Vicente Fox Needs a Lesson in Civility

Human Events ^ | March 29 2006 | JD Hayworth

[Reagan Man]

Earlier this week, President Bush urged that the debate on illegal immigration be conducted in a “civil and dignified” manner. I agree. And perhaps no one needs to hear that admonition more than Mexican President Vicente Fox, with whom President Bush is now meeting. President Fox has made it clear that he has nothing but contempt for our laws and our people. And his remarks have been anything but civil or dignified.

President Fox has called U.S. border control efforts in San Diego and Texas “discriminatory.” He said those of us opposed to illegal immigration are part of “minority, xenophobic, discriminatory groups.” And President Fox astounded us all when he declared that illegal aliens in the U.S. “take work that not even blacks want to do.”

President Fox called the Minutemen “migrant hunters,” yet calls Mexican illegal aliens “heroes.” He called the House passage of a provision authorizing the construction of a border fence, “disgraceful and shameful.” He refuses to even recognize that those who cross our border without permission are illegals, infamously telling Sean Hannity, “They are not illegals. They are people that come there to work, to look for a better opportunity.”

Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez has been equally intemperate and contemptuous of our sovereignty. Derbez called the House-passed immigration reform bill, “stupid and underhanded.” He recently speculated that one cross-border incident in Texas might not have involved Mexicans at all, but American troops masquerading as Mexican soldiers to help drug runners. He once even referred to Hispanic voters in Arizona as “our own Mexican-Americans.”

And we’re supposed to be the arrogant ones in the relationship?

Americans are tired of being told that they are bigots by the likes of President Fox and Foreign Minister Derbez, and President Bush should publicly make it clear to both of them that their clumsy, over-the-top rhetoric is unwarranted and unacceptable.

This is how absurd the situation has become. In 2002, Mexico petulantly expelled on charges of domestic interference a dozen American college students that were legally in country. Why? Because they participated in a protest against a planned airport.

Meanwhile, tens of thousands of illegal Mexicans protest on our streets, disrupt our cities, and intimidate our citizens—and are celebrated by the mainstream media and cheered on by the Mexican government.

If America ever interfered in Mexican internal affairs the way Mexico interferes in ours, our diplomats would be expelled. So I say any Mexican diplomat found to have helped plan, organize, or participate in the recent protests should be expelled forthwith.

One columnist, Ernesto Portillo, went so far as to compare these outrageous protests to the Boston Tea Party, calling them “part of our rich tradition.” He wrote of the protestors, “their hope is to be part of the American fabric,” although the only fabric I saw on display in Phoenix and Los Angeles were the flags of Mexico, Colombia, Nicaragua, et al. And Portillo wants us to believe these people truly want to be Americans?

These recent protests also illustrate the sense of entitlement permeating the illegal alien mindset. Many of the marchers think they are special because the American southwest once was part of Aztlán, the mythical place of origin of the Aztec peoples, although to many it refers only to those parts of Mexico taken over by the U.S. in 1846. As Samuel Huntington pointed out, “No other immigrant group in American history has asserted or has been able to assert a historical claim to American territory. Mexicans can and do make that claim.”

Indeed, a 2002 Zogby poll found that 58% of Mexicans believe the American Southwest rightfully belongs to them, while 57% don’t think they need permission to enter our country. So it is not surprising that last week we saw protest signs like this: “I’m not illegal because this is my homeland.”

But the Mexicans aren’t the only ones who demand special treatment. In Washington a few weeks ago, Irish illegal immigrants protested for amnesty at the Capitol. One of the participants, lobbyist Niall O’Dowd, argued that Irish illegals were “a special case” because of “how much Ireland has contributed to America in the past,” a claim that could be made by almost every ethnic group in the world. O’Dowd’s goal is to ensure that “the Irish as a nation never have to deal with this issue of illegality in the U.S. again.”

Got that? A special open borders policy just for Ireland. As a columnist in the Irish Daily Mail put it, “[Irish illegals] express a kind of indignation that the Irish should have to get in the queue with the Mexicans and the rest.”

It is easy to understand why someone would want to flee Mexico, with its corrupt and backward economy. But Ireland has one of the fastest growing economies in Europe. Irish illegal aliens have no excuse for breaking our laws other than, apparently, they think they’re “special.”

But the only truly “special” people are the American citizens our government is supposed to protect and defend. It has often been said that America cannot be the policeman of the world, but neither can we be its economic overflow tank. It is time for President Bush to start paying less attention to Vicente Fox and friends, and more attention to our own people.

[bybybill]

The RNC should get a lot of our money, they will keep HILLORAT home baken those cookies, while the terrible one will continue to divide the country and loss elections

[Dallas59]

Apparently from the actions in Washington, we have made plans to secede California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to Mexico. If you can't beat em join em.

