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I live in southern Arizona. I am actually so close to the Mexican border that if I look above the back wall of my back yard , the mountains I can see are 2 kilometers in Mexico itself. The border itself is 7 kilometers away from my house as the crow flies.

Right now, said crow is flying in the right direction: from the US to Mexico. Would it come to you as a surprise that the officials on the Mexican side of “la frontera” are freaking out because there are no jobs as well as no housing for all the illegals returning home because of the new Arizona state law requiring employers to verify the immigration status of their employees?

Personally, I’m tickled pink by the article below mentioned in the Tucson Citizen :

Sonoran officials slam sanctions law in Tucson visit
SHERYL KORNMAN
Published: 01.16.2008
A delegation of nine state legislators from Sonora was in Tucson on Tuesday to say Arizona’s new employer sanctions law will have a devastating effect on the Mexican state.
At a news conference, the legislators said Sonora - Arizona’s southern neighbor, made up of mostly small towns - cannot handle the demand for housing, jobs and schools it will face as illegal Mexican workers here return to their hometowns without jobs or money.

Immigration - one of the most important and divisive issues I know of. Several arguments at work have popped up on this topic.

I know where I stand and it’s simple. Follow the law. If you don’t like the law, change it. If that doesn’t work, you’re SOL.

In my ever so humble opinion, the governments south of the border have been using the U.S. as a crutch for entirely too long. They know the the people who don’t have jobs can and will go to the U.S. to find employment and send money back home. Remittances from workers abroad are one of the top forms of income for Mexico.

And that chicken is now coming home to roost.

Arizona is cracking down on the employers and now the people who can’t find work are going home. Without money.

The Sonoran government is having a tough time trying to figure out what to do with them. They’re pleading with the government of Arizona to go easier so they don’t cause too many problems. Funny, I thought job of the Sonoran government was to look after their people. It’s surely not ours.

It’s time for the Mexican government to stand up.

This could get interesting…