As a new immigration bill was being debated in Congress, we have here a

somewhat exasperating hour with two activists who want the United States to do

something to help Mexico, and an experienced diplomat who brings benevolence but not many practical suggestions. AC: "What is this country doing about resolving this problem [Mexican unemployment]? They are our neighbors to the south. And I don't see this country doing anything about that." WFB: "We've lent them $83 million in the last 11 years." AC: "That's a loan.... We do more for other countries than for our neighbors to the south." WFB: "You're surely not suggesting that America take over political and economic arrangements in Mexico so as to create a climate that's hospitable to investment and savings and anti-inflationary policies. Mexico is a sovereign country." AC: "I am suggesting that if we are interested in curbing the flow of illegal immigrants to this country, we need to be doing something."