Crime continues to rise at the U.S. and Mexico border according to this article at Fox News. This time, deportation issues are to blame. Mexican officials are blaming the rise in criminal activity at the border due to the U.S. not deporting illegal immigrant criminals all the way back to their hometowns, but instead leaving them at the border. It seems to be a hassle enough to deport criminals who have illegally immigrated to the United States, and now we are expected to drop them off at their front doors? One would think that the country of which these criminals came from would take full responsibility in processing the criminals, as well as transporting them to their hometowns. According to Juan Hernandez, who founded the Center for U.S.-Mexico Studies at University of Texas at Dallas, "Mexico believes that individuals who commit crimes in the United States should be prosecuted in the United States and not sent to Mexico to continue their performing of crimes." Sure, that is convenient for Mexico since that means less criminals in their country. It does not seem fair that U.S. tax dollars are spent when these criminals are put through the U.S. federal prison and court systems. In my opinion, the officials in Mexico should be held responsible for putting these deported criminals in the proper place, and the U.S. should not be held accountable for whatever happens with them once they are brought across the border so long as they place them with the proper officials.
There needs to be some major changes with this whole process. I can't say I know the solution, but the U.S. needs to once and for all secure the border, get strict with immigration laws, and improve the deportation procedures.
News Article:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/09/28/mexican-lawmakers-say-worsening-mexico-violence-returning-criminals/
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