It’s not just Americans who are tired of unending streams of illegal migrants making their way through Mexico to cross our southern border. An article in USA Today notes that a lot of Mexicans are getting tired of it too.
It states that “Mexicans are increasingly facing immigration concerns similar to those seen in the United States. They’re wrestling with questions like how to accommodate and provide for people arriving with few resources and who don’t speak Spanish.”
This has happening as the flow of migrants has predominantly become non-Mexican. An Oxfam Mexico poll last year found that seven out of 10 Mexicans view migration into Mexico as “excessive.” More than half affirmed that migrants either have a negative effect on Mexico’s economy and culture or provide no benefit.
The article quotes a Mexican, Raul Priviesca Zara, who is concerned about migrants’ crime: “There are many Venezuelans and Cubans who come here to steal, to make their mafia. We’re giving them asylum and refuge so they can steal from our people. I agree that we should help people, just not those who come to steal or do crime – and the majority come for that.”
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