Posted on 07/13/2005 5:05:34 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
FAIR Press Release: Former Mexican Foreign Minister Demands Open Border for Migrants In Exchange for Cooperation on Security at Congressional Hearing
Members of U.S. Congress Offer No Reaction to Blackmail On Tuesday, four days after the bombings on the London transit system refocused Congress and the American public on the threat of global terrorism, former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that "No border security is possible without Mexican cooperation" and that "there can be no cooperation [from the Mexican government] without some sort of immigration reform package." Castaneda, now a professor at New York University, went on to describe immigration reform as amnesty for all Mexicans living illegally in the U.S., the admission of some 5 million additional Mexican citizens to the U.S. over the next ten years, and massive increases in U.S. aid to that country.
In exchange for the admission and legalization of millions of Mexicans, and billions of dollars in U.S. assistance, Castaneda said that Mexico would offer "tough" but "non-coercive" assistance in the effort to prevent terrorists from entering the U.S. via Mexico. Castaneda conceded that Mexico has lost control of its own southern border, and cannot verify the true identities of people to whom it has issued ID documents.
"Jorge Castaneda is not some obscure voice from Mexico's distant political past," observed Dan Stein, president of FAIR. "He served as foreign minister in the current Mexican administration. It is imperative that the Fox government issue a formal repudiation of Castaneda's remarks and assure the American public that their cooperation in the war against terrorism will not come at the price of extortion."
As disturbing as Castaneda's remarks were, the reaction of the senators to the extortion demands of a former top Mexican government official was even more disconcerting. Leading members of the Senate, including John McCain and Richard Lugar, seemingly accepted Castenada's demands for open borders as a legitimate price for even tepid Mexican cooperation in dealing with the terrorist threat.
"When anyone, much less a former foreign minister of a supposedly friendly nation, comes before a committee of the United States Senate, and issues ultimatums and thinly veiled threats against the United States, one would expect outrage and condemnation from members of Congress. Instead, we got meek acquiescence or deafening silence from the members who were present," said Stein. "If the government of Mexico is not prepared to join us in this struggle, without conditions, then they cannot claim to be an ally and our government must view them as such. Allies do not engage in extortion."
FAIR is calling upon the Bush Administration and Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice to formally protest Castaneda's demands with the Mexican government. "If Colin Powell were to make similarly outrageous demands in a foreign capital, we would expect a reply and repudiation from the American government. We should expect no less from the current government of Mexico," Stein said.
www.fairus.org (202) 328-7004
More FAIR reporting which might be of interest.
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FAIR writes: "Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez has threatened the U.S. government and individual U.S. citizens with various lawsuits. When Arizona citizens approved Proposition 200 in November 2004, restricting access to state benefits for illegal aliens, Derbez threatened to sue the State of Arizona in U.S. District Court, disregarding the necessary legal standing."
"Perhaps emboldened by President Bush's reference to the Minutemen Project in Arizona in April 2005 as "vigilantes," Mexican President Fox criticized the citizen activism as demonstration of lack of respect for the law, and Mexican Foreign Minister Derbez threatened to bring criminal charges in the World Court against the Minutemen. This posturing elicited one of the few responses from Washington, although not from the administration. Senator John Kyl (R-AZ) suggested that President Fox respect the right of the United States to defend its borders and refrain from interfering with U.S. sovereignty."
The text of a July 11 letter from FAIR President Dan Stein to Secretary of State Rice can be seen at http://www.fairus.org/ImmigrationIssueCenters/ImmigrationIssueCenters.cfm?ID=2726&c=13
How do you say bla bla bla in Spanish?
Bugger off Castaneda!
And you, Senior, can kiss my rosey red a$$.
The gall.
Shutting up now before I get in trouble.
LVM
Mexican standoff. They want and ain't going to get.
"Mexican President Fox criticized the citizen activism as demonstration of lack of respect for the law, and Mexican Foreign Minister Derbez threatened to bring criminal charges in the World Court against the Minutemen."
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Now let me get this straight...Fox, a Mexican, says that Americans DO NOT RESPECT THE LAW, hmmm, do illegals crossing our borders? Criminal charges against U.S. citizens for helping to defend their borders, hmmm, isn't that what soverignty is all about??
Clearly, the inmates are running the insane asylum..is it just my imagination, or has the world gone f-ing crazy? BUT, you know, I cannot blame the Mexicans TOTALLY, because if the UNITED STATES ENFORCED ITS OWN EXISTING LAWS, none of this would be happening.
Thank You Washington, DC, for unleashing this total crap on the American citizen and your dereliction of duty to protect America -- now every third-world scum bag thinks they can ATTACK THE UNITED STATES FOR DEFENDING ITSELF AND ITS BORDERS!!!!
These cucarachas are all dipping into the repatriated US dollars. The more wetbacks, the more US dollars.
bush bush bush
Non-Mexican Arrests Up 175% At Southwest Border
http://www.steinreport.com/
This is like cutting off your nose, to spite your face. When will they realize, they depend on US way to much. Unbelievable.........
If they refuse to help regarding terrorism then they are aiding the terrorists. Simple as that. We would then have a state to identify and punish when the next terrorist act occurs. That should be made clear to this p.o.s..
how about a closed border in exchange for us not dropping some bombs on mexico city?
Counter offer to Mr. Casteneda: co-operate on border security or we'll expel every last illegal Mexican immigrant, which is what should be happening anyway.
As Stein said: "Allies do not engage in extortion."
Demand in one hand, and $hit in the other, pendejo. Now, which one is full first?
... and then they give them a notice to appear and 85% of the 175% never return (to a hearing or home). The US Government makes up 97& of its statistics an the spot 99.9% of the time.
That is not someone brags about on their resume when seeking extortion"employment" in the security field.
LOL.........pendejo is right. God help that nation wake up. If we ever got over run....God forbid, both our neighbors, would fold just like a fan.
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