The drugs status quo: shrug or act? - Historum

corrocamino · September 3rd, 2010, 02:43 AM

'In return for dangerous drugs and illegal immigrants, we give brutal drug lords billions of dollars and enough weapons to take on a major army, terrorize millions of civilians, and threaten a democracy. There’s no subtlety to our misdeeds. It’s moral philosophy for kindergartners.'

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/...n-drug-cartels

corrocamino · September 3rd, 2010, 03:07 AM

The porous border:

'In any given year, many unauthorized immigrants leave the US and many arrive. Nearly half the illegal immigrants living in the country in 2009 arrived in 2000 or later.'

'Even if the overall number of illegal immigrants in the US has declined by 1 million or more since 2007, illegal immigrants remain a significant presence as a share of both the overall US population (3.7 percent) and the labor force (5.1 percent).'

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/09...-lost-the-most