Posted on 08/30/2005 4:19:16 PM PDT by DumpsterDiver
California's top state legislator says U.S. President George W. Bush "turned his back" on Mexico and failed to give the United States' southern neighbor the respect it deserves.
Fabian Nunez, head of the California legislature's lower house, commented in an interview with EFE on Sunday, right before wrapping up an official visit to Mexico that included a meeting with President Vicente Fox.
"I don't believe that they've shown this administration (of Fox) the respect it deserves and I don't think that as (Fox's) term draws to a close he's going to be given the respect that he didn't receive earlier," said Nunez, a Democrat.
Born in Sand [sic] Diego, the California legislator ended a four-day visit to Mexico on Sunday. During his trip - which he characterized as "positive and fruitful" - he met with state and local legislators, businessmen, union leaders and professors.
In his judgment, the relationship between the two countries cannot be considered "bilateral" because the United States unilaterally imposes its opinion on its neighbor, something that Nunez said he feels constitutes "a lack of respect."
He said that Mexican aspirations within the relationship had not been in any sense fulfilled since immigration reform remains stagnant and Mexican investment in the United States has not been facilitated.
Nunez said that he would push for modifications in California law so that Mexican businessmen would find it easier to invest in the state.
He criticized Bush's lack of support for the immigration reform bill sponsored by Republican Sen. John McCain and Democrat Ted Kennedy, which allows family unification, reduces the number of pending immigration cases and sets up an immigration status legalization program - but does not provide amnesty - for those who entered the country illegally.
In his judgment, one of the main problems between the two national governments is on U.S. immigration policy, which "has allowed racial prejudices to enter" into the matter, something that has made an "intelligent, honest" dialogue impossible.
Currently, there are more than 10 million Mexicans living in the United States, 4.5 million of them undocumented and who send a total of billions of dollars in remittances - crucial to both the small-scale family economies and that of the nation itself - to their families in Mexico.
The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington halted the bilateral dialogue on immigration, while Mexico's refusal to support the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 increased the tension in the bilateral relationship.
The increase in violence along the mutual border due to turf wars among Mexican drug cartels revived the tension between the two countries and led earlier in August to the week-long closing of the U.S. Consulate in Nuevo Laredo.
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza admitted that his decision to close the consulate had been made to "punish" Mexico for its failure to effectively combat drug trafficking violence, and in mid-August New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano declared a state of emergency in eight border counties due to the heavy inflow of drugs and illegal migrants.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has not yet done so, but there exists substantial pressure from state legislators on him to declare a similar state of emergency.
Regarding the California governor, Nunez said, "He has said things that have insulted not only the government, but also the people of Mexico," adding that the continual friction has not allowed the development of the bonds that should exist between neighbors, particularly considering the fact that Mexico is California's largest foreign trade partner.
"Instead of militarizing the border, he should seek ways to cooperate with Mexico" and increase collaboration in technology and intelligence, the California lawmaker said.
The problem, he emphasized, is that the United States "has no confidence (in Mexico) and doesn't treat it like a modern democracy."
LMAO! I am soooooo sorry for disresecting, please shoot me!
I don't care if this sounds racist. I'm honestly fed up of all this PC crap.
If some person loves Mexico over American, go back. Just screw you and the country you rode in on. I'm sure you'll be happier there. You have no claim on OUR country and it's offensive for you to continue this offensive behavior.
IF you insist in staying in MY America, please learn the language. Please learn our customs. Please stop your hyper-pro-Mexico BS and stop breaking our laws. We have made moving from Mexico to America easier than is rational and you have abused it. Quit abusing our hospitality.
Please try to understand. We Americans are tired of your crap and we're not putting up with it anymore. Cry and whine racial abuse and we'll increase our opposition to you and your BS. You failed in Mexico, stop trying to change our country..
Why can't Mexican leaders, with a country so rich in natural resources and available technology from America, take care of their own people/problems? Why do they always ahve to bellyache about North Americans?
heh-heh...
"failed to give the United States' southern neighbor the respect it deserves."
We give them plenty of respect - we allow their citizens to break into our country, give them free medical care at our expense and allow them access to our educational system which is supported by our tax dollars. How much more respectful should we be?
This reconquqista needs to hear from us. I have already written him with my opinion of the "respect" for Mexico that he speaks of.
Perhaps he has transitioned to a Mexifornia mindset?
California's white political elite traditionally had tense relations with Washington D.C. Which is to be expected when considering the distance from the capital and the size of CA. Alone it would be the 6th-7th? largest economy in the world. Like Texas it's big enough to be its own Republic.
Think we can expect a Mex-American political elite in California to have an increasingly tense relationship with D.C. Apparently some allegiances are already with Mexico.
This U.S. politician's words read like the words of an embassador FROM MEXICO. He is obviously a Mexican patriot. Mass immigration from a neighboring state has dire consequences. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Demography is destiny.
Especially after eating frijoles pintos refritos.
Hey Nunez! Mexico treats Mexicans with NO respect!
Get back to work for the USA Nunez.
This is a joke--Right??
Always the "race" card, what a bigot.
"Currently, there are more than 10 million Mexicans living in the United States,"
More, like 22-25 millions?
"4.5 million of them undocumented"
Actually the illegal aliens are more like 20 millions.
"and who send a total of billions of dollars in remittances - crucial to both the small-scale family economies and that of the nation itself - to their families in Mexico."
So, that's where our money is going?
Aretha?
Muck Fexico
What race can we assign to Mexicans? The more affluent Mexican middle class and above, claim they are of "Spanish" descent and denigrate the lower classes. The mixed mestizos also claim to be Spanish. Most Mexicans I know who have been in the US for decades do not claim to have any indian blood. The indians I know in Mexico are generally very nice people, for the most part, but they have been enslaved and so beaten down for centuries by the Spanish and then the mestizos that they do not appear to want to respond to such treatment.
...California's top state legislator says U.S. President George W. Bush "turned his back" on Mexico and failed to give the United States' southern neighbor the respect it deserves...
Are we kidding?
We are losing a war to Mexico and our leader is racking his little brain trying to figure out how to give more of our money away to these maggots by creating all these free American college for Mexican kids and add sixty million Mexicans to the American taxpayer funded welfare rolls and allow every psychokillernutjob and terrorist to freely waltz across our deconstructed borders and these blowholes say we don't respect them?
Hell, we should be bombing them!
Aretha Franklin sang the song Respect.
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