Posted on 05/14/2005 11:39:27 AM PDT by AllieOop
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Vicente Fox called recent U.S. measures to stem illegal immigration a step back for bilateral relations on Friday and said Mexican migrants do jobs "that not even blacks want to do."
In comments likely to raise the temperature of the immigration debate, Fox defended the role of undocumented Mexican workers in the United States to a group of Texas business people meeting in Mexico.
"There is no doubt that Mexicans, filled with dignity, willingness and ability to work are doing jobs that not even blacks want to do there in the United States," he said in a speech broadcast in part on local radio and reported on newspaper web sites.
Fox said recent, tougher measures against immigrants do not represent "the road we should be building between friends and partners."
Mexico has been seeking an accord with Washington for years to make it easier for millions of illegal Mexican immigrants to live and work in the United States. The country expects to repatriate this year more than 250,000 foreigners, mostly Central Americans headed for the U.S. border.
Mexican hopes were raised early last year when President Bush proposed a temporary worker program but it has become bogged down in Congress.
A key partner in U.S. border security, Mexico is upset at new U.S. controls on foreign-born people, including tougher rules to obtain drivers' licenses.
Congressional Republicans attached the immigration changes to legislation providing $82 billion in emergency funds for fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Bush is expected to sign the legislation into law soon.
The law, approved unanimously by the Senate on Tuesday, waives environmental rules to allow the extension of a fence on the border between California and Mexico to stop illegal immigrants. Mexico calls the measure "overly extreme."
But Fox said he was encouraged by a bill put forward on Thursday by Sens. John McCain, an Arizona Republican, and Edward Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat, to allow some of the estimated 10 to 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States to get legal jobs and eventual citizenship.
"I hope President Bush will support and push the initiative, as he has publicly agreed. I have to take his word and hope he delivers," Fox said.
I disagree with ALL three of your points. Sorry.
>>....President Bush has a strong trait of loyalty.
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To who?<<
To people he has personal relationship with.
>>I disagree with ALL three of your points. Sorry.<<
That's cool.
Most of my friends would disagree on two out of three. At least we are having a civil discussion.
What do you thing a border barrier? I'm thinking maybe that's the way to go.
We grow most of our own fruits and vegetables, so we're safe there. We use our own honey bees and sap trees for syrup and sugar. We have our own meat (fished for, raised or hunted) and dairy products and culinary herbs - but spices are another story! That's a weak spot.
On the fruits and vegetable issue, nobody is talking about stopping trade... just illegal immigration.
You can say that again! Good one !
CNN just reported this regarding the Fox comment.
"Rev. Jesse Jackson says he plans to phone Fox, calling the remarks a spurious comparison with ominus racial overtones"
The fact that Texas seems to be leading the way in caving in to Mexico, and the Bush family history of doing business in both Mexico and Texas and governing in Texas, and Bush43's appointment of a Tex-Mex as AG, all seems to be related, doesn't it?
I was on a thread about 4-5 months ago about this subject and I was arguing against a fence with the other posters that were FOR a fence....
I have since changed my mind---I don't see any other way, and the fence/barrier in Israel is working so well, that it just may come down to that...actually part of the REAL ID Act that was just passed with the Emerg. Supplemental Bill, calls for the fence in California to be completed.
Therefore, we know that a significant number of congresscritters are agreeable to a fence....
I didn't know Vicente was a racist. Learn something new every day.
Oh, and senior Fox, regarding OUR immigration laws...sit down, and stfu.
?Comprende?
5.56mm
My kind of people!
I guess Travis McGee finally got to you, with his graphic photos! LOL.
The idea that Mexicans do what no American would agree to do is pure cr*p.
The following link has a list of their members. You can click on their names to go to their websites and e-mail them from there. Send the article to as many as possible.
Black Congressional Caucus
http://www.house.gov/cummings/cbc/cbcmember.htm
Bumping your post for action.
And the rest of the story is: if she or any democrat comes out against illegal immigration, calls for a shut down at the border whether he/she/it means or not will win in such numbers that the republican party will not see control of congress for decades to come.
A border barrier would help to keep the next 14 million from coming. Bush doesn't want to do that.
End the freebies to illegal aliens which are financed by the American taxpayers. Bush doesn't want to do that.
Hit the employers with heavy fines - you know, the big companies who ship illegal aliens in by the tractor-trailer full? Bush doesn't want to do that.
Enforce existing immigration laws. Bush doesn't want to do that.
Tell Vicente Fox to lead his own country and improve the conditions of the people living there, and to stop sending his poverty over the border for us to support. Bush doesn't want to do that.
You MUST be asking yourself why Bush doesn't want to do any of the above. After all, he swore to protect us from invasion. He hasn't.
Excellent. See post 59 for action also.
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