Second, it is important to place the current, raging debate in historical context. The most important feature of that context is that the actual flow of Mexicans entering the US today is not much greater than the overall average figure for the Bracero Program period: around 400,000 per year.
第二，把当前情绪化的辩论放置在历史的角度非常重要。最为重要的特点就是今天实际进入美国的墨西哥人数量远远大于短工项目期间的总体平均数量，也就是每年40万人左右。