Consider the following facts about our neighbor to the South:
- It welcomed 76,000 refugees from the Spanish Civil War in the 1930's. And for 40 years it refused to have diplomatic relations with dictator Francisco Franco, until democracy was restored. (The US, instead, legitimized the dictatorship by signing treaties with the Caudillo).
- In 1938, it was the only country that officially condemned the annexation of Austria by Hitler at the League of Nations. Thus Mexicoplatz in Vienna. See photo above.
- It welcomed 75,000 Americans fleeing McCarthy in the 1940's.
- It welcomed 50,000 Chileans fleeing the US-sponsored Pinochet dictatorship in the 1970's.
- It granted Mexican residency to 200,000 Savadorans fleeing civil war in the 1970's.
- It welcomed 225,000 Guatemalan refugees fleeing US-sponsored counter-insurgence in the 1980's.
So, don't you think that instead of preventing Mexicans from entering the US, the real reason for the wall is to prevent you from fleeing the US, once the Giuliani/Bannon/Clarke team controlling the DOJ/CIA/NSA/FBI decide that you are a dangerous individual?