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FIX MEXICO   JONAH GOLDBERG
The Mexican economy creates about a half-million jobs a year. The problem is that about a million young people enter the work force every year.

SOUTHERN EXPOSURE   FRED THOMPSON
I think its time for a little plain talk to the leaders of Mexico.

MEXICO'S JOB-CREATION PROBLEM   JOEL KURTZMAN
Mexico needs to modernize and open up to competition its antiquated and concentrated economic and financial systems.

A BORDERLESS WORLD   VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
Failed societies in Latin America, Africa and much of the Middle East must encourage family planning and get smarter about using their plentiful natural wealth to keep more of their own people home.

AMERICA'S REAL "ASSIMILATION" DILEMMA   ROBERT TRACINSKI
It's not about them, it's about us. If we are not promoting our values, that's our fault, not theirs.

LABOR DUMPING   STEVE H. HANKE
30% of Mexico's labor force is working in the U.S., and in 2006 they sent home $23 billion, 12% of Mexico's exports.

SOUTHERN CORRUPTION   DEROY MURDOCK
On the border, Washington should install huge mirrors. They should face south, so Mexican officials can reflect on the root causes of Mexico's misfortune.

COMPREHENSIVE OR INCOMPREHENSIBLE?   FRED THOMPSON
We should scrap this "comprehensive" immigration bill and the whole debate until the government can show the American people that we have secured the borders.

IMMIGRATION AND ITS SIDE EFFECTS   STEVE CHAPMAN
If you want Latino immigrants and their children to embrace mainstream culture rather than anti-social attitudes, widening the divide between them and the rest of society is not the answer.

TO REDUCE CRIME, TIJUANA DISARMS POLICE   RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR.
The cops are supposed to protect people from scoundrels. But, in Tijuana, the cops are the scoundrels.

THE WRONG SIDE OF THE IMMIGRATION STORY   JONAH GOLDBERG
How did Republicans, who normally embrace patriotism, American exceptionalism, and rugged individualism, get on the wrong side of this story?

MEXICO'S HAND IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION   C.S. MONITOR
Opening up key parts of the economy—telecommunications, oil, cement, and electricity—to fair competition under the law would be Calderón's greatest legacy.

DOWN MEXICO WAY   JAMES THAYER
Nothing is getting better for those who remain, and so there will be no end to the waves of Mexicans trying to enter our country illegally.

RIGHT DIRECTION   MICHAEL BARONE
Changing U.S. public policy is like steering a giant ship—it's impossible to sharply reverse course, but you can change the direction in a way that will make a significant difference over time.

ROOT FOR TIJUANA TO CURB IMMIGRATION   RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR.
To curb illegal immigration into the United States, root for the economies of Mexican border cities.

FENCE ME IN   CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER
I have yet to hear a senator stand up and say she is against better border enforcement. Why not start by passing what everyone says they want?

THE CASE FOR AMNESTY   MICHAEL BARONE
As a general proposition, it is not a good idea to have large numbers of people—a caste of noncitizens—living in the country outside the law.

OUR BRAVE NEW WORLD OF IMMIGRATION   VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
There are daily warnings that there is something terribly wrong with a system predicated on a cynical violation of the law.

RETHINKING IMMIGRATION   NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE
As we learned following the 1986 immigration reform, granting legal status to illegal aliens before fully implementing enforcement measures encourages more illegal immigration.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT   RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR.
By avoiding responsibility for the problem, "blame-Mexico-first" Americans surrender the power to find a solution.

SPAIN'S BLUSTER MASKS AN IMMIGRATION CRISIS   SOEREN KERN
His leniency has triggered an avalanche of uncontrolled immigration. Zapatero now says the problem is a European problem and as such he has tried to put the onus on other EU member states to find a solution.

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