These paragraphs in this article summarize US Government’s reaction in the past few months to immigration and the drug war:
“But adding a thousand or so border troops won’t stop the cartels or repeal the law of supply and demand. It won’t lessen American addicts’ hunger for drugs or Mexican traffickers’ appetite for sold-in-America guns.”
“Take your pick of possible explanations for Mr. Obama’s sudden move: a political tactic to gain cover for immigration reform; a re-election gift to Senator John McCain of Arizona, who is in a desperate primary struggle with a border hawk; a realistic effort to stem illegal flows of drugs and people north, guns and money south (the least-convincing explanation).”
