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Mexico furious at tough US law on migrants
Financial Times ^ | May 13 2005 | John Authers in Mexico City and Edward Alden in Washington

Posted on 05/13/2005 2:29:12 PM PDT by seastay

Mexico has reacted furiously to a bill signed into law by the US this week that would fund a border wall and prevent illegal Mexican migrants from obtaining US driving licences.

President Vicente Fox said he would lodge a diplomatic complaint, and was considering complaints to multilateral bodies if Mexico could not unable to resolve the problem bilaterally.

In the US, leaders of the Mexican community threatened to strike to send a message to US employers that they could not survive without cheap Mexican labour.

Santiago Creel, Mexico's interior secretary, said the “Real ID” law was “negative, inconvenient, and obstructionist”.

“Building walls doesn't help anyone build a good neighbourhood,” he said. “Taking away the possibility of obtaining driving licences for people who are working in legal jobs, who pay their taxes there, who send remittances home here, seems to us to be an extreme measure, particularly given the new understanding that we thought we had after the re-election of President Bush.”

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, mayor of Mexico City, supported Mr Fox's stance. He said the problem of growing immigration could be “resolved by encouraging development in Mexico and Central America, not by building walls and using the border control”.

Since 2002, Mexico has adopted a popular policy of issuing undocumented labourers with consular identity cards, which are accepted as proof of identity by many US states for issuing driving licences, and for opening bank accounts. Under the new law, this would no longer be possible. The immigration provisions approved by Congress were attached by House Republicans to a bill that will provide more than $80bn for the war in Iraq this year, giving lawmakers little choice but to support it.

The White House, which at first opposed the new restrictions, supported them when it became clear they would pass Congress in spite of administration opposition.

President George W. Bush has said he wants to deal with illegal immigration by creating a temporary guest worker programme. But many Republicans are using the anxiety about terrorism to push for a crackdown on illegal immigrants.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; creel; creelisanass; driverslicense; gangs; healthcare; immigrantlist; nofreebies; protectourvote; toobad; vicenteisapuss; voterfraud
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"President Vicente Fox said he would lodge a diplomatic complaint, and was considering complaints to multilateral bodies if Mexico could not unable to resolve the problem bilaterally"

What complaint could possibly hold water? These Mexican socialist dictators have no business in our affairs as we are run by the people, we are a sovereign democracy , who are 80% in favor of these reforms !

1 posted on 05/13/2005 2:29:12 PM PDT by seastay
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To: seastay
Well, something good came from "Real ID."

Mexico whining. Waaaaaah...

2 posted on 05/13/2005 2:33:18 PM PDT by demlosers (Rumsfeld: "We don't have an exit strategy, we have a victory strategy.'')
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"Mexico has reacted furiously to a bill signed into law by the US this week that would fund a border wall and prevent illegal Mexican migrants from obtaining US driving licences. "


Boo F*#@in' Whoo


3 posted on 05/13/2005 2:33:24 PM PDT by highnoon (Keepin' outta trouble with eyes in the back of my head.)
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“Building walls doesn't help anyone build a good neighbourhood,”

What on earth are these people talking about? I find it hillarious that certain Mexican politicians deride our decision to build fences as not being an action that will prevent illegal immigration. If they're so convinced that it won't make a dent, they should have no problem with it.
4 posted on 05/13/2005 2:34:12 PM PDT by andyk (Go Matt Kenseth!)
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“Building walls doesn't help anyone build a good neighbourhood,” he said.

Actually, it does. ....as long as it's supplemented with prosecuting employers who hire illegals, the elimination of taxpayer-freebies to illegals, and the mass deportation illegals.

5 posted on 05/13/2005 2:34:18 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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I was against the Real ID for a number of reasons... but if it ticks off the Mexicrap politicians, maybe it has some merit after all.


6 posted on 05/13/2005 2:35:03 PM PDT by ikka
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Mexico has reacted furiously to a bill signed into law by the US this week that would fund a border wall and prevent illegal Mexican migrants from obtaining US driving licences.

.. MEXICO

7 posted on 05/13/2005 2:36:03 PM PDT by kingattax
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Aw, here Vincente take this TS check to the Padre, be sure
he punches it for you.

There.

Da Noive of some peeple!


8 posted on 05/13/2005 2:37:30 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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Vicente Fox should be sued in International Court for not enforcing his own laws.


9 posted on 05/13/2005 2:38:09 PM PDT by lormand (George W. Bush is saving your ass, whether you like it or not.)
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Well, guess what? Americans are furious that a bill was signed that went into effect this week that provides for taxpayers to pay back medical providers for medical care to illegals.


10 posted on 05/13/2005 2:38:33 PM PDT by Peach
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 4.1O dana super trac pak; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; ...

ping


11 posted on 05/13/2005 2:38:37 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: seastay

Fox said he would lodge a diplomatic complaint, and was considering complaints to multilateral bodies...
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What complaint could possibly hold water?

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I am simply guessing that he realizes that our Supreme Court looks to these same foreign bodies for leadership.


14 posted on 05/13/2005 2:40:56 PM PDT by downtoliberalism ("A coalition partner must do more than just express sympathy, a coalition partner must perform,")
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"“Building walls doesn't help anyone build a good neighbourhood,” he said."

Mr. Fox, either does taking other people's money.


15 posted on 05/13/2005 2:41:00 PM PDT by freekitty
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador, mayor of Mexico City, supported Mr Fox's stance. He said the problem of growing immigration could be “resolved by encouraging development in Mexico and Central America, not by building walls and using the border control”.




Special memo to Mayor Obrador:

Why don't you (and the rest of Mexico's elite get off their dead corrupt asses and start encouraging development in your own country.

Then maybe we wouldn't have to resort to building walls around your forsaken ass-backwards Third World hell hole!


16 posted on 05/13/2005 2:41:34 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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When we deal with Mexico we get shackled to an ungrateful corpse. I can't imagine why we give them the time of day except that they have oil resources.


17 posted on 05/13/2005 2:41:37 PM PDT by dennisw (the country music station plays soft but there’s nothing, really nothing to turn off)
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"In the US, leaders of the Mexican community threatened to strike to send a message"

Kewl, the message is to send the list of absentees to INS.

18 posted on 05/13/2005 2:42:05 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (The murder of Terri Schindler Schiavo - NOT IN OUR NAME)
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To: Peach

Those hospitals need to get paid somehow. I just wish the federal funds the hospitals got also were tied to reductions in foreign aid to the countries of origin of the illegals.


19 posted on 05/13/2005 2:42:08 PM PDT by MichiganConservative (Government IS the problem.)
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To: freekitty

How about paying a Mexican illegal worker $5/day unless he has proof of green card or citizenship?


20 posted on 05/13/2005 2:42:39 PM PDT by aviator (Armored Pest Control)
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