realize that Mexico is NOT our friend, and NEVER has been!
Anyone remember the Zimmerman letter?
Posted on 06/29/2004 5:40:26 AM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Mexican President Vicente Fox swung through the American Midwest June 16 to 18, giving Spanish-language speeches, in what one U.S. House member described as a "campaign tour" on U.S. territory.
The tour kicked off with what the Mexican embassy called a speech before "the Mexican community . . . living in the United States" in Chicago on June 16. Chicago has the largest Mexican population in the nation after Los Angeles.
Fox, who was elected in 2000, is barred from running for reelection, But his wife, Marta Sahagún de Fox, is widely regarded as a leading PAN party candidate to replace him. She accompanied him on his trip.
Fox did not meet with President Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell, or other Cabinet members, but did meet with the mayor of Chicago, the governor of Minnesota, Sen. Norm Coleman (R.-Minn.), and other state and local officials during his three-day swing through the United States. Several of Fox's appearances, however, seemed blatantly political, and were partly aimed at Mexican nationals living illegally in the United States who he hopes will be able to vote--from U.S. territory--in future Mexican elections.
First and foremost, Fox discussed his new proposal--sent to the Mexican Congress the day before his trip began--allowing Mexicans living in the United States to vote as absentees in Mexico's next presidential election in 2006. By his own reckoning, that would mean that Mexicans living here would make up 15% of the Mexican electorate.
Fox also condemned new U.S. efforts to step up interior enforcement (as opposed to border enforcement) of immigration law, saying, "We will stand beside every Mexican woman and man in this country, we will defend them against the raids being carried out in the state of California." He called for the "legalization of Mexican workers" and highlighted his efforts to get the matricula consular card--issued indiscriminately by Mexican consulates to Mexicans living legally or illegally in the U.S.--accepted as a legitimate ID card by more U.S. state governments and private institutions. With his wife at his side, Fox spoke to many audiences of Mexican aliens at community centers and schools in Chicago, the Twin Cities area, and Michigan--all three areas with rapidly growing Mexican populations--as well as to more elite groups, such as the United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce. Local news reports say the crowds at the various events ranged in size from 500 to 3,000.
Speaking in Spanish at the Academia Cesar Chavez school in St. Paul, Fox said, "We came here to support your everyday work. We came here to speak about your values. We came here to make sure that all of your rights are guaranteed and protected--human rights, labor rights."
Oscar Chacon, director of the influential Chicago-based pro-immigration group Enlaces America, said that activist groups within the United States provided the impetus for absentee voting in order to secure more rights for Mexicans living here. But, he said, "From a more cynical point of view, we are already entering the preliminary phase of the next Mexican presidential election." Chacon did not call Fox's visit a campaign trip--neither Fox nor his wife openly asked for votes--but predicted that if Fox's proposal passes, Mexican politicians could step up campaigning and fundraising in the United States--political activities that he said have been conducted for years in the U.S. by politicians from many foreign countries.
Rep. Tom Tancredo (R.-Colo.), chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, called Fox's trip a "campaign tour." "This is another example of how important it is to Mexican politicians that Mexican nationals here do not assimilate into American culture. Will this become routine?" he asked. The Mexican embassy did not respond to calls.
In 1996, the Mexican Congress enacted a law allowing Mexicans living abroad to vote in Mexican elections. But Mexican nationals had to travel to polling places within Mexico's borders to do so. (Even most areas in Mexico do not have absentee balloting.) Fox's plan would make it possible for Mexicans to vote from their host countries, and Mexican-Americans with dual nationality or dual citizenship would be able to vote, though no one knows how many such people there are, said Mark Krikorian, director of the Center for Immigration Studies. "All Mexican-born people can get their citizenship back from Mexico," he said. "The State Department says we don't recognize dual citizenship, but there is no enforcement."
Calls to the State Department seeking information about this and rules governing foreign politicians' campaign trips to the United States went unreturned, but Krikorian said that foreign politicians have been coming here to campaign for years.
