Mr. Fox's elephant at the summit

JWR ^ | 3-23-05 | Wesley Pruden

[FlyLow]

President Vicente Fox of Mexico goes to Baylor University in Texas tomorrow to meet George W. Bush, and then to the ranch and he's not likely to pass up the opportunity to demand again that the United States take down "No Dumping" signs on the border.

Human flesh has become Mexico's No. 1 export. Mr. Fox wants an open border to enable desperate Mexicans, eager to pursue the dream of a better life and who have given up on their native land, to disappear into America. This is pretty much how it is already, but Mr. Fox wants to erase it officially.

Mr. Bush, who is fluent in the bordello Spanish popular in Texas, must be ready when he meets Mr. Fox and Prime Minister Paul Martin of Canada to tell the Mexican president — politely, of course — where to get off. The subject of dumping Mexicans on the American doorstep to relieve pressure on the Mexican government is not on the agenda of the continental summit, but it's always on Vicente Fox's mind. Immigration will be the elephant in Laura's parlor.

[jackbenimble]

If only it were true.

But every indication that we've seen from the President in the past 5 years is that he is totally in favor of this dumping and if it were up to him we would tear down the border altogether.

[upchuck]

The last paragraph pretty well sums it up for me:

Citizen activism, inevitable, useful and fully within the law now, could become something more than that. But a government that can't or won't enforce the law invites vigilante "justice." The Bush administration has refused to strengthen the Border Patrol, as it promised Congress last year that it would, and the natives, frustrated, threatened and angry, are restless. Sneering at them as lawless, as Vicente Fox does, or as nativist bigots, as certain polls and editorialists north of the border do, does nothing to quiet the ticking of the immigration bomb.

Unfortunately, I can envision civil disobedience along our side of the border if the Bush administration doesn't get tough on criminal aliens. People, even nice, normally law abiding people, can only take so much.