Posted on 12/23/2005 7:26:39 AM PST by ma bell
MEXICO CITY - The Mexican government, angered by a U.S. proposal to extend a wall along the border to keep out migrants, pledged Tuesday to block the plan and organize an international campaign against it. Facing a growing tide of anti-immigrant sentiment north of the border, the Mexican government has taken out ads urging Mexican workers to denounce rights violations in the United States. It also is hiring an American public relations firm to improve its image and to counter growing U.S. concerns about immigration. Mexican President Vicente Fox denounced the U.S. measures, passed Friday by the House of Representatives, as "shameful" and Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez echoed those complaints on Tuesday. "Mexico is not going to bear, it is not going to permit, and it will not allow a stupid thing like this wall," Derbez said. "What has to be done is to raise a storm of criticism, as is already happening, against this," he said, promising to turn the international community against the plan. Some sections of the U.S.-Mexico border are marked by fences, but the United States already has erected walls along some heavily trafficked stretches in southern Arizona and California. Those walls, often made of 10-foot-high sections of military surplus steel, typically run several miles. The proposal has unleashed a tide of ill-feelings in Mexico, where editorial pages are dominated by cartoons of Uncle Sam putting up walls bearing anti-Mexican messages. Many Mexicans, especially those who have spent time working in the United States, feel the proposal is a slap in the face to those who work hard and contribute to the U.S. economy. Fernando Robledo, 42, of the western state of Zacatecas, says the proposals could stem migration and disrupt families by breaking cross-border ties. Robledo, whose son and mother are U.S. citizens, predicted the measure "would unleash conflict within the United States" as small businesses fail for lack of workers. He said many Mexicans felt betrayed by the anti-immigrant sentiment. "We learned to believe in the United States. We have a binational life," he said of Zacatecas, a state that has been sending migrants north for more than a century. "It isn't just a feeling of rejection. It's against what we see as part of our life, our culture, our territory."
"Migrants"
Lou Dobbs show last night higlighted how Mexico treats illegals on their southern border. Not very well!
They really have some large ones, don't they!! We'll do whatever we want with our border, thank you very much. I you wish to pout and get angry, go for it. We are tired of educating your kids and paying for your health care because you have elected a Government that doesn't give two hoots about you.
Tough on the Mexicans. If they want to cone legally, they are welcome. I am sick and tired of other countries telling the US how to behave. Fix your own corrupt, drug moneyed country before even ASKING us about protecting our borders.
Hey Mexico, STFU!
Haven't you done enough damage already?
Why doesn't Mexico shape up their disgusting poor excuse for a country???
"Lou Dobbs show last night higlighted how Mexico treats illegals on their southern border. Not very well!"
I saw that. Lou Dobb's does the best reporting on the immigration issue in my opinion. The other shows never even mention some of the stuff he comes up with. Plus, I love watching him diss the government and make them look like fools.
Not as much anger has illegal immigration has sparked in this country.
I feel really bad for them.
Not.
Not as much anger has illegal immigration has sparked in this country.
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And that anger is divided between the illegal criminals and the Washington government that has ALLOWED AND FOSTERED THIS TRAVESTY against this country and its people.
Ping
Mexican govt. anger over our plans for OUR southern border sparks anger in US.
No sympathy whatsoever.
My wife (a naturalized U.S. citizen) has plenty of relatives who'd like to come to the U.S., but WE FOLLOW THE LAW!
Tough nuggies.
Makes our jails/prisons "look like five star hotels"!
I'm all about saving money. Let's use prisioners to build this wall. We're all paying for their incarceration...let them "give" back to society by doing some work.
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