Conclusions of the U.S.-Mexico Migration Panel

Caregie Endowment for International Peace/Global Policy Program website ^ | February 15, 2001 | Caregie Endowment for International Peace / Kerry Boyd

[JesseJane]

Security witness sounds alarm on fake IDs - (Burlingame's brother was pilot of 9/11 plane)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1403286/posts

[JesseJane]

Playing the raza card

[snip]

In addition, they, along with his eminence, Mexican President Vicente Fox, believe they should be allowed to vote in our elections as well as Mexico's, even if they know less English than I know Greek

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TxDOT eyes La Entrada’s potential (Trans-Texas Corridor) aka, Illegal Alien Highway

Quoting from CorridorWatch:

News Flash - March 11, 2005>

See HB-3363 Note Below - Updated March 20, 2005

Without advance public notice, and announced late on the last day for legislative bills to be filed without the Governor's approval, TxDOT Officials joined by Governor Perry and Federal Highway Administrator Mary Peters signed a 342-page agreement with Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte SA (Madrid, Spain) to create a master plan to finance and build the TTC-35 Trans Texas Corridor generally parallel to IH-35 from the Valley to the Red River. Despite growing concerns over the TTC project, Governor Perry and state officials are charging ahead as quickly as possible to build the first 600-mile segment of the 4,000-mile Trans Texas Corridor. Portions of this agreement are being kept secret under the guise that they contain proprietary business information. CorridorWatch.org believes in open and transparent government.[snip]

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And more....

La Entrada al Pacifico, or Gateway to the Pacific

From Presidio to the Pacific

In 2003, Mexico will complete a major section of a new trade corridor to Texas, the La Entrada al Pacifico, or Gateway to the Pacific. The new route is expected to increase trade between the U.S. and Mexico--particularly in Mexico's largest state, Chihuahua--by providing a highway from Chihuahua to Presidio, Texas.

Texas already has most of the necessary infrastructure in place to take advantage of trade opportunities as they develop in Chihuahua. While some projects are in the works to accommodate increased trade in Texas, the majority of the La Entrada effort is taking place

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KEYWORD SEARCH: TTC

[JesseJane]

I wanted to pass this on.. I went back to re-read some articles on Maurice Strong. Two things jumped out.. 1) I really didn't fully understand what the definition of "sustainable development" really meant, well this article answers that--(I snipped a piece below). 2) The 2012 date just jumped out at me. It fit's nicely with Border XXI 2012 framework (linked here in post#9).

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It is simply not feasible for sovereignty to be exercised unilaterally by individual nation states, however powerful. --Maurice Strong at the 1992 Earth Summit.

Maurice Strong: The new guy in your future!

http://www.sovereignty.net/p/sd/strong.html

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"This interlocking...is the new reality of the century, with profound implications for the shape of our institutions of governance, national and international. By the year 2012, these changes must be fully integrated into our economic and political life."

He told the opening session of the Rio Conference (Earth Summit II) in 1992, that industrialized countries have:

"developed and benefited from the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption which have produced our present dilemma. It is clear that current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class -- involving high meat intake, consumption of large amounts of frozen and convenience foods, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and work-place air-conditioning, and suburban housing -- are not sustainable. A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmentally damaging consumption patterns."

In an essay by Strong entitled Stockholm to Rio: A Journey Down a Generation, he says:

"Strengthening the role the United Nations can play...will require serious examination of the need to extend into the international arena the rule of law and the principle of taxation to finance agreed actions which provide the basis for governance at the national level. But this will not come about easily. Resistance to such changes is deeply entrenched. They will come about not through the embrace of full blown world government, but as a careful and pragmatic response to compelling imperatives and the inadequacies of alternatives."

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The UN's Global Malfeasance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/847166/posts

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[JesseJane]

Ug. Re: Bush 41. This did not make my day.. see the underlined:

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..."Strong's most significant role at the U.N. to-date has been his position as Secretary General of the 1992 U.N. Conference on the Environment and Development, the Rio Earth Summit. In the opening session of the Rio Earth Summit, Strong commented: "The concept of national sovereignty has been an immutable, indeed sacred, principle of international relations. It is a principle which will yield only slowly and reluctantly to the new imperatives of global environmental cooperation. It is simply not feasible for sovereignty to be exercised unilaterally by individual nation states, however powerful. The global community must be assured of environmental security."

