Kamala wants to know root cause of illegal immigration.

NO NEED TO GO TO GUATEMALA TO FIND OUT 

GIVING MONEY TO DYSFUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENTS WILL NEVER BE THE ANSWER

So, it seems Kamala Harris doesn't understand why people want to come to the United States. A little look at the income statistics of these countries will explain. 

                          average income     most common income

Guatemala               $26,000                      $12,000

Nicaragua                $26,000                      $  7,000

El Salvador              $41,000                      $  7,000

Mexico                     $49,000                     $17,000

United States           $35,900

It is interesting to note that the average incomes are not that far apart and we can assume the cost of living is far less in those countries than the United States. The below cost of living is for the more expensive cities in those countries, I would expect rural areas are much less.

Cost of living index

New York               100

Mexico City             38

San Salvador            45

Guatemala City        46

So it appears that if you have a skill, you can do all right even those central american cities. Many of these cities are prosperous and as modern as many U. S. cities.

Social welfare spending as a percent of GDP

1    France      31.7%

2.   U.S.          30%

19  Canada     20.9%

35. Mexico       7.7%

      El Salvador 2  %

      Guatemala  1.4% 

I could find no exact numbers for Nicaragua.  I would assume it is similar to its neighbors.

So you can see if you have some skills in these central American cities, considering the low cost of living you can do ok, but if you don't, you are suffering and there is no social safety net. It seems the plan of the Biden administration is to transfer more money to these central American governments to raise their spending on social programs. 

It is clear, that the real draw is the hope of an improved life style by qualifying for the generous benefits of the United States. If this open door policy continues we can expect the emptying of countries south of our border of unskilled uneducated workers. This may very well be an acceptable reality for these governments. Can we support all the impoverished citizens from south of border without destabilizing our education, health care and social system. It is likely we will soon look more and more like those countries to our south.

The only real hope of changing the current border crisis is to encourage education and jobs to the citizens of these countries. This will never  be accomplished with cash transfers to these governments. Maybe instead of regime change policy in the middle east we should have been focusing on reforms right here at home.

 

Update 4/28/22, Biden is going to ask congress for $33. billion in aid for Ukraine. More money to process unlimited immigrant invasion into the country. Not 1 cent to secure the border. It is time to consider impeachment and removal from office.