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Mexicans see hypocrisy in U.S. immigration bill defeat
Houston Chronicle ^
| June 29, 2007
| LISA J. ADAMS
Posted on 06/29/2007 2:27:44 PM PDT by cryptotech
MEXICO CITY Opinion makers and migrant advocates in Mexico said today that the collapse of U.S. immigration reform plans is a loss for Mexican workers, U.S. employers and anti-terrorism efforts.
U.S. President Bush's plan to legalize as many as 12 million unlawful immigrants while fortifying the border collapsed in the U.S. Senate on Thursday.
"This is very bad news for Mexican migrants in the U.S.," said Jorge Bustamante, special rapporteur to the human rights commission for migrants at the United Nations and former president of El Colegio de la Frontera Norte in the city of Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, California.
"It means the continuation and probably a worsening of the migrants' vulnerable conditions."
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Mexico
KEYWORDS: aliens; illegalimmigration; illegals; immigrantlist; immigrationbill; losers; migrants; vampirebill
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Mexico thinks we are terrible for not providing for their citizens...
To: cryptotech
"It means the continuation and probably a worsening of the migrants' vulnerable conditions." Does that mean they will stop migrating here?
No?
What does that say about your country, dude?
To: cryptotech
This needs a Mega-Barf Alert!
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:28:39 PM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: cryptotech
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:29:03 PM PDT
by
samadams2000
(Someone important make......The Call!)
To: cryptotech
Opinion makers and migrant advocates in Mexico said today that the collapse of U.S. immigration reform plans is a loss for Mexican workers Number 134 on the list of people whose opinion I don't care about
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:29:15 PM PDT
by
Domandred
(Eagles soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines)
To: cryptotech
When the Mexicans stop robbing, raping, killing and exploiting their own citizens and the Central Americans passing through their country to get here, they can start lecturing us about what we do or don’t do.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:29:54 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: cryptotech
Mexico thinks we are terrible for not providing for their citizens...How tragic. The obvious solution is for Mexico to repatriate all their citizens immediately.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:30:05 PM PDT
by
surely_you_jest
(I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers)
To: cryptotech
Look in the mirror everyones and a while Mexico, and you’ll see where the problem really is.....
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:30:30 PM PDT
by
Rick_Michael
(Fred Thompson....IMWITHFRED.COM)
To: cryptotech
“Mexicans see hypocrisy in U.S. immigration bill defeat”
As Texans say:
“You can tell who’s winnin’...
by who’s whining!”
We got to keep up the pressure as the Senate pursues “stealth amnesty”,
and make these hypocrites in Mexico wail until they cry “Uncle Sam!”.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:31:04 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: cryptotech
To: cryptotech
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:32:07 PM PDT
by
ishabibble
(ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
To: cryptotech
Oh no, not a “worsening of the migrants’ vulnerable conditions”.
Those poor illegal aliens ...Errr... undocumented Americans. Damn us to hell for not giving them our Country to make into another 3rd World Paradise.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:32:16 PM PDT
by
adm5
(Courtesy of the Fred, White & Blue.)
To: cryptotech
Opinion makers and migrant advocates in Mexico said today that the collapse of U.S. immigration reform plans is a loss for Mexican workers, U.S. employers and anti-terrorism efforts.
Anti-terrorism efforts? Will they bomb our cities now too? Will they take terrorist jobs away from Arab terrorists?
To: cryptotech
"It means the continuation and probably a worsening of the migrants' vulnerable conditions."And how are U.S. citizens responsible for the poor choices made by millions of Mexican nationals?
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:32:38 PM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
(Sic Semper Tyrannis * wahoo wa! ... U.Va. Engineering '09)
To: cryptotech
They want Mexicans to come to the U.S. *illegally* and be made American citizens, but their law prohibits Americans who move to Mexico *legally* from ever becoming citizens of their country.
They have a lot of gall to accuse us of hypocrisy.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:32:46 PM PDT
by
freespirited
(Mr. President, PUT UP THE WALL.)
To: cryptotech
How about we just adopt the Mexican policies on immigration and enforcement?
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:32:46 PM PDT
by
umgud
("When illegals are banned, only greedy businesses and welfare providers will have them)
To: cryptotech
It doesn’t matter what they think...if they’re illegal...they need to be arrested.
It’s very simple to me!
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:33:23 PM PDT
by
LadyPilgrim
((Jesus is real, He will never fail...I will serve him now, and throughout all eternity! ))
To: cryptotech
said the law "would have imposed prejudices, treating migrants like criminals and judging them."
Don't we wish.