Interestingly, Strong had initially been blocked from participating in the conference by the U.S. Department of State. When Strong learned of this, however, he persuaded then-President George Bush to overrule the State Department."...

http://www.nationalcenter.org/DossierStrong.html

[Alia]

Um yes. Maurice Strong is quite the bit o'work. ahem.

[Alia]

JJ -- the Rio Conference on "sustainable" living was horribly eye-opening. I cannot disconnect that Rio conference from Al Gore (and Maurice Strong). Can you understand my rabid dislike of the Kyoto Treaty? It developed its roots at that Rio conference.

[KittyKares]

When they present fake social security cards and employers deduct and pay FICA it goes into an anonymous account that they cannot collect from.

Doesn't the government notice that it's a fake SS# and say something to the employer?

[KittyKares]

I just read the following at http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/5/19/150208.shtml:

This will not win Tancredo any friends at the White House. It is recalled that when he last visited Karl Rove, the Bush ayatollah, and spoke of the illegal invasion, Rove told Tancredo to leave the office and not to "darken the doorstep again." Rove, who speaks for the president, told the Republican hierarchy not to support Tancredo financially and actually suggested they find another Republican to run against him.

If this is true, it is not a good sign for the future.

[ClaireSolt]

He was retired and living in Mexico and having his Social Security deposited to a bank and forwarde by a daughter. He told me that he met with a Social Scurity investigator who said he would be cut, unless he lived in the US. He moved back. I do know that Medicare eligibility is also denied to those living abroad. It requires being in US at least one day/yr.

[JesseJane]

LA Mayor: Mexico Will Shape My Polices

Los Angeles mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa said Wednesday that Mexico will play an important role in shaping his policies, reports Mexico's EL UNIVERSAL Online.

"We are starting a new era. Instead of closing the borders, as stated by Schwarzenegger, we should look at our border as an opportunity," Villaraigosa said. "This is a time of great importance, not just for us to rediscover our roots, but looking to create a mutually beneficial relationship," added the city's first Latino mayor since 1872. [snip]

[JesseJane]

[JesseJane]

Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future

The Role of Media in the Consolidation of Democracy Latin American Program Special Report, February 2005 Author: Includes remarks by Alejandro Junco, Publisher of Reforma

[JesseJane]

Look what I found.(There's a lot at this site as well) I posted on ToleranceSuckRocks TTC thread as well: 35 Meeting of the Mexico-U.S. Binational Group on

International Bridges and Border Crossings 10 May 2005

http://portal.sre.gob.mx/usa/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&sid=134

Press Release 73

Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico

May 5, 2005

THE MEXICO-UNITED STATES BINATIONAL GROUP ON BRIDGES AND BORDER CROSSINGS MET FROM MAY 2ND-4TH FOR THE 35TH TIME IN REYNOSA, TAMAULIPAS

The 35th meeting of the Mexico-United States Binational Group on Bridges and Border Crossings was held in Reynosa, Tamaulipas from May 2nd-4th. Representatives from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, the Treasury, Communications and Transportation, Public Administration and Migration from both countries attended, as did local authorities in charge of the crossing points and groups of businessmen from Mexico and the United States who are interested in participating in the development and modernization of the border between the two countries.

The governor of Tamaulipas, Eugenio Hernández Flores, and the mayor of Reynosa, Francisco Javier Cabeza de Vaca, inaugurated the meeting. The working sessions were chaired by Juan Bosco Martí Ascencio, the Foreign Ministry’s General Director for North America, and by Mr. John Ritchie, the U.S. State Department’s Border Coordinator.

The Bridges and Border Crossings Group was created in 1983. Since 1989, it has convened as part of the Mexico-United States Binational Commission which brings together most of the cabinet of both countries, with each country hosting the meeting in alternate years.

