Dear HCN,
I
hope Ed Marston found his confession about his “change of
heart” regarding immigration therapeutic (HCN, 2/3/03: The
son of immigrants has a change of heart). Rather than wring his
hands in public, he should take his ideas to their logical
conclusion: a 30-foot border wall and citizenship for immigrants
that have their tubes tied. Then, perhaps, he’d think before
he publishes such trash and realize that, for starters, trying to
control the flow of humans is like trying to control the
weather.
Only one thing slows population growth in
third-world countries: wealth. If we really think Mexicans would be
better off with smaller families, we need policies that help
Mexicans, not policies that protect Americans. We need trade
agreements that spread wealth to the poorest levels of Mexican
society rather than exploit their workers and enrich American
corporations.
Lastly, we need to stop publishing ideas
that lend credibility to the idea that environmentalists are simply
racist, middle-class whites.
Matthew Henderson
Albuquerque, New Mexico
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Build wealth, not walls.
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