Posted on 05/05/2005 7:45:31 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
McALLEN — The Mexican government will work toward imposing new passport regulations for entering their country from Brazil almost five years after eliminating passport restrictions for Brazilians entering Mexico.
John Naland, U.S. Consulate in Matamoros said he had requested that the Mexican government reinstate the visa requirement for Brazilians.
This is the first time the Mexican government has officially responded to that request.
Although local Border Patrol officials could not comment on the specifics of the new requirements, the news could mean a possible decrease in the number of Brazilians crossing the border into the United States illegally.
Brazil is one of 45 countries not required to present a passport to enter Mexico, according to the Instituto Nacional de Migracion Web site, www.inami.gob.mx., the national Mexican Migration Institute.
U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi, who has publicly criticized border security, strongly supports the need for greater cooperation between agencies to protect the nation’s borders. A spokesman in Washington, D.C., said the congressman was pleased because the new measures would help curb illegal crossing into the United States.
In the last few months a recent wave of Brazilians caught along the U.S.-Mexico border, mainly western Hidalgo County, has agents working overtime.
"We’ve seen an increase in the Rio Grande Valley sector alone. We have adjusted our resources and manpower at the most common points of entry," said Roy Cervantes, spokesman for the Border Patrol McAllen sector.
Almost 200 Brazilians have been caught since March, he said. In all, close to 20,000 Brazilians have been arrested nationwide — 12,000 of them in the Valley — since the new fiscal year began in October.
On Wednesday, agents were notified of 10 undocumented Brazilians in police custody following the arrest of two men for allegedly smuggling illegal immigrants, Cervantes said.
Hours later, agents found another group of nine immigrants — all of whom had passports.
Those illegal aliens, currently being detained at the Border Patrol station in Weslaco will be interviewed and given a criminal background check, which is standard protocol for all undocumented immigrants.
If cleared, they are given a written notice to appear before an immigration judge at a later date and released on their own recognizance. Approximately 86 percent actually appears in court, according to Monitor archives.
"Once we’ve exhausted our efforts there is no other option than to release (them)," he said. "We have more than 1,400 agents in the Rio Grande Valley sector and are very good at what they do. They are dedicated to the mission of security, working under the umbrella of Homeland Security."
Adan Guerrero of La Frontera contributed to this report.
Miriam Ramirez covers law enforcement and general assignments for The Monitor you can reach her at (956) 683-4441.
Yep, we can't have the illegals from Brazil competing with the illegals from Mexico for jobs now can we :P
Since Guatamala is on the southern Mexican border, they have a similar situation to the one the US has with Mex.
What I've heard though, is that the Mexicans simply kill the Guatamalans. I've no source and I'd like to know how close to the truth that is?
Are we supposed to believe this figure, I don't. Danbury, CT alone has an estimated 15,000 illegals, many of them from Brazil. If they were showing up for court hearings they'd be getting deported or legalized.
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Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Be Ever Vigilant!
Minutemen Patriots ~ Bump!
Mexico has long had issues with Guatemalan guerrillas on it's southern border. This borders Chiapas were Mexico has it's own insurgency-refugee problems.
Been a fair amount of bloodshed over the decades.
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Thanks wd!
". . .the news could mean a possible decrease in the number of Brazilians crossing the border into the United States illegally."
How about that? The wetbacks have wetbacks.
That's because mexico wants to merge with the US and canada. Joint security is just one of many steps before borders are completely done away with.
It's a pipe dream of many in this country as well but I don't think the American people would ever stand for it. At least I hope not.
Me, too. But, things are being done under the radar. It'll be a done deal before most Americans know about it.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but - isn't Brazil the South American center for Islamic terrorists? This would explain why the US requested Mexico to re-instate visa requirements. It also indicates the US government knows how vulnerable the southern border is, and that they are also aware terrorists being able to enter the US from Mexico.
What I want to know is how and where they got the passports!
We are non discriminatory deporters, DEPORT them ALL.
Exactly. This is about securing their share of the market.
"What I want to know is how and where they got the passports!"
Brazil.
a illegal girl from guatemala was raped in a train station in Coahuila; some legal guatemalans were found working on slaving conditions in Chiapas; there is also biological restrictions for inmigrants: they can't enter if they have some dangerous illness; a cuban who's ship went in the wrong direction and ended in Mexico was send to jail because the authorities didn't knew what to do with him, when interviewed by local news programs he claimed: " let me go! to U.S. ambassy or back to Cuba"; and there has been cases of south american and eastern european women who where lied for table dance and "the sort" companies promising them well paid and glamorous careers as models in Mexico. anything else you need?
No, thats enough. I'm sure there is much more.
Finally, a Democrat I can agree with.
""What we need to do is require passports and visas of Mexicans when they enter this country."
YES!!!"
No. The illegals don't come in here through official, well marked boarder gateways in the first place, so the requirements for visas and passports are moot.
You're only going to require legal Mexican immigrants to do what they've always done, which is use a passport and visa to get into the country, snd to get the required shots so they don't bring their diseases here.
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