In Reynosa, and based on the 22 commitments agreed to by Presidents Vicente Fox and George Bush and contained in the Border Partnership Action Plan (Monterrey, March 2002) and in conformity with the mandate of the Foreign Ministers of each country as established during the 20th Mexico-United States Binational Commission held in November 2004 in Mexico City, the Mexican government renewed its commitment to giving impetus to developing the border and to addressing the needs of its communities.

The commitments adopted by officials from both countries include the following:

Leveling the asphalt on the Mexican side of the Reynosa-Pharr International Bridge. Public bidding for this project will be opened on May 25, 2005.

Beginning technical consultations to put in place priority projects to modernize the existing infrastructure of the bridges and crossing points, in order to facilitate and guarantee the safety of bilateral trade and the flow of individuals, and to make businesses more competitive and to improve the quality of life on the border.

To consider and make a technical evaluation of the proposals presented by representatives of local authorities and business groups that promote comprehensive projects to improve, broaden or open ports of entry.

Lastly and in contrast to the group’s previous meetings, the delegations visited the Reynosa-Pharr and Díaz Ordaz-Los Ebanos entry points in order to verify the state of both international crossing points.

[JesseJane]

Have you ever heard of Grupo Beta?

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Mexico denies allegations that Mexican Army personnel is involved in migration activities

http://portal.sre.gob.mx/usa/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&sid=130#

Washington, DC, April 13, 2005

THE EMBASSY OF MEXICO DENIES ALLEGATIONS THAT MEXICAN ARMY PERSONNEL IS INVOLVED IN MIGRATION ACTIVITIES

The Embassy of Mexico firmly denies all allegations presented by some American media outlets stating that Mexican Army personnel is dissuading and guiding Mexican migrants who are attempting to enter the United States, so that they do not cross the area where vigilante groups are situated.

There is no military personnel performing this type of activity at the border, let alone in the Sonora-Arizona area.

The only personnel protecting migrants is that of the Grupo Beta. The Grupo Beta is coordinated by the National Institute of Migration and it is made up exclusively of federal, state, and municipal public security officials. There are no military personnel involved in this group.

The Grupo Beta has been carrying out its operations at the Mexican border with Arizona since 1994 with the creation of the Group Beta-Nogales.

The Grupo Beta’s objectives include the protection and the defense of the human rights of migrants, as well as their personal safety, regardless of their nationality; the fight against crime, in collaboration with competent authorities; and rescue and aid missions for migrants who find themselves in dangerous situations.

The Mexican Army does not participate in any action taken with regard to the displacement of individuals, given that the freedom of movement in national territory is a Constitutional right. The presence of the Mexican Army in the Mexican state of Sonora works for the destruction of illicit drug crops and the fight against drug trafficking.

[JesseJane]

Mexico No Help in War on Terror

Mexico is no friend of the US when it comes to stopping illegal immigration. OTM (Other Than Mexican) illegal aliens caught following clandestine border crossings have risen from 5% to 8% of those captured. Of course, it is impossible to estimate how many the Border Patrol misses.

Today The Arizona Republic reports (also aired on Lou Dobbs, CNN) that an Iranian permanent resident living in Mesa, AZ, has been accused of trying to buy phony Mexican visas for Iranians to be smuggled through Mexico into the US. According to the report, Zeayadali Malhamdary boasted to the Feds that he had smuggled in 60 Iranians via Mexico, using fake Mexican visas.

It would appear that Mexico's immigration personnel either cannot detect bogus Mexican visas or let the holders through anyway.

Iran is listed as a state sponsor of terrorism. Clearly Mexico is not concerned about the possibility of islamic terrorists entering their own country or ours.

When will our State Department hold Mexico's feet to the fire? Or will Mexico dither and dally until terrorists blow them off their feet?

Mexico needs to grow up and stop dumping all its problems on the US taxpayer. Some of those "problemas" it ignores may bite them in their butt-in-skis.

[JesseJane]

How Many Laws Must a Lawbreaker Break?

Illegal aliens get a pass on countless crimes, starting with their violation of immigration laws.

