Getting a green card is not easy. When I was in Canada one summer a few years 
back I told some people I was thinking of staying. The reaction universally was 
"are you out of your *mind*... do you you know what a lot of people would do 
for that green card?" And I am Canadian, mind you. I believe there is a waiting 
list for work visas. I am not sure because I married an American, which is a 
somewhat different process.

Now on the Mexican border... well, there was a three-hour wait at Juarez. The 
people who were trying to get visaas or workcards or whatever they are called, 
I saw at least 300 of them in the waiting room when I went in to ask about 
something. When I have had to renew the green card, I have had immigration 
officers tell me, oh, we aren't worried about you -- you speak english. While 
this makes soem sense, it does indicate to me that the average Mexican has a 
significantly harder time getting in legally  than the average Canadian, and 
givent he above it would seem that the average Canadian doesn't necessarily 
find it easy to come here to work.

hope that answers your question.

>agree with that stance wholeheartedly.  However if there is a
>bureaucratic system in place that is keeping people from other
>countries out even though they have the desire and the ability to
>learn, work and contribute then that system needs to be investigated.
>
>What me might be looking at is a case where enforcement and
>provisioning both need to be addressed.

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