Reader Response : In an otherwise excellent article, Chris Iosso writes, "The Assembly spoke well in 2004, calling for an orderly path to citizenship and recognizing the economic factors that push countries to export their own citizens." Unfortunately, this mis-statement furthers the Lou Dobbs fostered myth that governments such as Mexico are somehow "exporting" their own people. In fact, most Mexicans who leave Mexico do so sadly and with heavy hearts. They leave their families and communities because they have no choice, coming to the US in hopes of making money, much of which they ship home to their families. Since these folks tend to be excellent workers and entrepreneurs, the Mexican government wishes they could stay at home and work. Let us be clear: Mexico and other nations don't export their workers to us. They lose them to us. As a result, we are better off; the nations from whence they come are worse off.

Response By : john - October 29, 2008