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Mexico Defends Comic Book for Illegal Immigrants(Guide for ILLEGAL ALIENS sneaking into USA)
Reuters News ^ | 01/04/2005 | Tim Gaynor

Posted on 01/04/2005 5:10:26 PM PST by nanak

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico on Tuesday defended a government comic book showing illegal migrants how to cross the border and live quietly in the United States against charges that it promotes undocumented immigration.

The 32-page color primer, published by Mexico's foreign ministry in December, gives would-be migrants tips including how to swim across the Rio Grande and avoid dehydration in the desert. It also sets out their legal rights on detention.

Some U.S. groups and newspaper editorial writers have slammed the booklet as a "how-to" manual for 1 million or more Mexicans who attempt the illegal crossing each year.

"It's reminiscent of the instructions to al Qaeda operatives to help their terrorists keep a low profile in safe houses in Britain," Ric Oltman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform told Reuters.

But Mexico's foreign ministry said the booklet was an attempt to save lives and inform migrants of the legal consequences of entering the United States.

"Last year over 300 Mexicans died in their attempt to enter the United States in search of a job and the government has the obligation to avoid that," Geronimo Gutierrez, the ministry's undersecretary for North American affairs told Reuters.

"The guide clearly states that the safe and appropriate way to enter any country is with a valid passport and a visa, and in no way promotes undocumented immigration," he added.

The official said some 1.5 million copies of the pamphlet had been distributed to several states in central Mexico with high migration rates.

The booklet urges migrants to wear light clothing to make their swim across border rivers easier and suggests they add salt to water to avoid dehydration while crossing the deserts that form much of the 2,000-mile frontier.

It also informs migrants of their rights to medical and consular attention if they are detained by U.S. officials.

Using graphic sequences depicting baseball-cap wearing family members, it counsels Mexicans who succeed in reaching the United States to avoid bar brawls, drunken driving and domestic violence.

Gutierrez said the guide sets out "the rights that any Mexican has regardless of their migratory status, based on United States and international law."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; conspirators; immigrantlist; immigration; mexico
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie; konaice

That is a good idea.


21 posted on 01/04/2005 5:33:53 PM PST by silent_jonny (Happy New Year!)
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To: stopem

They have to keep it simple. Quite a few are functionally illiterate. Quite a few from the southernmost states don't speak much Spanish either. They use the local Indian dialects instead.


22 posted on 01/04/2005 5:34:28 PM PST by JackelopeBreeder (Proud to be a mean-spirited & divisive loco gringo armed terrorist vigilante cucaracha!)
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To: rockabyebaby
"Geeeeez, are Dick, Jane and Spot in this book?"

Yeah, but they could only get poor little Sally to consult on the content. It's not her fault, though, she's just a little girl...

23 posted on 01/04/2005 5:36:25 PM PST by Mugwump
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To: JackelopeBreeder

Than how in the world are they hired by these businesses?


24 posted on 01/04/2005 5:36:28 PM PST by stopem
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To: Isabelle
That is really on the mark, the Mexican government is responsible the conditions in their country that make so many of their citizens risk their life coming here. To ignore their own guilt and encourage illegal activity by publishing such a booklet is inexcusable.
25 posted on 01/04/2005 5:39:18 PM PST by dog breath
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To: JackelopeBreeder
That presentation is hysterical! The blonde on p. 10....
26 posted on 01/04/2005 5:39:18 PM PST by Regulator
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To: JackelopeBreeder

Wow! The lady on page 18 is REALLY decked out for work!


27 posted on 01/04/2005 5:39:22 PM PST by Threepwood
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To: stopem

People from a particular village tend to head for the same locations. Some of them know enough Spanish to act as spokesmen for the rest.


28 posted on 01/04/2005 5:42:10 PM PST by JackelopeBreeder (Proud to be a mean-spirited & divisive loco gringo armed terrorist vigilante cucaracha!)
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To: Threepwood
I have to find out what is happening in that scene.

Translation, anyone?.