To: indylindy; Liz; calcowgirl
They can go bite a burrito.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:34:18 PM PDT
by
TommyDale
(Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
To: cryptotech
U.S. President Bush's plan to legalize as many as 12 million unlawful immigrants while fortifying the border collapsed in the U.S. Senate on Thursday. I was glad to see this bill killed in the Senate. With that said it is always laughable to see the MSM always spin things in the worst light for the GOP and best for the DEMs.
Whenever it is DEMs the MSM is talking about with regard to this immigration problem.....immigrants are always referred to as "undocumented".......But when it is the GOP/WH they use the more harsh tones of "unlawful".
Never will you see the MSM tout that the DEMs were for doing anything for the "unlawful"....
To: umgud
How about we just adopt the Mexican policies on immigration and enforcement? Exactly. Hypocrisy at its most obvious.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:34:45 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
(There are four types of homicide: felonious, accidental, justifiable, and praiseworthy)
To: cryptotech
What about the Mexican hypocrisy in shifting the burden for caring for their own citizens upon America? No one seems to point out how they don't correct their problems home while simultaneously blaming America for just hosting their own citizens!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:34:54 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: umgud
That would make old Teddy’s roids pucker...
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:35:19 PM PDT
by
cryptotech
(Bush is no cowboy - just another goat roper from New England)
To: cryptotech
This is very bad news for Mexican migrants in the U.S Yes. Too bad for them - but a great day for Americans.
Now, stop holding up those signs that read "We ARE America” okay? - You aren’t.
Understand it yet? To become an American you do not sneak across the border...
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:35:23 PM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: cryptotech
Opinion makers and migrant advocates in Mexico said today that the collapse of U.S. immigration reform plans is a loss for Mexican workers, U.S. employers and anti-terrorism efforts. Like that's a bad thing?
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:35:29 PM PDT
by
unixfox
(The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
To: cryptotech
Editorials in Mexico's major newspapers said the Senate action was hypocritical. "It's obvious that the politicians of that country want laborers, but they are not willing to legalize the labor that they need," declared an editorial in the national daily newspaper El Universal, whose front page headline announced that the U.S. had "buried" immigration reform.Yep, the politicians thought they needed laborers enough to pass that sorry bill, but the people thought otherwise and in our country the politicians actually listen to the people if they're smart. That's a practice that Mexico would do well to emulate.
To: cryptotech
wonderful tijuana mexico, where you can be arrested on the street by policias, led to an atm and allowed to pay a fine of $800 for possession of pepper spray - just two weeks ago (happened to a friend of a coworker).
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:36:07 PM PDT
by
Fitzcarraldo
(Skip the Moon, go for Mars)
To: Argus
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:36:14 PM PDT
by
Uriah_lost
("build bridges where you can - but draw lines where you must." -Fred D Thompson)
To: cryptotech

"Is not my job to get blanket Amnesty for all invading Mexicans, terrorists and felons?"
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:37:15 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: cryptotech
I see hypocrisy in the Mexicans seeing hypocrisy . . . .
To: freespirited
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:37:41 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: cryptotech
Demand a border fence! Build it NOW!! Beef up the border patrol and close our borders!
U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121
White House comments: (202) 456-1111
Find your House Rep.: http://www.house.gov/writerep
Find your US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Toll free to the US Senate:
1-800-882-2005. (Spanish number)
1-800-417-7666. (English number)
Courtesy of a pro-amnesty group, no less!!
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:39:31 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Fred Thompson/John Bolton 2008)
To: cryptotech
How much does Mexico provide for citizens of Guatemala ?
To: cryptotech
Hey if your country ain’t worth staying in, maybe you should work to IMPROVE it!!! Gee, there’s a novel idea.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:40:12 PM PDT
by
F15Eagle
(1Tim 1:4; Gal 1:6-10; 1Cor 2:2; Matthew 22:30; Mark 12:25; Luke 20:34-35; 2Thess 2:11; Jude 1:3)
To: cryptotech
"It means the continuation and probably a worsening of the migrants' vulnerable conditions."Mr. Bustamante, you want to protect workers? Then get here LEGALLY under our CURRENT SYSTEM. This rhetoric gets no one anywhere.
Making people "second class citizens" by making them "guest workers" protects NO one's human dignity. In effect, this legistlation would have made a second class of citizenry in the US, making a SLAVE CLASS called "guest workers".
Stick that in your bleeding heart pipe and smoke it (any lurking leftists, if you don't like any obvious economic and legalistic arguments). Because it's the truth.
