and there's really nothing you can do about it.

That's the problem with these nativists, they have this fantasy about what they think this country should be like, and they talk and act as if there's anything they can do about it.

But they can't change the realities that exist here.

Sure, go to Utah and English is pretty much all you hear.

But in the most vibrant, creative and economically productive parts of this country, you'll hear lots of languages, English and Spanish mainly, but others too.

And that's what makes places like NYC and Miami and LA so cool, much cooler than Salt Lake City or any other all-white English only place...

As for this: Why is it the obligation of our country to be their safety valve? maybe part of the answer is that it is exactly US policies, under both Dems and Repubs (specifically, pressuring govts to adopt neoliberal restructuring), that create situations in which Mexico and other countries need safety valves.