After all, it's for the Toilet-Cleaners and Cheap Lettuce!
How DARE the occupiers of Aztlan even TRHINK to secure their own borders!
Posted on 08/16/2005 6:53:53 PM PDT by Happy2BMe
Mexico's Fox protests as second US state closes border
Arizona ignored pleas for greater cooperation from Mexican President Vicente Fox to become the second US state to declare a state of emergency on its border due to rising illegal immigration, violence and smuggling.
Four days after New Mexico declared a 90 day state of emergency for border areas, Arizona did the same for its four counties on the Mexican frontier, citing uncontrolled illegal immigration.
"The federal government has to secure our border, and the health and safety of all Arizonans is threatened daily by violent gangs, coyotes (human traffickers) and other dangerous criminals," said Arizona governor Janet Napolitano in a statement.
"I intend to take every action feasible to stem the tide of criminal behavior on the Arizona side of the border," she said.
Napolitano explained her decision based on statistics showing that illegal crossings on US borders are as high as three million every year, and that as many as 700,000 new unauthorized immigrants entered the country last year, many through Arizona.
On Friday, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson issued the state of emergency along his state's border with Mexico, citing "recent developments ... including violence directed at law enforcement, damage to property and livestock, increased evidence of drug smuggling and an increase in the number of undocumented immigrants."
The moves followed the week-long closure at the beginning of August of the US consulate in Nuevo Laredo, on the border with Texas, following a rise in lethal gang violence in that Mexican city.
The state of emergency declarations for the two states' border areas opened the way for the two governors to tap into emergency funds to expand border control operations.
Napolitano said Arizona would be earmarking 1.5 million dollars in emergency funds "to combat the growing devastation caused by the crimes associated with illegal immigration."
Mexican President Fox responded Tuesday to the moves by the two US governors with calls for greater cooperation over border problems.
He exhorted the United States to coordinate with Mexico to resolve border problems.
"Instead of pointing fingers, let's have proposals; instead of each side working by itself, let's work together; only like this will we be able to win," Fox said.
"There are criminal organizations on both that side (of the border) and this side; there are drug users on that side and this side," he said.
Sean McCormack, spokesman for the US State Department, said Tuesday that the US government is working alongside the Mexican government to protect the border.
McCormack said in regard to Richardson's decision that, as the governor of New Mexico, he has the responsibility to protect his state citizens in the manner he sees apprpriate.
Mexican agencies continued to stress the need to cooperate on border problems. On Monday, Jose Reyes Baena, the governor of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, met with Texas authorities to discuss border security, especially the problem of drug trafficking, which has resulted in some 550 deaths along the border so far this year.
The Mexican foreign and interior ministries also said Tuesday in a joint statement that they were contacting Napolitano to discuss the new measures.
"We will watch to see that any action by police organizations remains respectful of the rights of our compatriots and respect domestic and international laws," the statement said.
uhhh, they started moving? I didn't get that ping. when did that happen????
This was all the immigri-cons were waiting for to jump ship and vote Dem instead of a "real" conservative that pulls about .0013 of the vote in any election.
After all, it's for the Toilet-Cleaners and Cheap Lettuce!
How DARE the occupiers of Aztlan even TRHINK to secure their own borders!
"The Republicans are moving way to slow in addressing the issue."
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Good point--Napolitano and Richardson are just sending a message to Fox, i.e., "American politicians are the best that money can buy, *wink*wink*"
"The federal government has to secure our border, and the health and safety of all Arizonans is threatened daily by violent gangs, coyotes (human traffickers) and other dangerous criminals,"
These actions by the govenors are making Bush look like a dumbass. They are going to force his hand on an issue that he wants to avoid and for one of the very, very few times that I can remember-I'd like to thank the democrats.
Our boarders are a joke!
ping
Janet Napolitano
is a phony. Tried (in vain, thank God) to stop more than 60% of AZ voters in favor of Prop 200, wants to give illegals Drivers Licenses, wants to give illegals in-state tuition, etc. This is one slimeball Demorat who's picked up some scam from a Dem Public Relations seminar and followed the other phony Richardson down the right flank of the hapless Republicans, with Bush as their Pied Piper. Down here in Tucson, its been causing problems more severe every year.
You thought it was just our problem, but I see its even affecting Idaho and Long Island and everywhere in between. Get your medical emergency done now, because you wont have an emergency room to go to within a year or two, remember, they just come here "to work" (or maybe that's "work the system") Well amigos, vivala Mexamerica.
It's time for GWB to tell Vicente Fox to start solving Mexico's problems instead of dumping them on our back porch.
It's also time for Mexico to take off the American training wheels and start peddling through life on her own.
It's costing the border states alone 15 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR to allow illegals to stay here.
Hey, Vicente, the free ride is over!
Pay your own way from now on!
Semper Fi,
Kelly
I'm sorry.. But Bush has been downright TREASONOUS on this issue.
Once easy, illegally entering the U.S. here now a risky passage
I am amazed.
"These actions by the govenors are making Bush look like a dumbass. They are going to force his hand on an issue that he wants to avoid and for one of the very, very few times that I can remember-I'd like to thank the democrats."
These actions are a joke.
Richardson is for drivers licenses for illegal aliens.
Arizona passed prop 200 which reqs id to vote and denies public services to illegals.
Napolitano refuses to implement it.
This is a scam, they are giving more money to public employee unions. Thats about it.
No enforcement, no nothing.
Vincente - Shut up white boy.
Pinging the Republican Party.. The issue is going to be stolen by the Dems (if they get a brain) if we don't act on it. Stop listening to Wall Street and DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!
Now wait a minute, she did not seal off the border, did she? All she did was use the declaration of emergency as an excuse to raid the piggy bank for a blow out party.
Are you pinging me from Michigan?
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