Yeah, sure, explain away the cartel crime that takes place inside of the America. No it is the strongest of the all, where they go they will bring there cultural and politics with them, how they vote will have so much bearing on you.
Cartel crime is the easiest crime to explain. When you make something illegal that people want it doesn't end the want for that product, it just drives it into the shadows. Violence and fear become regularized because the production of that product cannot happen in the open where the natural regulatory measures of the free market would expose those violating the rights of others and eliminate them from production.
Do you want a leftist goverment like Mexico?
The leftist government of Mexico is not substantially any different than the leftist government of the USA, or the two socialist parties that run everything, the Democrats and Republicans.
Libertarians who are against Mexican immigration are idiots because they are ignoring the low hanging fruit that could increase their power base dramatically. Mexicans coming to American already know the follies of socialism, they're coming to this country exactly because socialism has lead to massive failure in their countries. They know this already, they know that socialism is a failure and that capitalism, even the crippled version of it here, is better. They just need to be shown that. Libertarians, more than anyone, have the ideology and the understanding to turn this power base that is so disaffected with socialism into political success but instead of embracing it they fight against it? Stupidity.
But hey ignore the place of culture and the value of borders, its not like that has ever taken down any group in history right?
No, they haven't. In fact it is nativisim and closed borders that destroy countries and nations. I was just teaching my students about the fall of the Western Roman Empire today and it struck me how Rome ensured its destruction by denying the German tribes immigration. These tribes were pouring across the border, eager to become part of the Empire. They were natural sources of cheap labor, new taxes, and a reinvigorated military (Rome had been using German mercenaries for decades, but this would have turned them into Roman soldiers loyal to the Empire not their gold). And what does Rome do? They turn the military loose on them. They turn these people into their enemies, making them fight for their survival. Instead of turning them into farmers they force them to become plunderers and pillagers. It was idiocy, idiocy based on the nativist fear that the Germans weren't "Roman" and that "Roman" culture would be destroyed. In trying to keep their borders closed, Rome destroyed itself.
In comparison, the United States had no immigration laws until 1882, when the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed. Not only was "American cultures" or "American freedoms" not destroyed, but the country grew in leaps and bounds. And in that growth immigrants, as a source of cheap labor and some of the groups driving Western expansion, helped lead to one of the most economically successful periods in American history.
The "cultural suicide" argument is just complete hogwash.
