>> a way if they are desperate enough. Surely better to the money to better
>> use in trying to keep people at home
> I've been wondering why the US doesn't get more involved (somehow) with local
> politics in southern LDCs. I suppose we can't force them to give up
> corruption, but maybe give them incentives for getting their people to stay?
> Maybe we can reward them with prize money for every major drug conviction
> they make, and pay like $1000 for every illegal they take back home? Could
> that be less costly than a $5 billion dollar wall?
> I'm no expert, and my ideas are a little crazy, but isn't there other stuff
> that can be done to make people want to stay in their home countries, like
> the charming El Salvador? 

I have wondered this myself. Here, we send a lot of money to countries that we
are accepting migrants from. In fact there is a Syrian family in my tiny
village. They have integrated into  village life and also opened a small
restaurant locally, which is well received

Sean

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