74 Like eugenicists of old, Kirk argued for fixing a social problem by reducing the fertility rates of people believed to embody it. In reality, birth rates in Mexico have dropped over the last twenty-five years to 2.5 children per couple, very close to the 2.1 birth rate in the United States. But what really matters was the lawmaker’s message: America can solve its immigration crisis by decreasing births of undocumented immigrants.