To: cryptotech
These Mexican leaders are stealing so much, so fast that they suddenly become grande hypocritical wombats.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:40:30 PM PDT
by
OKIEDOC
(Kalifornia; just the lowly opinion of a red state wannabe.)
To: cryptotech
"During this time how many more families will be divided, how much more suffering will have to occur?"I suppose that is up to the families and the Mexican government.
To: cryptotech
"It means the continuation and probably a worsening of the migrants' vulnerable conditions." And how is this our problem?
To: cryptotech
U.S. President Bush's plan to legalize as many as 12 million unlawful immigrants while fortifying the border
Nice of them to REPEAT THE LIE btw - he already has the ABILITY - just NOT the WILL NOR the DESIRE.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:41:29 PM PDT
by
F15Eagle
(1Tim 1:4; Gal 1:6-10; 1Cor 2:2; Matthew 22:30; Mark 12:25; Luke 20:34-35; 2Thess 2:11; Jude 1:3)
To: Diogenesis
That guy makes me want to wretch...
He is going to get us all killed...
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:41:31 PM PDT
by
cryptotech
(Bush is no cowboy - just another goat roper from New England)
To: cryptotech
>>>>”It means the continuation and probably a worsening of the migrants’ vulnerable conditions.”<<<<
And thus the Mexican government opened its loving arms and ushered its wayward sheep back into the loving embrace of the Mexican spirit.
Frijoles and burritos for all!! But perhaps frijoles and burritos laced with pyschedelic drugs to come up with this nonsense:
>>>The Rev. Luis Kendziersky, director of “Casa del Migrante,” a shelter for migrants in the city of Tijuana across the border from San Diego, California, said it appeared senators “are focused more on the political game than on the real needs of the people.” According to polls, the majority of the people (in the U.S.) want legality with concessions for undocumented migrants, but the radicals make a lot of noise,” <<<
I’m not sure of which people and which needs our Reverend is addressing, but really, we did just fine before these jacklegs invaded our country.
And if we want to talk about hypocrisy, let’s talk about Mexico’s immigration laws when compared to the criticism they launch against us when their own citizens are breaking our laws!
To: cryptotech
I see waste is Mexico. I see incompetence in Mexico. I see systematic corruption in Mexico.
Now I want to export all my problems to Mexico.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:43:01 PM PDT
by
Baladas
To: Eric in the Ozarks
How much does Mexico provide for citizens of Guatemala ?
or Honduras? or Venezuela? or El Salvador? Can 20 million of them come in an dodge Mexico's tax laws for 20 years?
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:43:51 PM PDT
by
F15Eagle
(1Tim 1:4; Gal 1:6-10; 1Cor 2:2; Matthew 22:30; Mark 12:25; Luke 20:34-35; 2Thess 2:11; Jude 1:3)
To: cryptotech

"Ted, you clever bastard, like firemen starting fires to 'drum up business',
we've led America in circles for months with the borders open."
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:44:59 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: goldstategop
No one seems to point out how they don't correct their problems home while simultaneously blaming America for just hosting their own citizens! Similar to Arab states diverting their populations' attention away from their own corruption/incompetence/brutality and onto the ultimate scapegoat -- Israel. And the angry mobs eat it up, of course. External enemies have served corrupt states quite well througout hstory.
Arabs use the "Palestinians" as pawns; Mexico uses its "hardworking migrants." Interesting that both groups also claim land was "stolen" from them and aim to reclaim it.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:45:08 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
(There are four types of homicide: felonious, accidental, justifiable, and praiseworthy)
To: cryptotech
Since when does the “mexican worker” get a say in American policy..
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:45:34 PM PDT
by
JSDude1
(Republicans if the don't beware ARE the new WHIGS! (all empty hairpieces..) :).)
To: cryptotech
U.S. President Bush's plan to legalize as many as 12 million unlawful immigrants while
making a promise to one day maybe start fortifying the border collapsed in the U.S. Senate on Thursday.
There, I fixed it.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:45:47 PM PDT
by
xroadie
To: cryptotech
Mexico can’t even control the drugs and gangs in their northern states. They have little room to criticize us.
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:45:55 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: cryptotech
How does Mexico handle their illegal immigrants?
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:46:59 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Diogenesis
This man says he can't find 20 million illegal aliens but is in charge of Homeland Security. Yeah, I feel real safe now. [/s]
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posted on
06/29/2007 2:47:02 PM PDT
by
F15Eagle
(1Tim 1:4; Gal 1:6-10; 1Cor 2:2; Matthew 22:30; Mark 12:25; Luke 20:34-35; 2Thess 2:11; Jude 1:3)
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