It is the season of death along the Mexican border. As summer begins thousands of Mexicans try to cross into the US and join the more than 8 million undocumented immigrants who are already here, harvesting America’s peaches, building its homes, and cleaning its toilets. And while America continues to rely on the economic muscle of illegal immigrants …the official word at the border is “Mexican go home.”
Everyone agrees that U.S. immigration policy is inconsistent but there is little consensus on what to do about it. Some warn that unless America seals its southern border, the nation will turn into a kind of Mexifornia — a landscape of barrios and cultural barriers. Others say legalization would actually help bring assimilation.
Guests:
Victor Davis Hanson, author of “Mexifornia, a State of Becoming”
Ricardo Pimentel, columnist for Arizona Republic
Chris Simcox, founder of the Tombstone-based Civil Homeland Defense.