Posted on 05/22/2016 1:09:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
MEXICO CITY — Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, was recently stuck in Mexico City traffic, overcome with frustration — not by the congestion, but by something that was irritating him even more: Donald J. Trump. He grabbed his phone, turned the lens on himself and pressed record.
“Ha! Donald,” Mr. Fox said, holding the phone perhaps a little too close to his face. “What about your apologies to Mexico, to Mexicans in the United States, to Mexicans in Mexico?”
In short order, the 15-second clip was on Mr. Fox’s Twitter feed — another salvo in a personal campaign against the American presidential candidate that has included television appearances, radio interviews and a fusillade of hectoring Twitter posts.
Mr. Fox’s voice is among a growing, if uncoordinated, chorus of influential Mexicans worried about what a Trump victory could mean for the complex relationship between the United States and Mexico — not to mention the impact Mr. Trump’s presidential bid may have already had....
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Vinny, come on dude, fix you corrupt, single party, broken legal system, shit hole country and your citizen will not have to cross the border to survive...
Did Fox ever go after Bush and Obama for selling guns to the cartels?
Where is his apology for all the corruption, the totally substandard building approved by paid off building inspectors and the total lack of compassion for the poor and indigent and his country? Vincent a fox needs to concentrate on his mess at home, on his side of the border wall.
Send the illegals back to make Mexico great again.
Too many murdered tourists...
Yeah, including Carlos Slim.
Trump should run an ad showing all of Clinton’s foreign friends and endorsements, Fox, various Saudis, Brits, French, etc. Most people don’t care for foreigners interfering in our politics.
And just to make sure,....implement same rules for immigrants that Mexico has....
and if they complain....just quote em back the same sections of their own code.
Stand by to flush
Did you look at his Twitter feed? What a hypocrite!
“Mr. Fox’s voice is among a growing, if uncoordinated, chorus of influential Mexicans worried ...”
Be worried, my friends.
I’m with ya. I say DJT should declare war and invade Mejico on January 21, 2017. Vicente will leave a brown trail all the way to Guatemala.
Maybe Vicente's got agita b/c Donald is gonna bring back American companies to the US----to give Americans jobs.
The federales are scared stiff their lavish luxury lifestyles fueled by our tax dollars are going to be curtailed......AS WELL THEY SHOULD.
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REALITY CHECK The billions in remittances sent back home by Mexican citizens on US soil is dirty money.....and for sure Mexico is getting fees to allow 140 assorted countries to gather at the border to creep into the US and board our gravy train. Remittances pouring into Mexico from its citizens here illegally cashing multiple govt checks using several identities should be prosecuted for ID theft, wire fraud, govt fraud, and tax evasion.
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Mexicans are here illegally, riding the US gravy train under several identities....cashing multiple US govt checks, sucking up freebies at our schools, hospitals and welfare systems.
And they are calculatedly undermining US ntl security as agents of the Mexican govt. READ ON.
A footnote states that Mexican nationality is granted to children born abroad of a Mexican born parent. IOW, anchor babies born in the US retain parents Mexican nationality.
The Mexican consul/s sworn testimony asserts that: "My responsibilities in this position include protecting the rights and promoting the interests of my fellow Mexican nationals, and, that the main responsibility of consulates is to provide services, assistance, and protection to Mexican nationals abroad."
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NOTE This also wipes out anchor babies......and DHS Secy, Jeh Johnson and Obama who say illegals have essentially "become American" b/c they go to school, have licenses to drive, and can even practice law in California.
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Oh shut up, Vicente, you creep....you know your dirt-poor country is filthy rich w/ US tax dollars. Fox and the rest of the federales are scared stiff that President Trump is gonna curtail their US-taxpayer financed lavish lifestyles and fat offshore holdings.
Remember Vicente, Trump knows every banker on earth....he can easily find where federales are hoarding US tax dollars for themselves.
NEED TO KNOW---Are they registered as agents of a foreign government (smirk)?
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WIKI--- The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) is a United States law (22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq.) passed in 1938 requiring that agents representing the interests of foreign powers in a "political or quasi-political capacity" disclose their relationship with the foreign government and information about related activities and finances.
The purpose is to facilitate "evaluation by the government and the American people of the statements and activities of such persons." The law is administered by the FARA Registration Unit of the Counterespionage Section (CES) in the National Security Division (NSD) of the United States Department of Justice.[1] As of 2007 the Justice Department reported there were approximately 1,700 lobbyists representing more than 100 countries before Congress, the White House and the federal government.[2]
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History of the Act----- The Act originally was administered by the Department of State until transferred to the Department of Justice in 1942.[3] From passage in 1938 until 1966 when the Act was amended, enforcement focused on propagandists for foreign powers, even if it was not "for or on behalf of" those powers. It was used in 23 criminal cases during World War II. For cases not warranting prosecution, the Department of Justice sent letters advising prospective agents of the law.[3][4]
In 1966 the Act was amended and narrowed to emphasize agents actually working with foreign powers who sought economic or political advantage by influencing governmental decision-making. The amendments shifted the focus of the law from propaganda to political lobbying and narrowed the meaning of "foreign agent".[5] From that moment on, an organization (or person) could only be placed in the FARA database if the government proved that it (or he or she) was acting "at the order, request, or under the direction or control, of a foreign principal" and proved that it (or he or she) was engaged "in political activities for or in the interests of such foreign principal," including by "represent[ing] the interests of such foreign principal before any agency or official of the Government of the United States."[6]
This increased the government's burden of proof; since 1966 there have been no successful criminal prosecutions under the FARA act.[5] However, a civil injunctive remedy also was added to allow the Department of Justice to warn individuals and entities of possible violations of the Act, ensuring more voluntary compliance but also making it clear when the law has been violated. This has resulted in a number of successful civil cases and administrative resolutions since that time.[3]
(RIPE FOR CHANGE)
In 1995, the term "political propaganda" was removed from Subsection 611 following the 1987 Supreme Court case, Meese v. Keene, in which a California State Senator wanted to distribute three films from Canada about acid rain and nuclear war, but felt his reputation would be harmed if he distributed films that had been classified officially as "political propaganda".[4][7] The Court backed up an earlier lower court ruling in favor of one of the film's distributors in Block v. Meese.[8] The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA), 2 U.S.C. § 1601, removed from the Act certain agents engaged in lobbying activities who register under that Act, which is administered by Congress.[9]
In 2004 the Justice Department stated that the Foreign Agent Registration Unit's database for tracking foreign lobbyists was in disrepair.[10] However, in 2007 The Justice Department launched an online database which can be used by the public to search filings and current reports.[2]
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Scope of the Act------ The Act requires periodic disclosure of all activities and finances by people and organizations that are under foreign control ("agents") of a foreign government, of organizations or of persons outside of the United States ("foreign principal"), if they act "at the order, request, or under the direction or control" of this principal or of persons who are "controlled or subsidized in major part" by this principal.[6]
Organizations under such foreign control can include political agents, public relations counsel, publicity agents, information-service employees, political consultants, fundraisers or those who represent the foreign power before any agency or official of the United States government.[6]
SNIP---more at WIKI
Liz, is there a date on that sworn affidavit?
I hope Trump highlights how strictly and ruthlessly Mexico enforces their own southern border
It’s time to do some more Messkin a$$ whipping again - for sure.
I have no date——but I think it was within the past year.
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