Posted on 03/20/2006 10:46:59 AM PST by afz400
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has asked the Mexican government to enact legislation to criminalize the construction or financing of border tunnels between the United States and Mexico.
In letters to Mexican President Vicente Fox and members of the Mexican Congress, the senators -- led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat -- said 40 tunnels into the United States have been discovered since 2001 and urged the Mexican officials to enact legislation to crack down on those involved.
"Our countries must continue to work together to address this problem by discovering and shutting down those who build, finance or use border tunnels for illegal purposes," the senators said, urging Mexico to enact legislation similar to a bill offered March 2 by Mrs. Feinstein to criminalize the construction or financing of border tunnels.
In addition to Mrs. Feinstein, the letter was signed by Republican Sens. Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico, Conrad Burns of Montana, Norm Coleman of Minnesota and Jim Talent of Missouri, and Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer of California and Maria Cantwell of Washington.
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PING!!
I'm sure Bush would be against this because it might insult our valued "allies".
Got gas? Bet ten gallons strategically placed could do wonders with a match.
they will act allright
the mex military will assist the diggers
1. Mine tunnels
2. Flood media with warnings about mined tunnels.
Where's the problem?
Does anyone think for one second Mexico would criminalize either the digging of tunnels or the other side of the moon?
I say we should act on them ourselves by filling them in, gassing them, or pumping our toxic waste through them across the border.
If Boxer's name is on it, trust its do-nothing legislation.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has asked the Mexican government to enact legislation to criminalize the construction or financing of border tunnels between the United States and Mexico.
hahahahahaha yeah that'll fix the problem!
Passing a law forbidding tunnels doesn't seem all that useful. I'm sure that there's laws that could already be utilized. It's getting them enforced that's the problem.
Haven't you noticed that ALL the worthless politicans can do anymore is wring their hands and pass new laws? That way people not bright enough to figure it all out still support them because it looks like they are "doing something.
It is all political masturbation. They have no intention of fixing the border or the interior illegal problem.
If these tunnels open on the US side of the border, we could use the same techniques we used in WW-II against dug in Japanese emplacements...flame thrower followed by an explosive charge. I think that would discourage further tunneling.
What do our Senators really do? Just sit up there and write meaningless letters to people they know will never comply. They know it; we know it. Not one of those yellow bellies will ever do the right thing.
Which will likely kill some aspiring-to-be illegal aliens, but not the guy who dug the tunnel.
What the Federal government needs to do is to put resources into enforcing our laws, not asking Mexico to create and enforce theirs.
What would happen if California, Arizona, etc., called out the National Guard and posted them on the border to enforce immigration law?
I am not against the idea of Mexican citizens coming to the U.S.A. for work. But it needs to be controlled under the auspices of American law. If the law needs to be changed, then change it, but either way enforce it.
So we have judges letting ILLEGALS go, failure to punish employers for hiring them and on and on.
They didn't expect a backlash on this to occur and it is just another reason for them to hate republicans, only in this case they can't blame Bush for wanting to stop ILLEGALS. Bush is all for ILLEGALS comming into the country. Don't know what is wrong with him on this one subject but he is blind to it.
I'm sure the Mexican police all live very well on the benefits of looking (the other way) for dope smugglers and illegals.
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