re: #190 tradewind

It works the same way in TN. And a lot of the money evidently goes back home to Mexico, although a lot of people are trying hard to get their green cards, without much success.

It’s revolting to me. These people are exploited:

1) by their homeland, which depends on their remittances and would just as soon not have to build or maintain a functional economy to keep them home;
2) by their employers here in the states;
3) by our political class, who view them as a pool of potential supporters, on the one hand, or as a bug-bear for spooking bubba, on the other.

And I’m sure there are others benefiting from this misery.