awesome senegalese advertising blitz

in an effort to stop senegalese migrants from illegally sneaking into spain, the original hispanics are launching an ad campaign encouraging the potential movers/shakers to stay in the motherland.

the commercials go something like this:
"You know how this story ends."
"Don't risk your life for nothing. You are the future of Africa."

In one advertisement, a father recounts how his son died on a boat with 63 others. "There were no survivors," he says. "My son was my only hope, he supported me and my family."

In another, a grieving soccer player tells how a friend died along with 50 others, "and the rest were repatriated." The next shot shows a lone soccer ball rolling out to sea from an empty shore.

this is sort of bush league and mean, but in a lot of ways, it represents what i think proper immigration policy should be.

much like winning the hearts and minds (and we know how well that's working out), the best way to combat illegal immigration is to convince the people who want to move that staying is actually a good idea. there are 4 ways to accomplish this: 1) scare tactics (see above), 2) make spain/america seem worse or senegal/mexico seem better (aka trickery) 3) make spain/america actually worse, or 4) make actually mexico/senegal better.

forget the wall. i like #4 the best, but i'm not above #2.

make them believe.