Reply #121: Mexican women in the 1970s were still having 6-7 children each, and most

[amandabeech]

lived to adulthood thanks to better public health. The Mexican government simply did not get on that problem when change was needed. Now, there has been a sharp turn-around in Mexican government policies. The high birthrate has nothing to do with NAFTA or the United States.

The U.S. hasn't been growing the jobs that fast, and Mexico hasn't either.

Now, lots of those Mexican children are here, and they're taking jobs that used to go to those on the bottom of the income ladder, who, unfortunately, are disproportionately African American even now.

You may see heavy immigration as a contribution to the gene pool. Frankly, I see it as obfuscating the still difficult relations between black and white Americans.

Oh yes, and MFN for China and China allegedly signing on to the WTO took jobs that some thought would go to Mexico. The Chinese work really cheap.