It would make you someone whose children are dead or enslaved.

At least, that’s the fear of those who are fleeing. I wouldn’t know how accurate their beliefs are.

Such an ugly response. Their situation is that their children are already at risk.

I don't think you grasp the severity of the situation in Mexico. Perhaps you should go strut your tough stuff over the border. The state dept advise against it due to the high levels of violence and kidnapping.

That wouldn't matter to a would-be criminal though.

> ethnically cleanse

? Who's talking about ethnic cleansing? We're talking about violence cause as a consequence of the USA's drug policy + CIA interference.

The levels of misconception in this thread are remarkable

There is an ongoing history of ethnic cleansing of Mayan and other populations for example, https://caravanmagazine.in/photo-essay/ixil-maya-guatemala-e... - of course it is true that some of the ethnic cleansing history in South America is tightly related to U.S drug policy and CIA interference - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_genocide

Yes, I agree, the levels of misconception really are remarkable.

on edit - should have said Central America instead of South America.

Just walk south. Don't walk north. Walk south. It's that simple.

Mexico is a civilized democracy with public safety problems, you people talking as if it was North Korea...

Immigrants applying for refuge at the southern border are generally coming through Mexico, not from it. Mexicans are (not quite as) xenophobic towards them, too.