Better Mexican Relations, Inspired By Ronald Reagan
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Staten Island, NY Posted: 4/27/2017 1:00:00 AM
Ronald Reagan had an entirely different opinion on building a wall at the Mexican border.
The subject of building a wall between the United States and Mexico isn't new. It's been talked about for decades, but it picked up a lot of steam when Donald Trump made it the cornerstone of his Presidential run.
The issue of illegal immigration was just as important back in the 70s and 80s, when Ronald Reagan was running for office, but he had an entirely different opinion. His solution was literally the complete opposite. Reagan was opposed to the idea of building a wall because he knew that physically keeping Mexicans from crossing the border was only a symptom of the actual problem, which is that the Mexican economy was weak.
As Reagan pointed out, the real problem was that Mexicans were crossing the border because there were very few jobs in Mexico. In the late 1970s, Mexico had nearly 50% unemployment, so he knew that taking away Mexican jobs would only make matters worse.
This is where Reagan and Trump differ the most. While we can totally agree with President Trump's ambitions to bring jobs back to the United States, there needs to be some balance. Mexico needs a strong economy too or it will lead to fewer Mexican jobs, and that leads to increased illegal immigration.
Simply stated, we need to do everything we can to improve the economy of BOTH countries. Mexicans love their country just as much as we love ours. They only reason so many of them cross our border is because they can't find jobs back home. If Mexico had a stronger economy, not only would there be fewer people coming here illegally, but there would actually be a large number of Mexicans returning home.
Joe Crescenzi, Founder
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