29 posted on 01/04/2005 5:52:10 PM PST by 4.1O dana super trac pak (Stop the open borders death cult)
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To: nanak

This comic book should be on the front page of every newspaper in the nation. I think it would activate a lot of people to get this immigration fiasco under control. Perhaps we can find out just how free our press is?


30 posted on 01/04/2005 5:52:16 PM PST by Sterco
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak

Well, let's see what we have here.

1. An young woman of *very* firm..uh..geez..umm..shall we say resolve? Who is wearing some kind of spandex/lycra undergarment to work.

2. A young Joseph Stalin feeling the stresses of his job.

3. A third individual who reminds me very strongly of person who used to play a mounted policeman on a CBC program.

I have nothing. Translation please!


31 posted on 01/04/2005 5:58:23 PM PST by Threepwood
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To: Threepwood

It's just a short list of their rights if caught. Food, water, medical attention, lawyer, etc.


32 posted on 01/04/2005 6:06:44 PM PST by JackelopeBreeder (Proud to be a mean-spirited & divisive loco gringo armed terrorist vigilante cucaracha!)
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To: rockabyebaby; SandRat; nanak
What J.D. Hayworth has to say about it.
33 posted on 01/04/2005 6:21:02 PM PST by Happy2BMe ("Islam fears democracy worse than anything-It castrates their stranglehold at the lowest level.")
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
"Look spot , look! It's an illegal alien. Run Jane, run! Here come more!Look, Dick and Jane are running from California!"

See Dick bail. See Jane bail. See Taxpayers bail. See California burn.

34 posted on 01/04/2005 6:21:24 PM PST by 1_Inch_Group
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To: nanak

I wonder, will pirhana survive in the Rio Grande? Crocodiles?


35 posted on 01/04/2005 6:24:16 PM PST by infidel29 (America is GREAT because she is GOOD, the moment she ceases to be GOOD, she ceases to be GREAT - B.F)
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To: Threepwood

Yeah, hey....my secretary looks nothing like that.

Why do the illegals get all the secretaries with no underwear...?


36 posted on 01/04/2005 6:24:52 PM PST by 1_Inch_Group
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To: nanak
There is a new wrinkle in this Immigration Disaster that needs to be fully exposed. Interstate Highway 35 is part of a monstrous expansion that will stretch 4,000 miles long North to southfrom Mexico to the Canadian border and beyond. All the events surrounding this proposed expansion will include emminent domain aggression against private land owners involving millions of acres of land currently owned and that which have been a part of families for generations.

The ultimate outrage of all this is that it will become a 1/4 mile wide swath that will ultimately be turned into a toll road and a superhighway for all the Illegal Immigrants looking for easy access to America. This is what the FTAA is all about and the taxpayers are being set up to pay for this slick boondoggle!

37 posted on 01/04/2005 6:30:45 PM PST by winker
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To: Threepwood
Translation from http://ets.freetranslation.com/

(I'm not too sure about the groin part....lol)

Tus derechos son:

Your rights are:

Saber donde te encuentras.

Knowing where find you.

Pedir que te permitan comunicarte con un representante del Consulado de Mexico mas cercano, para que recibas apoyo.

Asking that they permit you to communicate you with a representative of the Consulate of Mexico but nearby, so that receive support.

No declarar o firmar documentos, sobre todo si estan en ingles, sin la asesoria de un abogado defensor o representante del Consulado Mexicano.

Declare not or to sign documents, above all if they are in groins, without the asesoria of a defense attorney or representative of the Mexican Consulate

Sounds a lot like "don't listen to anything they say until you speak to someone from the Mexican Consulate"

38 posted on 01/04/2005 6:34:24 PM PST by 1_Inch_Group
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To: JackelopeBreeder

That's what I figured. Just having some fun.


39 posted on 01/04/2005 6:37:55 PM PST by Threepwood
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To: 1_Inch_Group
Why do the illegals get all the secretaries with no underwear...?

I think they've been watching those Spanish TV stations too much. All the women on those look like this.

40 posted on 01/04/2005 6:41:04 PM PST by Ryan Spock
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