Mexico is a soverign country and as such needs to be treated with respect. I do not intend any disrespect. However, considering the number of Mexican citizens that have migrated to the United States in the past twenty or thirty years, and the obvious inability of the Mexicans to control the flow of drugs into the United States, it causes one to wonder if there is something wrong with the way the Mexican government is conducting its business.

At the same time, the inability of the United States government to control its border with Mexico and to curtail the drug trade within our borders causes one to ask if the leaders of both governments might have some kind of arrangement that exceeds a normal diplomatic relationship. Whether that is a relationship of blood or interest, the combined ineptitude is remarkable and sad.

If that is the case, perhaps it would be more cost effective to simply make Mexico our 51st state--in other words, maybe we should adopt the entire country rather than picking them up, slap-dash, individual by individual.

Obviously, adopting a nation of 110 million people might seem a bit "out there," but think what that might do for the cross-border traffic congestion. If the people still residing in Mexico could have access to all of the social benefits, services, and entitlements of American Citizenship and could stay at home, maybe they would. Think what an impact that could have on the life and lives of the rest of us non-Mexican citizens. We could even get back to one language like it used to be instead of "dial one for English."

I love Acapulco and Cancun and I like most of the Mexicans I've met. Most of them are good, honest, fantastic workers, become good American citizens, and are an asset to our country. Unfortunately, there is a sub-category of Mexican immigrants that is less desirable and this creates a multitude of problems for all Americans of whatever ethnicity or nationality. There's no need to enumerate the problems. We need to correct them.

If we can't do that, then let's adopt Mexico and make a "more perfect Union."