Estefan and his wife Gloria, Shakira, Carlos Santana, Wyclef Jean and others have released the single “We’re All Mexican” in hopes of stopping Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his “hateful anti-Hispanic sentiment.”

The hastily put-together protest song was recorded and immediately shipped north for distribution in the United States.

“We are hoping to get the word out to Americans that Mexicans are just like everybody else. Only shorter and illegal” said Estefan.

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