I read this: http://theweek.com/article/index/263...legalize-drugs
In a macroeconomic sense, by ending the drug war now and legalizing drugs here in the United States so that they can be taxed, the drug gangs in Central America are stripped of a lot of their revenue and therefore, power. Seeing as that happens, violence will decrease in those countries affected by drug gang activity because of these aftereffects, making it less of an incentive for people to come to the United States illegally. Although, drug gangs may just find new alternative sources for money funneling, but the damage by then would have been done.
So, as the title says, would ending the current drug war reduce illegal immigration, even if by a smidgen, or not?
And if it wouldn't or you feel the reduction to be negligible as to mean absolutely nothing in the long-run, how can the United States make it so illegal immigration, whether it is from someone crossing the border illegally, overstaying their work visa, etc., is less prevalent and therefore less of a problem?