I dont think we will disagree to be honest. Mexico has similar natural resources to us, and hard working, honest people...but they are ruled by corruption and political weakness. I can't even begin to fathom how the US would go about fixing it. My guess would be that it would likely take trillions of dollars and some magic beans to magically make all of the greed and corruption disappear. The sad situation is that Mexico is a gigantic country that is pretty much screwed as is. They need some sort of revolution to free themselves from their corrupt, greedy, incompetent government AND the cartels that run their streets. The sad truth is that Mexico is utterly F*#&ed. How did the USA do in Iraq and Afghanistan where they had almost complete control of the rebuilding process? Now imagine that level of incompetence trying to rebuild an uncooperative Mexico with twice the population of both of those countries combined. It's not going to happen.

That was just Mexico. Don't forget about central and south america, Venezuela and Brazil are on the flirting with collapse. Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and almost all of central america . We are talking well over 100+ million people in chronic poverty. We can't save the entire western hemisphere from poverty save for Canada.

Going a little beyond your point, I think the above is why building a wall is so important. Short sighted people (which is a huuuuuge amount) jump up and call it racist. I call it being practical. You have to make a serious effort to control the flow of these poor people into the country. Once you have that done, then we can sit down and work on making those already here citizens. You absolutely can't do that without a strong control on the flow of poor people. Imagine what those 100+ million people struggling to find food south of the border will plan on doing once they catch word that America just legalized tens of millions of people who illegally entered the country. Step 1, exert strong control on the flow of people into the country (and I do believe that a physical wall is somewhat goofy and the same end could probably be accomplished using drones and technology). Step 2) Rework our immigration policies and work to streamline the process for letting in the right people [Even though it stings the heart to admit it, we can't accommodate 100 million people with no skills and no education]. This isnt to say that some of those unskilled people cant come in, but it's going to be controlled. Step 3) work on amnesty once and for all for those already here, but make it clear that those who violate our proper immigration channels won't ever enjoy that benefit again.

I think the irrational act of immediately pointing to people who support any type of immigration enforcement as racist is really doing a disservice to immigrants, both legal and illegal. It's really just postponing our ability to finally sit down and have a real, meaningful conversation about illegal immigration. They are wasting time screaming about no borders whatsoever, which is simply completely unrealistic.