Originally Posted by woj

you need to think a bit deeper than that... money made in the US, but sent and spent in Mexico doesn't benefit US in any way...

if you stop or reduce the $$$ sent to Mexico, then the $$ has to be spent in the US... and that's where the magic happens...

for example Jose has an extra $100, normally he would send it to his family in Mexico... but if he is unable to do so, what does he do? he will spend it here, he will go to some store, buy some widget...

sales tax gets collected when he does that, store owner makes some profit, so he pays income tax on it, etc... so when all is said and done, about half of that $100 ends up flowing back to the government because of various sales/income/etc taxes... and it supports US economy in general, everyone benefits from Jose spending $$ locally, instead of sending it to Mexico...