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Migration of Mexicans Can't Be Stopped, Says Felipe Calderon
ABC News, Good Morning America ^ | 10/08/07 | Good Morning America, Diane Sawyer

Posted on 10/08/2007 11:39:50 AM PDT by Dane

The question of how to deal with the hundreds of thousands of illegal Mexicans entering the United States each year has become a divisive issue across the country.

President Bush signed a bill last year that authorized the construction of a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, which would cost billions of dollars. Related Stories

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has called the idea of building the fence "deplorable," and said today on "Good Morning America" that he wanted to strengthen the Mexican economy to keep Mexicans there.

"Let me tell you, I think that the only way to stop migration is to provide to the people opportunities here in Mexico," Calderon said in an exclusive interview with Diane Sawyer.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; andygrove; calderon; immigrantlist; immigration; intel; mexico
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You can watch the whole interview by Diane Sawyer of Mexican President Felipe Calderon after the AT&T commercial on the linked web page.

They also have other stories such as "English in Mexico" and "Mexico's richest man" as a video stream.

I know this will probably be a futile request, but could you all actually watch the interviews and can the typical knee jerk comments without watching the interview.

1 posted on 10/08/2007 11:39:53 AM PDT by Dane
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To: Dane

Sure it could be stopped. All we need to do is adopt Mexico’s laws and attitude towards illegals.


2 posted on 10/08/2007 11:41:52 AM PDT by saganite
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To: Dane

Sure it could be stopped. All we need to do is adopt Mexico’s laws and attitude towards illegals.


3 posted on 10/08/2007 11:41:59 AM PDT by saganite
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To: Dane
Calderon is a good man, but puts his foot in his mouth whenever he is asked about the immigration issue.

A shame too that this is the only issue many Freepers want to talk about whenever Mexico comes up.

BTW: Senor Calderon: Enforcement of laws against employers and better MORE COMPETANT enforcement at points of entry (sorry folks, but ICE s-cks) will help eradicate the problem.

4 posted on 10/08/2007 11:42:14 AM PDT by Clemenza (Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
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To: Dane
Where there's a will, there's a way.
5 posted on 10/08/2007 11:43:34 AM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: Dane
could you all actually watch the interviews and can the typical knee jerk comments without watching the interview.

Nah, I’m too busy and I have a jumpy knee.

I think that the only way to stop migration is to provide to the people opportunities here in Mexico

He’s actually right. And a real quick way to raise the standard of living in a country is to export poverty, if you can find a buyer.

6 posted on 10/08/2007 11:43:51 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Dane

If your boat is leaking, plugging up some holes is better than plugging up none.


7 posted on 10/08/2007 11:44:39 AM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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To: Dane
"Let me tell you, I think that the only way to stop migration is to provide to the people opportunities here in Mexico,"...

His eyes, opened at last! The wall will make it necessary for him to follow through on what he now admits heknows. BUILD THE WALL, NOW!

8 posted on 10/08/2007 11:46:45 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW!)
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To: mvpel

9 posted on 10/08/2007 11:47:07 AM PDT by MrEdd (Ron Paul is Ralph Nader for the right...)
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To: Dane

Go beat your drum somewhere else!


10 posted on 10/08/2007 11:47:51 AM PDT by dalereed
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To: dead
He’s actually right. And a real quick way to raise the standard of living in a country is to export poverty, if you can find a buyer.

Well a Hungarian was exported to the US, and if he had not been "exported" we would probably be not communicating in the way we are now.

That "exported poverty" was one of the founders of Intel, which makes the chips so that you can pound away your insults on your keyboard.

11 posted on 10/08/2007 11:48:06 AM PDT by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: Dane

“I know this will probably be a futile request, but could you all actually watch the interviews and can the typical knee jerk comments without watching the interview.”

Wow, condescending and preachy on the very first post. Who would have guessed it from the champion of illegals?


12 posted on 10/08/2007 11:48:16 AM PDT by brownsfan (America has "jumped the shark")
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"Mexico does not end at its borders. Where there is a Mexican, there is Mexico."

Presidente Calderon

U.S. Constitution, Article 4 Section 4:

"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,

and shall protect each of them against Invasion;"


Invasion: \In*va"sion\, n. [L. invasio: cf. F. invasion. See Invade.] [1913 Webster]

1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.

13 posted on 10/08/2007 11:50:39 AM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: JimRed
His eyes, opened at last! The wall will make it necessary for him to follow through on what he now admits heknows. BUILD THE WALL, NOW!

Hmm, let's look back at history, khruschev's wall really brought an economic boon to the now defunct soviet union.

Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

14 posted on 10/08/2007 11:51:28 AM PDT by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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“Well a Hungarian was exported to the US, and if he had not been “exported” we would probably be not communicating in the way we are now. “

Are you telling me Andrew Grove swam the Atlantic and snuck into New York illegally?
Amazing.


15 posted on 10/08/2007 11:52:06 AM PDT by brownsfan (America has "jumped the shark")
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To: Dane

Thanks for all your continued efforts on the forum to enlighten the FRignorant regarding immigration.


16 posted on 10/08/2007 11:52:29 AM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: saganite

Exactly. Not only can they be stopped but those invading this country can be deported by using both direct and indirect means.


17 posted on 10/08/2007 11:53:00 AM PDT by Dante3
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To: Dane

would they want to stop a migration of Americans into their country?


18 posted on 10/08/2007 11:53:40 AM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Dane

Maybe would should all go down there and fix their country for them.


19 posted on 10/08/2007 11:53:43 AM PDT by JZelle
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“Hmm, let’s look back at history, khruschev’s wall really brought an economic boon to the now defunct soviet union. “

What a completely ignorant statement.
The Russian wall was built to keep people IN.
The wall we want will keep illegals OUT.

Let them apply for immigration, not just wander over the border.


20 posted on 10/08/2007 11:53:54 AM PDT by brownsfan (America has "jumped the shark")
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