First, they solicit, hire, conspire with and pay smugglers to assist them in commission of a laundry list of crimes -- that should be prosecuted under RICO. After all, it is organized crime. Some agree to carry contraband, such as marijuana and cocaine, across the border in exchange for a reduced smuggling rate.

After they cross the order illicitly, many commit robbery, burglary, car theft/carjacking, assaults, rape, littering, destruction of private & public property, trespassing on private property & military bases. Don't carry food & water (or money to buy them) -- break into someone's home and take whatever you want. Want transportation? Steal a car.

Then there are the bogus documents they steal, forge, or purchase from thieves and forgers. Use bogus docs to deceive employers, drive without ever learning the rules of the road or obtaining insurance, or evade arrest for assorted felonies and misdemeanors. Add in tax evasion, money laundering, couriering cash across borders. And, oh, by the way, if you murder a cop, hightail it across the border into Mexico because they rarely extradite anyone for anything, but especially object if our laws provide for any possibility of a life-term or death penalty upon conviction.

How many crimes does an illegal alien have to commit before we prosecute?

In Arizona, schools have caught hundreds of Mexican citizens crossing the border every day to attend schools at US taxpayers' expense. They use phone, electric, gas, cable bills or bogus "rent receipts" as "proof of residence," although these children and their parents live in Mexico.

The fraud works this way: one family living in the US (illegally) has another pay their phone bill, a third pays the electric, a fourth pays for cable TV, etc. The residents get all of their utilities paid in exchange for covering up the utility-payers' "residence" fraud. This system is used to enroll kids in US schools for non-resident non-citizens, as well as enroll kids in "more desirable" school districts although the parents do not want to pay taxes in those districts.

In Lukeville, on the Arizona border north of Sonoita, a trailer park owner, Al Gay [interviewed on Lou Dobbs, CNN], gives "rent receipts" to help Mexicans evade the law and evade payment of out-of-district tuition.

The parents and those who help them should be indicted for fraud. They are getting taxpayer-paid benefits to which they are not entitled. They need to make restitution or go to jail for fraud.

Mexican kids can go to school in Mexico. They do have schools there.

[JesseJane]

The threat from Mexico - (Reagan's Defense Sec. predicted war with Mexico by 2003!)

Defense Intelligence Agency analysts have recently added accumulating information on jihadi groups establishing shop in Mexico City and other urban centers. An FBI wanted list for drug cartel bosses placed Ramon Eduardo Arellano-Felix at the top, describing him as extremely violent and probably with extensive narco-terror connection, setting him next to terrorist Osama bin Laden on the FBI 10 most wanted list. This by itself illuminates the appalling scope of the problem.

The Sinaloa meeting deliberately avoided dealing with so-called "mega-problems" and instead focused more on relatively petty local crimes. This is an indication the Fox administration is planning to use the infamous traditional Mexican political solution of joining forces with drug cartels despite its malignant ripple affect on the Mexican and even U.S. societies.

[JesseJane]

Right in line with the article we saw today: U.S. officials promote programs for Mexican immigrants

IS THIS: EMBASSY OF MEXICO In the United States of America

Secretariat of Foreign Relations

MIGRATION

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Migration

In February of 2001, the presidents of Mexico, Vicente Fox, and of the United States, George W. Bush, instructed high level officials of their corresponding administrations, to consider, pursuant to the principle of a shared responsibility, the manner in which to establish a legal, safe, dignified and ordered migration of Mexican nationals to the United States, by recognizing the social origin of immigration and the necessities of the labor market in both countries.

During the first phase, significant bilateral consultations were undertaken based on an agenda designed to address this issue, through a comprehensive approach towards a substantive solution. However, the search for an integral solution of the migration of Mexicans to the United States became more complicated after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

The government of Mexico, without loosing perspective of the significant impact that terrorism has on the global agenda, has pursued the necessity of finding solutions to the complex issue of migration of Mexicans to the United States. The migration issue has remained a priority for Mexico in the bilateral relation.

In the aftermath of September 11th, the government of Mexico considers that, in addition to the economic and social causes that trigger migratory flows, the establishment of a legal, safe, dignified and ordered migration is indispensable to strengthen the safety and security of both countries.

