Posted on 05/22/2005 7:08:57 AM PDT by nuconvert
D dam. Every one of the Mexican officials quoted acts like United States should do as they please. It's the kind of attitude that just hisses us off even more.
If it were only Mexican land we were talking about, I'd agree with you. But unfortunately over 100 million Mexicans would be involved in this equation, most of whom have have political views and cultural attitudes that are at odds with the current American electorate. Our country would be changed irrecoverably. ....and for the worse.
"I'm firmly convinced that there is a core of people (both liberal and conservative) whose goal is to turn the USA into a third world country."
Total agreement here.
Well, there are some exceptions to that. But my current home has all of that around it. A gated community, so to speak. ;-)
That being said, I've always thought Vicente was a slimebag for trying to pawn his poverty-stricken and his criminals off on us. That's his responsibility and he wanted the U.S. to be saddled with it. He acts as though it's some obligation on our part.
Precisely. ....a distinction that many can't seem to comprehend. To them, the Berlin wall (a wall designed to keep a populace enslaved within) is the equivalent of the security fences the Israelis are building (which are designed to keep criminals/terrorists out).
Anytime Vincente is mad about the border we must be doing something right. This guy looks out his window and knows that one of these days the privilaged elete in Mexico are going to pay and pay dearly for holding their people in poverty. Without the USA as his safety valve he is threatened and knows it.
I have heard stories of the efforts they put out to protect her southern borders from illegal emigrants from entering Mexico.
Fox knows exactly what he and his government doing by sending diseased people out of his country into the United States it solves at least two problems. Reduces the risk of a revolt from a population that is kept in permanent poverty by a corrupt government. The second reason is they have grown to depend on the flow of dollars from the illegals in the US to their families in Mexico.
Fox has forgotten the first rule of any relationship, both sides must benefit. The United States gains nothing by having illegal workers, many working outside the law and taxes, taking jobs from citizens and using public resources.
On top of all that, there is the criminal aspect. It is possible for Mexicans to commit crimes up to and including murder and if they make it back across the Mexican border are all but immune to prosecution.
Before I have any sympathy for the plight of the illegal in general, and our sour relationship with Mexico, they need to answer me one question, how does the United States benefit with the status quo?
" I have seen nor heard of any effort that the Mexican government has done anything to slow the flow of illegal emigrants from crossing north into the United States."
In fact, quite the opposite.
You left out guard towers, with signs that read, in Spanish: "TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT! SURVIVORS WILL BE PROSECUTED, THEN DEPORTED!"
The title is quite misleading. The border is not tighter. This article is a ruse to make those upset with the illegal situation feel better. With that said, to get rid of these parasites make it illegal to send money out of the country, fine and jail those caught hiring them, when they are caught within our borders detain them until you have enough for a plane load, build a friggin fence.
The border has gotten tighter? Where?
Outstanding! Only he has ten million sons.
I believe that too. The top 1% live like maharajas and princes in third world countries.
"TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT! SURVIVORS WILL BE PROSECUTED, THEN DEPORTED!"
Nah, SURVIVORS WILL BE SHOT AGAIN!!!
How about the children of career military stationed in California, who have to pay 4 times more for a state college education than illegal aliens? Grrrrrrr!!!!!
In fact, quite the opposite.
No kiddin'. I recall the "How to Cross the Border" comic book the Mex gov put out.
As our Quislings and false flag freepers often try to tell us.
Coulda fooled me. I was driving behind a pickup truck overflowing with Mexicans - must have been at least a dozen in the truck - just outside of DC, a few days ago. Passed a cop car, he didn't blink an eye.
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