THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING HERE, THE FLOW WILL SOON GO THE OTHER WAY: Michael Barone: Net Illegal Immigration From Mexico Falls To Zero. “For some years I feared that Mexico could not achieve higher economic growth than the United States since our economies have been tied so tightly together by NAFTA since 1993. But in the past two years Mexico’s growth rate has been on the order of 5% to 7%. It’s looking like Mexico’s growth rate is tied not to that of the United States but to that of Texas, which has been a growth leader because of its intelligent public policies.”