Posted on 10/22/2008 1:00:02 PM PDT by AIM Freeper
In a story in today’s New York Times, the paper once again goes to bat for illegal immigration - this time by attacking a border fence in Friendship Park near San Diego.
Formerly, the Park “stood out as a spot where international neighbors [i.e., Mexicans in Mexico and Mexicans residing in the United States] can chat easily over the fence,” The Times gushes.
But now, the once-tattered chain-link fence is being replaced with a more formidable barrier, making it harder for cross-border socializing - a tragedy of unparalleled proportions, from The Times’ perspective.
Typically, The Times quotes one individual who favors the new fence (the chief Border Patrol agent in San Diego, who notes it will make drug-smuggling harder). Everyone else mentioned in the article - the district’s Congressman, a Methodist minister and four Hispanics - thinks it’s an offense against multiculturalism, if not a human-rights violation.
The story is an extension of The Times’ front-page editoralizing on the mass rallies held by illegal aliens and their supporters, when an amnesty bill was last before Congress - which The Times routinely referred to as “immigration reform.”
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LOL!!! I have seen it all now! God forbid we ruin the self-esteem of cross border socializers!
At least the NYTimes reporter was honest enough to point out that the reason these people can’t just go to Mexico and visit their relatives, and have to reach through the fence to touch their loved ones in Mexico, is that they came to this country illegally and are “adjusting” their immigration stauts, or they are in this country illegally and if they leave, will have a difficult time getting back in. The Washington Post story on the same subject left out that inconvenient little fact.
Just like they do in North Korea.
No border integrity, no culture.
Any "offence against multiculturalism" is fine by me.
Even if that is true, how difficult is it for those in Mexico to cross the US border legally to visit friends and family members? What type of visa would one need to just drop by the US for a day or two?
I thought we weren’t allowed to talk about illegal immigration until after Nov 4.
Can a person cross the boundary and just walk into the New York Times offices, or is there security?
If you live in Mexico in a border city, say Tijuana or El Paso, and you can prove that you have a compelling reason to return to Mexico, that is have a job, a house, etc. you can go to the U.S. consulate and get a border crossing card that lets you go back and forth without any problems. Tens of thousands of Mexicans in border towns have them, and have had them for years. So no, it isn’t that hard. The people who can’t get a border crossing card have been deemed by the consulates to be at risk of violating the conditions of the card, ie., there is a limited amount of time you can stay, and you can’t go any farther than, I think, 25 miles into the interior of the U.S.
Reputable Mexicans can also get tourist visas, business visas, medical/compassionate visas and other kinds of permission to visit. So these people stuck at the fence on the Mexican side have some other issue. For instance, if they have been deported, they can’t get a border crossing card.
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