Already, two U.S. residents have been elected to Mexico's Camera of Deputies, analogous to our House of Representatives. Eddie Varon Levy, a Mexican citizen living in West Los Angeles at the time, was elected to an at-large seat in 2000, and Manuel de la Cruz, a U.S. citizen with dual nationality living in Norwalk, Calif., at the time, was elected in 2003, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Amazing. Mexico has been invading the US for God knows how long (when another countries citizens come here illegally they are invading). Now we have their President campaigning here as well trying to dictate border policy. And he has the gall to berate the US over Iraq.
I live in Fla. and thousands of Mexican's have moved into the area in the last 2 years. Last Sun. I went to Publix to shop and as far as I could tell I was the only english speaking person in the store.
Ain't right I say!
It is a shame when the world's only remaining superpower cannot summon the strength to guard its own borders. Makes one wonder if our priorities are dedicated to protecting the people of our nation.
You should come to Chicago. There are entire communities and towns here that are Mexican territories, with Mexican flags dominating and the Mexican ubiquitous. The residents have nothing but contempt for America and hatred for Americans. If you are an American, especially what the Mexicans derisively call an "anglo," you are literally taking your life in your hands when you go to towns like Pilsen, Little Village, and most of Cicero. This is not only an invasion, it is an intentional conquest, and Mexican authorities encourage it and fund it. America had better wake up and realize that Mexico is NOT our friend, and NEVER has been!
realize that Mexico is NOT our friend, and NEVER has been!
Anyone remember the Zimmerman letter?
nope but sounds familiar
Is this a joke?
"We came to make sure that you stay in the U.S., that you work at any jobs you can get, that you keep sending money back to Mexico, and to make sure that you never lose your allegiance to me Mexico. Viva La Raza!"
We interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast to announce that President Fox has become the victim of a drive-by shooting. The suspect has been apprehended and is currently being held at the Mexican consulate to ensure that his right to shoot people is not abridged.
Oh, the humanity!
Re; Post #3
I totally agree, it's the same here in CAlifornia, in some store you think you're in Mexico.... It sucks..
It was a diplomatic communication between Germany and Mexico just prior to WWI in which Germany promised, among other things, that the lands stolen in the Mexican American War would be returned to Mexico if they would assist the German war effort.
Hijo de la chigada.
El Presendente, you have no power here to defend anyone. You are interfering in the internal affairs of the United States of America, an act, which is not consistent with your admission as a diplomat. You may be subject to removal for violating the terms of your admission or for entering the US under a false pretext.
Sounds like California. Are you paying billions for the mess like we are?
Full text of The Zimmerman Telegram:
On the first of February we intend to begin submarine warfare unrestricted. In spite of this, it is our intention to endeavor to keep neutral the United States of America.
If this attempt is not successful, we propose an alliance on the following basis with Mexico: That we shall make war together and together make peace. We shall give general financial support, and it is understood that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. The details are left to you for settlement.
You are instructed to inform the President of Mexico of the above in the greatest confidence as soon as it is certain that there will be an outbreak of war with the United States and suggest that the President of Mexico, on his own initiative, should communicate with Japan suggesting adherence at once to this plan; at the same time, offer to mediate between Germany and Japan.
Please call to the attention of the President of Mexico that the employment of ruthless submarine warfare now promises to compel England to make peace in a few months.
Zimmerman
(Secretary of State)
A shame we don't have a president with the cajones to tell Fox to go home and stop inciting foreigners on our soil.
Instead, we have a president working hand-in-hand with Fox and his illegals.
Krikorian also said that foreign politicians have been coming here to campaign for years, but calls to the State Department seeking information about this and rules governing foreign politicians' campaign trips to the United States went unreturned.
Gad, what a duplicitous weasel. Mexicans don't have to get their Mexican citizenship "back". Lack of enforcement does not change U.S. law. What other foreign politicians "coming here for years"? In fact only Fox, as a leader of a foreign government under the protection of diplomatic immunity, has not only gotten away with this but just levered a hugely unfair advantage over Mexican opposition parties.
"We're sorry, all State Department personnel are busy holding Saudi's hands at this time. Should you choose to leave a message..."
I guess this explains Illinois sudden turn to the left in presidential elections.
How could I forget?
bttt
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