During the XX Binational Commission that took place in November of 2003, the governments of Mexico and the United States reaffirmed their commitment to move forward in the migration agenda with a comprehensive vision and with a gradual approach. The migration agenda constitutes the central part of the human component of the bilateral relation.

The migration proposal of President George Bush, announced on January 7th, 2004, constitutes an important step towards finding solutions to the migration issue. President Bush’s proposal recognizes the economic value of the work of undocumented migrants, most of them of Mexican origin, to the U.S. Furthermore, the proposal acknowledges the need of adopting new measures that prevent the violation of fundamental rights and abuses to these workers. This initiative has opened the possibility of the resumption of the debate regarding the immigration issue.

Mexico considers that the solutions that could be implemented to solve the different aspects of migration of Mexican nationals to the United States have to take into consideration key elements, such as the regularization of undocumented Mexicans, the extension of immigrant visas to facilitate family reunification, and an increase number of temporary worker visas with a structure that guarantees a comprehensive enforcement of fundamental rights of the workers and reestablishes the circularity.

Mexico does not wish to loose and important segment of its population and continues its efforts to promote economic development that would benefit its population. However, the socio-economic factors that influence the migration of Mexican nationals will remain the same in the near future. Therefore, both governments must work together to find real solutions to address this issue.

Promotion of the rights of Mexican nationals in the US

The Mexican government has not limited its efforts to the promotion of a migration reform as a means to improve the living conditions of Mexicans in the United States. The government has also intensified the promotion and defense of the rights of Mexicans in the United States, regardless of their migration status, through its consulates and Embassy.

The Embassy of Mexico in Washington, DC is collaborating with the Department of Labor in the development of institutional programs for the promotion of labor rights, as well as the safety and health conditions in the workplace.

During 2003, both countries strengthened their collaboration for the distribution of informational materials regarding labor issues, in accordance with the Ministerial Declaration on Labor Rights for Migratory Workers (April 2002), the Joint Declaration of Ministerial Consultations (June 2002) and the Workshop for Cooperation in Labor Rights of Migratory Workers of North America within the framework of the Accord of Labor Cooperation of North America.

The network of Mexican consulates in the United States regularly consults and collaborates with authorities, communities and labor and human rights organizations, to provide relevant information to the workers. In 2003, the Department of Labor, local governments, community organizations, and the Mexican consulates in Dallas and Denver, initiated the Justice and Equality in the Workplace Program to inform the migratory workers of their rights and responsibilities so that those who do not speak English could denounce any violation of US labor laws. These efforts will continue to expand all over the country.

[JesseJane]

This is an absolute must read link.. It fits perfectly with the "Migration policy recommendations" topic of this thread.

FTAA: Forced To Accept Aliens

Open Borders Lobby

It must seem odd to many observers to see the Wall Street elites joining with the street militants to break down the borders. Actually, there is a little-known but longstanding relationship between these two seemingly opposite forces that is just now coming out more into the open. The militant “open borders” lobby would barely exist except for the massive infusions of cash from major tax-exempt foundations — particularly the Ford Foundation. William R. Hawkins amply documents in his important 1994 book, Importing Revolution: Open Borders and the Radical Agenda, that the militant “immigrant rights” lobby is almost a wholly owned subsidiary of the CFR-laden Ford Foundation.

The Ford Foundation has been infamous for decades for funding almost every subversive, revolutionary group and movement imaginable. Half a century ago, Ford’s affinity for bankrolling Communist, pro-Communist and anti-American outfits caused it to be a prime target of a congressional investigation headed by Rep. Carroll Reece of Tennessee. But the foundation’s influential friends succeeded in squashing the Reece investigation, and the Ford revolutionaries have gone merrily on their way ever since, brazenly pouring financial support into the most radical causes.

One of the major Ford-funded operations advancing the FTAA open borders agenda is the Washington, D.C.-based Migration Policy Institute (MPI). As the organization’s literature explains, “MPI grew out of the International Migration Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.” That certainly fits. The folks at Carnegie, like the Ford Foundation, were also main targets of the 1953 Reece investigation, and for the same good reasons.

[JesseJane]

~fyi ping~