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A Modern Modest Proposal
Jacob Drettwan
1/4/14
English Lit. 5th
A Modest Proposal
A Modest Proposal

The border between Mexico and the United States has been left open, leaving the entire nation accessible to disease, violence, and economic ruin. Being able to come and go as they please, illegal Mexican immigrants have came to U.S. in the millions, and with them they have brought terrors to our citizens. Every year they smuggle millions of pounds of cocaine, and once settled within our communities, their gangs and criminals begin to murder, steal, rob, and commit other crimes, creating a threat to our society. Americans are unemployed, and live in poverty, while each year hundreds of thousands of illegals join the millions of others who have come to America to steal jobs from those who deserve them. Millions of dollars also go to providing health care and education to these animals.
For this problem I see only one solution that can save this nation from destruction. Due to Mexico’s small military and lack of power, Mexico is just waiting to be overthrown. By allowing the United States to control the region and to properly use the land and people, the creation of The United Mexican States, and enslavement of the Mexican people, is the only viable option to eliminate the terrible effects of illegal immigration. This also gives us an opportunity to expand this great nation even more.
Nearly twenty times the size of the Mexican military's and significantly more advanced in technology, the U.S. would not have any difficulty securing control of the country. Bombings in areas of high population, like Mexico City and Ecatepec, would help bring the population down to a more manageable size. Once we have control, the prisoners would be grouped into large towns to work for no pay. These militarily monitored working cities would be far from the rest of the United States, to keep the citizens safe and to eliminate the risk of escape. Only a few small changes in the constitution would have to be

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