Immigration debate seen skirting root cause

Immigration debate seen skirting root cause - Yahoo! News (Reuters)

The root cause being the extreme economic disparity between Mexico and the United States.

Who wouldn't rather have $5/hour instead of $5/day?

Obviously what's most needed is a vast improvement in the Mexican economy. This would be the best answer for everyone - American and Mexican alike.

This is probably a crazy idea, but it does sound obvious to me - why don't we take some of that money we're mostly wasting in the Middle East (include Afghanistan) and spend it instead helping Mexico improve its economy?

Of course we'd have to make sure that the money doesn't wind up in the hands of the criminals and lost to Mexico's infamous corruption. (Note that there's also plenty of corruption and waste in the Middle East.)