Sen. Kyl Criticizes Fox for Threats, Dismissal of U.S. Concerns over Border Security

Office of Sen. Jon Kyl ^ | March 17, 2005 | Sen. Jon Kyl

[hinterlander]

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jon Kyl today urged Mexican President Vicente Fox to respect the United States’ right to defend its borders and “demonstrate perhaps a little less disdain for the rule of law north of the border.”

“I agree with President Fox that it is unacceptable for civilian groups to take the law into their own hands, and that individuals who volunteer to help the Border Patrol in a lawful way must guard against extremism in their ranks,” Kyl said. “But at the same time, President Fox does not appear to grasp the high level of frustration over illegal immigration in states like Arizona, and his pre-emptive threats to file lawsuits on behalf of those crossing the border unlawfully is hardly helpful, since it presumes that illegal aliens have more of a right to break American law than American citizens have to peacefully assist authorities in enforcing it.”

Moreover, Kyl called Fox’s recent ridicule of border walls, such as a new “triple fence” planned for San Diego, “downright insulting.” “For one thing, the United States is a sovereign nation that has every right to protect our borders, as other countries do, without baseless accusations of ‘discrimination’. The process for entering the United States legally is straightforward and not terribly difficult - deterrence measures like walls only discriminate against those who intend to break the law.”

Fox recently claimed in an interview that security along the border was "as high a priority for [Mexico] as it is for the United States," and that Mexico has been "very cooperative" with U.S. officials on security measures to create an "orderly flow" of legal immigrants and commerce across the border.

“If President Fox is serious about helping to reduce illegal immigration, a good start would be to prohibit his government’s production of materials like the free comic book guide to crossing the border illegally and living unobtrusively so as not to attract the attention of law enforcement,” Kyl said. “I doubt Mr. Fox would appreciate it if the U.S. government started giving out free advice on how to get away with tax fraud in Mexico City.”

[hinterlander]

Love this quote: “I doubt Mr. Fox would appreciate it if the U.S. government started giving out free advice on how to get away with tax fraud in Mexico City.”

[jb6]

Disdain? I don't consider spending Mexican federal funds on how to manuals for crossing the border and infiltrating society as disdain, flagrant violation, but definitely not disdain!

[RKV]

"I agree with President Fox that it is unacceptable for civilian groups to take the law into their own hands" Isn't this more or less what the founding fathers did? I pretty much agree with the rest.

[Tench_Coxe]

Good on Senator Kyl. I have a feeling that things may be filtering up to Versailles on the Potomac.

[Cicero]

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when Vincente Fox finally drove the PRI out of power, after 70 years of corrupt and tyrannical rule.

What a disappointment. In many respects, Fox is worse than the PRI. Somebody really needs to put a flea in his ear.

[sasafras]

Right On!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am proud of Kyl to stand up to Fox. I cant say the same thing of Bush.

[hinterlander]

"Flagrant violation" works. But I think "disdain" is a fair word too.

From Webster's:
Main Entry: 1 dis·dain
Pronunciation: dis-'dAn
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English desdeyne, from Old French desdeign, from desdeignier
: a feeling of contempt for what is beneath one

[sasafras]

Bump for a great Senator - Senator Kyl is my Senator. Thank you Mr. Kyl

[ken5050]

well,when US citizens commit hundreds of murders, and thens of thousands of crimes each year in Mexicso, then Fox can speak..

[hang 'em]

I've said this for years:

1) Put up razor wire fences, laser sensors and lay mine fields on the border.

2) Offer bounties on illegals (i.e. snitch on an illegal and get a $50 reward from the Border Patrol), arrest and deport them all now.

3) Tattoo or DNA tag the deported so they they can be punished harder for a second try.

[John Lenin]

Q & A session with Milton Friedman at the 18th Annual Institute for Liberty and Policy Analysis (ISIL) World Libertarian Conference, August 20-22, 1999, in San Jose, Costa Rica. Co-sponsors: The Mackinac Center for Public Policy; the Atlas Economic Research Foundation.

Q: Dr. Friedman should the U.S.A. open its borders to all immigrants? What is your opinion on that?

A: Unfortunately no. You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.

Q: Do you oppose a unilateral reduction of tariffs and if not how can you oppose open immigration until the welfare state is eliminated?

A: I am in favor of the unilateral reduction of tariffs, but the movement of goods is a substitute for the movement of people. As long as you have a welfare state, I do not believe you can have a unilateral open immigration. I would like to see a world in which you could have open immigration, but stop kidding yourselves. On the other hand, the welfare state does not prevent unilateral free trade. I believe that they are in different categories. Q: Instead of a green card [resident alien status], can the USA issue a blue card which does not give welfare? A: If you could do that, that would be fine. But I don't believe you can do that. It's not only that it is not politically feasible, I don't think that it is desirable to have two classes of citizens in a society. We want a free society. We want a society in which every individual is treated as an end in themselves. We don't want a society in which some people are in there under blue conditions, others are in there under red conditions, others are in there under black conditions. We want a free society. So I don't believe such .... I haven't really ever thought of that system. It's a new question. I very rarely get a new question, but I must admit that's a new question for me. And I haven't really thought about it a great deal, but my initial reaction is that it's a very undesirable proposal.

[righttackle44]

Yes, we've heard from McCain.

So far, it's silence, I think

They're my senators, too.

[AZ_Cowboy]

At least one of my Senators has the right idea, anyway.

[bitt]

[HiJinx]

WayTaGo, Senator Kyl!

[Ros42]

WayTaGo, Senator Kyl!

HE DA MAN!!! ;-}

[c-b 1]

At least one of my Senators has the right idea, anyway.

Yes, In my opinion our other Senator has lost his mind.

[janetgreen]

¿Me pregunto qué Jorge Arbusto piensa de éstos comenta por senador Kyl?

[spodefly]

Bravo Senator Kyl.