{"id":11596,"date":"2019-01-10T11:29:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T19:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=11596"},"modified":"2019-01-10T11:29:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T19:29:27","slug":"the-ironies-of-illegal-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/the-ironies-of-illegal-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ironies of Illegal Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ National Review<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"drop\">E<\/span>stimates suggest that there are eleven million to 13 million Mexican citizens currently living in the United States illegally. Millions more emigrated previously and are now U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n<p>A recent poll revealed that one-third of Mexicans (34 percent) would like to emigrate to the United States. With Mexico having a population of about 130 million, that amounts to some 44 million would-be immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Such massive potential emigration into the United States makes no sense.<\/p>\n<p>First, Mexico is a naturally rich country. It ranks 19th in the world in proven oil reserves and is currently the twelfth-largest oil producer. Mexico certainly has significantly more natural advantages than do far wealthier per capita Singapore, Taiwan, or Chile.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico also is one of the world\u2019s most popular tourist destinations and earns billions in foreign exchange from visitors. It enjoys a temperate climate, is rich in minerals, and has millions of acres of fertile farmland and a long coastline.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/01\/illegal-immigration-mexicans-leaving-mexico-for-usa\/\">Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ National Review Estimates suggest that there are eleven million to 13 million Mexican citizens currently living in the United States illegally. Millions more emigrated previously and are now U.S. citizens. A recent poll revealed that one-third of Mexicans (34 percent) would like to emigrate to the United States. With Mexico having [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[220,111,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p466Sb-312","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4505,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/illegal-immigration-is-a-moral-issue\/","url_meta":{"origin":11596,"position":0},"title":"Illegal Immigration Is a Moral Issue","author":"victorhanson","date":"January 24, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services As President Bush's guest worker proposals slog through Congress, new reports suggest that there may be not 8 million, but almost 20 million illegal aliens in the United States, a population larger than most entire states. $400 billion in taxes\u2014almost the current annual\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;January 2005&quot;","block_context":{"text":"January 2005","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/ahref=\/index.php\/categories\/angry-reader\/categorylink\/a\/archives\/2005\/january-2005\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6216,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/by-hook-crook-or-comic-book\/","url_meta":{"origin":11596,"position":1},"title":"By Hook, Crook, or Comic Book","author":"victorhanson","date":"July 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Mexico continues to encourage its citizens to migrate to the U.S., even thought it doesn't need to. by Victor Davis Hanson \/\/\u00a0National Review Online There are many strange elements in the current debate over illegal immigration, but none stranger than the general failure to discuss the role of\u00a0Mexico. Are millions\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Immigration&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Immigration","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/ahref=\/index.php\/categories\/angry-reader\/categorylink\/a\/immigration\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Border_patrol_car_patroling_on_border.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Border_patrol_car_patroling_on_border.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Border_patrol_car_patroling_on_border.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Border_patrol_car_patroling_on_border.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1406,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/illogical-immigration\/","url_meta":{"origin":11596,"position":2},"title":"Illogical Immigration","author":"victorhanson","date":"August 9, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Some 11 million to 15 million illegal aliens are now residing in America, most after crossing into America unlawfully. Once a federal law is arbitrarily not enforced, all sorts of bizarre paradoxes arise from that original contradiction. As proof, examine the following illogical\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;August 2010&quot;","block_context":{"text":"August 2010","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/ahref=\/index.php\/categories\/angry-reader\/categorylink\/a\/archives\/2010\/august-2010\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5922,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/illegal-immigration-who-benefits\/","url_meta":{"origin":11596,"position":3},"title":"Illegal Immigration: Who Benefits?","author":"victorhanson","date":"May 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Why does the well-off California suburbanite stand shoulder to shoulder with\u00a0La Raza? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Why are over 11 million foreign nationals residing illegally in the United States? 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