the historical dialectic of materialism never presents its contradictions between thesis and antithesis suddenly and all at once, but instead provides rational hints and clues for recognizing the long-term unsustainability of some current situation which must be resolved by a synthesis… which we eventually realize and actualize over a long period of time. in this case, the problem is produced by the disparity between unequally developed countries that are neighboring each other. now history could have gone differently. for instance international socialism could have been fully implemented by now had the western proletariat grown wise to his situation much sooner… in which case you wouldn’t have such a disparity between mexico and america… in which case you wouldn’t have illegals crossing the boarder in droves. but because this synthesis was not achieved, the thesis (wealth) and anti-thesis (poverty) will eventually come into collision sooner or later between neighboring countries of unequal development, and cause all kinds of problems. what we are essentially seeing are the results of western capitalism not collapsing sooner.
but regarding the ‘problem’, it’s largely ideological and therefore nonsense. the war is not between ‘americans’ and ‘mexicans’ (these are just titles for pieces of property), but between the owners of the means of production and the workers. pedro and juan aren’t much different than joe and billy, practically speaking (maybe a little dirtier), but joe and billy have been ideologically brainwashed by centuries of conservatism and are made to believe that pedro and juan are the enemy.
p.s. i’m not affiliated with any political movement and have no legitimate citizenship (my constitutional rights have been violated). just an old anarchist who likes to watch the show from afar.