Posted on 10/04/2006 11:24:22 PM PDT by Kitten Festival
Immigration: Mexican President Vicente Fox gave us plenty of grief over the border fence and now Felipe Calderon has started. They're playing to Mexican populist politics. They ought to show leadership instead.
With Mexico's clean elections and peaceful transition of power, Fox and President-elect Calderon no doubt grasp the rule of law. Indeed, Fox has decisively enforced Mexico's own laws against unauthorized entry from the south by illegal immigrants from Central America.
But things turn strange inside Mexico on the matter of the northern border when human traffic flows the other way. Suddenly, even Mexican pols who should know better, like Fox and Calderon, slide into populist posturing.
A fence "hurts bilateral relations, goes against the spirit of cooperation needed to guarantee security in the common and creates a climate of tension in border communities," Fox's office has warned.
"Neither decree nor physical barrier" will lower illegal immigration, adds Calderon, who has blamed U.S. politics for the congressional momentum to build a fence.
Fox and Calderon aren't fooling anybody. They're sounding off not because they're irrational, but because they're politicians and because most Mexicans, left and right, see an open border as an easy escape.
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The fence will not be built. The legislation is a "gesture".
i think it will. the mexicans are starting to accept their defeat on this, they are now trying to milk it to their best advantage.
I agree, these Mexican politicos wouldn't be so openly hysterical about this if they thought the fix was in. They'd be very low profile and "code-worded" if they didn't believe the fence was on the way.
Ping!
You are absolutely correct. A secure border ACROSS the divide between Mexico/US/Canada is completely contrary to the SPP/North American Union agenda which provides for PERIMETER security around the continent:
"President Bush described the significance of the SPP as putting forward a common commitment "to markets and democracy, freedom and trade, and mutual prosperity and security." The policy framework articulated by the three leaders is a significant commitment that will benefit from broad discussion and advice. The Task Force is pleased to provide specific advice on how the partnership can be pursued and realized.
To that end, the Task Force proposes the creation by 2010 of a NORTH AMERICAN community to enhance security, prosperity, and opportunity. We propose a community based on the principle AFFIRMED in the March 2005 Joint Statement of the three leaders that "our security and prosperity are mutually dependent and complementary." Its boundaries will be defined by a common external tariff and AN OUTER SECURITY PERIMETER WITHIN WHICH THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, PRODUCTS, AND CAPITAL WILL BE LEGAL, ORDERLY AND SAFE. ITS GOAL WILL BE TO GUARANTEE A FREE, SECURE, JUST AND PROSPEROUS...NORTH AMERICA."
Border fence won't happen, GOP lawmaker says
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1003immig-fence03-ON.html
Doesn't it make you sick? I try to stay 'disconnected' from it, but the fact that our lawmakers are refusing to provide us with national security pisses me off. There should have been 10's of thousands of National Guard put on the borders on 9/12. Instead, the OBL will continue to leave them wide open in order to further their agenda. Personally I don't think another 9/11 by a terrorist who has crossed the border would convince our D.C. leadership to secure the border. I can think nothing that would.
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It's a game they're playing, both sides, imo. Bush and the rest of the liberal Republicans/Democrats pretend to be against amnesty and strong on border enforcement, flip flop to pass a lousy bill that funds only 300 miles of fencing. Liberal Republicans/Democrats pat themselves on the back in amusement, while Mexico pretends to cry foul and threatens to prevent the 300 stinking miles of fence from being built. This provides the same OBL crowd with yet another excuse that will keep their cheap labor and prospects for union membership coming, while working diligently to silence those in the know. Meantime, voters only think the D.C. leadership is being tough on border security, while illegals and god knows how many terrorists, do and will continue to stroll across the border.
Bush and the Mexican and Canadian governments are walking in lock step on the border issue, intending to secure ONLY the perimeter of the continent. America's borders between the two will never be effectively secured as long as the OBL agenda advances.
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