Life on the Coyote Trail

This story (courtesy of Michelle Malkin's The Immigration Blog) prompted me to write my latest song. My natural inclination, I think like most americans, is sympathy/pity for the illegal immigrants, who brave desert passage and uncertain future for the promise of hard, low paying work and a better standard of living. However, the immigrants' story isn't the only one.

The question I keep coming back to is: Why aren't there jobs in Mexico to keep these folks home? Shouldn't folks with this much strength, daring, and work ethic be transforming Mexican society from the ground up, instead of filling the ranks of the underclass in the US?