Last night, Mr. George Bush, our Presidente of the United States, spoke on border control and illegal workers. It is hard subject for some to understand completely. Here's what I got:

1) We have between 10-12 million Mexican workers that lack citizenship. They are usually working in restaurants as busboys, dishwashers and cooks, warehouses as pickers and lumpers and in the fields and yards of Americans as crop pickers or landscaping help. They live in houses with multiple families, surviving on a LOT LESS than Americans.

2) If employers truly cared about this, they wouldn't have hired them without double checking their rights to work. But when they underpay by up to 50% under the minimum wage, to keep unit costs down,  then what incentive is there for them to stop? (And will Americans understand when their lawn care increases, their restaurant bills increase or food bills go up???)

3) Because it is an election year, this issue has gained legs for these reason(s): We failed in Iraq, Osama Bin Laden has been forgotten, Gas Prices are suddenly a mystery to understand (given record profits) and Hurricane Katrina was handled worse than any recent disaster on American soil. All and all, nothing this country has done lately has 'panned' out. It's fool's gold to think some 6,000 troops and 'training' is going to improve any relationships we have along the Mexican-American border.

4) Are Americans aware that many of their kindred were not legal the moment they left the boat or other odd way of making it here? Every generation has resented the one before it. Calling them names, criticizing the ability to speak the 'King's English', when many can't do it themselves, has been the consistent way to make the next minority feel bad.

5) Mexicans are amongst the hardest working folks in America. They certainly take enough grief from us 'citizens'.

The people in Mexico would likely stay there if economics were improved on. But we have often forgotten to help them get on track. Ignoring the potential of millions, not utilizing relationships correctly to bring them into the 21st century. And that's the reason we have this problem.

Fixing it is not going to happen in 2 years with troops doing 'paperwork and technology installation.'  It takes much more toleration inside this country (and believe me, I hear Americans call them all kinds of names) and development in all the North America.