[bannedfromdu]

What has 9-11 has to do with Bush and just what has the Iraq war accomplished?.

Like Vietnam, the numbnut didn't plan it welll and now we're stuck there for years to come.

Perhaps he can get his army of GUEST ILLEGALS to go help our soldiers fight

[bybybill]

Thanks for your support, but, if we serve together in a war, could you find o different foxhole, I don`t want you in mine.

[CAluvdubya]

For the life of me, I can't figure out why they banned you at DU? You carry their talking points well.

[HiTech RedNeck]

We need a President Hound for this fox.

[biff]

And the R's are naive if they think they are going to get those votes. Historically the overwhelming majority of illegals(amnesty/citizens) vote Dem.

[pbmaltzman]

I've heard that Mexico deports people who illegally cross over its southern border, coming from countries farther south, so they definitely are not only tolerating "illegal immigrants" from other places, they are talking out of both sides of their mouths. What a bunch of f---ing hypocrites they are who "run" Mexico, starting with Vicente Fox.

[pbmaltzman]

I've heard that Mexico deports people who illegally cross over its southern border, coming from countries farther south, so they definitely are not only tolerating "illegal immigrants" from other places, they are talking out of both sides of their mouths. What a bunch of f---ing hypocrites they are who "run" Mexico, starting with Vicente Fox.

Whoops! Had a brain fart there! Note to self... that should be: ...not only are they NOT tolerating "illegal immigrants" from other places...

[manwiththehands]

I was in Mexico on vacation in July of 2000 when Fox was elected. I have learned to have nothing but contempt for this man since. I want to go back this summer to be there when he loses.

And why is Bush kissing up to him?

[Sometimes A River]

Yup.

Bush does Fox's bidding, no matter what it is.

Where is that picture of Bush with Abdullah?

[infowarrior]

Yeah, but when were Iowa, Nebraska, and North Carolina part of Mexico?

Add to that Washington DC, itself?

the infowarrior

[Just mythoughts]

You have not been paying attention. There already are several thousand such non-citizens already serving in our military.

Who do you think is going to pay social security tax that Congress will not reform, where are the "voters" crying out to get control of that sucking sound? Congress is the body that has turned its back on our borders, and illegals are such a potential windfall for a few elected politicians.

I do not know who you have been listening to but you need to step outside your little box. What is happening today comes about for many reasons and if you think it is just a simple matter of loading up 12 million human beings and sending them across a border you are lost.

Personally, I hold the American people responsible because they have bought into life long money schemes such as social security and somebody else pay my medical bill care promises. Further where were you complaining when the Clintons made the INS their get out the illegal vote agency.

[tom h]

"President Fox has made it clear that he has nothing but contempt for our laws and our people. And his remarks have been anything but civil or dignified. "

I am not soft on this matter but in a sense how can you blame him?

Fox and all Mexican leaders are the equivalent of the scoundrel father who sires 20 children and, when he doesn't feed or clothe them, finds that the local community is doing that very act. And when the community decides to thrust the children back on their family of origin, the father (scoundrel) gets inflamed.

We have met the enemy and he is us. Mexicans laugh at us and how we coddle the illegals, and how easy it is for illegals to get taxpayer benefits, and free education, court settlements for "bad" medical treatment, and sue decent Americans in court.

I am one of the few who do not find this to be a border issue. If only it were just a border issue. It is all the other matters that make immigration so maddening.

[Liz]

The mindset is one of invasion rather than immigration-----the plan by illegals to overthrow the US government:

Reconquista Armando Navarro 'Ethnic Studies' Professor at the University of California, Riverside Anti-American, Fifth-Column Menace. "Ladies and Gentlemen, what this means (the immigration bill) is a transfer of power, it means control, and it is the young people, the people who are now moving to develop an agenda for the twenty first century they are going to be in a position to really make the promise of what the Chicano movement was all about in terms of self-determination, in terms of empowerment, even in the terms of an Aztlan...."

[blam]

"I heard someone say, this week, that we buy ALL of Mexico's oil. Can anyone verify that? That, to me, puts us at the receiving end of anything Vicente-baby wants to dish out."

I don't know about that but I did read that we buy 60% of Venezuelas oil which is 13-15% of our total oil imports. So, Chavez has a lot more to lose than us if that relationship goes sour. However, Venezuela has more proven oil reserves than the US, Canada and Mexico combined and are the world's 4th largest oil exporter.

[Joe Boucher]

Mr. Fox took office with much hope and fanfare.
Mr. Fox will leave office accomplishing nothing for his country.
Mexico is at least as corrupt and pathetic as when he took office.

[Ace the Biker]

Why in the world would DU want to ban a whiney leftest liberal like you?

[Travis McGee]

"Don't worry Vincenty, I'll just call the new amnesty a 'guest worker program.'

My peons are so estupido, they won't figure it out for years."