Posted on 11/11/2005 1:24:26 PM PST by WatchingInAmazement
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza said Thursday that the Bush administration is against proposals to build a wall along the United States' entire southern border.
"The president is aware of the concerns of critics who would like to build a wall around the United States," Garza told a small group of foreign correspondents. "As the former governor of Texas, he knows that such proposals are both unrealistic and undesirable."
Some lawmakers have proposed building a wall from California to the Gulf of Mexico to stop the millions of undocumented workers who sneak over the border with Mexico.
Garza said that the best way to regulate immigration is to approve President Bush's proposals for a guest worker program.
He said building a wall also would not help the United States' relations with its Latin American neighbors, relations that appeared frayed in last week's summit of the Americas.
"Looking at the big picture, I believe we should, rather than retrenching into the isolationism that tempts some, build upon our relationships," he said.
Last week, at the fourth summit of the Americas in Mar del Plata, Argentina, thousands of protesters marched against Bush. Furthermore, Latin American governments wouldn't agree on restarting talks on the U.S.-proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas.
Improving cooperation with Latin America would be the United States' best guarantee of security, Garza said.
"We share the obvious need to fight terrorism," he said.
Garza said that the benefits of free trade needed to be conveyed more clearly to the millions of Latin Americans who live in poverty.
"Populist slogans will not bring wealth and employment to the Western Hemisphere; free trade will," Garza said. "Those who claim that free trade is some ideological weapon forced upon them by President Bush are simply not credible."
"Good fences make good neighbors" - Robert Frost
"Southwest National Lion Preserve" has a nice ring to it.
What? At least 50% (by Border Patrol statistics) of illegals are never seen at the border. They cross undetected. How do you fingerprint a wraith?
Well, I would allow for Ranchers to put landmines on the border, but I'm an extremeist.
I see...
I think the idea of parallel fences with clear ground between them, posted earlier, might not be a bad idea.
I'm not the kind that agrees with landmines, per se.
Tiger traps, maybe...
Petulant.
You're going to get a Socialist Community of North America, and you're going to get it good and hard.
ping
I could put an end to it in a year. You'd have to put me IN CHARGE and probably suspend the Constitution and/or declare martial law. Some would not like my draconian and wry sense of justice. But I guar-un-tee my methods would work.
--Boris
Good fences make good neighbors..... as they say..
and you WILL learn to like it.
or else
Senate Bill 2941. Sen. Cronyn
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.2941:
Highlights:
SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
The purposes of the Fund shall be--
(1) to promote economic and infrastructure integration among Canada, Mexico, and the United States;
(2) to promote education and economic development in Mexico; and
(3) to reduce the wealth gap between Mexico and Canada, and between Mexico and the United States.
More:
SEC. 4. PROJECTS FUNDED.
(a) IN GENERAL- The Fund shall make grants for projects to carry out the purposes described in section 3, including projects--
(1) to construct roads in Mexico to facilitate trade between Mexico and Canada, and Mexico and the United States;
(2) to develop and implement post-secondary education programs in Mexico;
(3) to install telecommunications technologies throughout Mexico; and
(4) to construct other infrastructure that will carry out such purposes.
More:
SEC. 5. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUND.
(a) IN GENERAL- The terms of the agreement establishing the Fund shall, subject to the limitation in subsection (b), require the Governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States to contribute to the Fund.
""Looking at the big picture, I believe we should, rather than retrenching into the isolationism that tempts some, build upon our relationships," he said."
So using that logic, Bush should demand that the fence around the WH be dismantled because it's isolationist. The WH can build upon their "relationships"!!
"(3) to reduce the wealth gap between Mexico and Canada, and between Mexico and the United States."
ahhh gotta love recycled marxist rhetoric.....
ping
Really nothing new here. Quite consistent with the usual White House position on illegal aliens, i.e., "Lets do nothing some more."
yeah lets keep doing nothing some more until a big mushroom cloud is seen rising from a big city!
Congresswoman: Three Al Qaeda Caught in U.S. After Crossing Border with Mexico
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519110/posts
Al-Qaida Ops Busted At Mexican Border? (A NC Congresswoman Said Yesterday That They Were
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519538/posts
Mexico can reduce that gap by overthrowing their corrupt government. They are long overdue a revolution.
Our open border policy is hindering what needs to occur down there. We are providing a safety valve for those crooked sob's.
Tony takes his paycheck in pesos.
Does this administration put the interests of every foreign national first? Or does it just seem like it?
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