Posted on 03/30/2006 8:39:28 AM PST by Carl/NewsMax
Mexican President Vicente Fox is defending earlier comments where he insisted that the U.S. will soon be "begging" Mexico to send workers to alleviate a coming U.S. labor shortage.
"I dare say that in 10 years, the U.S. will be begging, will be pleading with Mexico to send it workers," said Fox, who meets with President Bush in Cancun today to discuss what he calls the "migration" problem.
In his March 3 remarks to the BBC, Fox warned that the U.S. had better take advantage of the Mexican labor pool while it has the chance, because when America starts begging for Mexican workers, "Mexico won't do it because it will have its people employed [here at home]."
In an interview Wednesday night, Fox said he stood by his comments.
"Let's put it this way," he told MSNBC's Rita Cosby. "[The] U.S. economy will need additional labor than what they have, because population growth in United States is not growing."
Fox said he foresaw the day when his country's excess labor pool would dry up.
"Mexico will level off it's population by year 2030," he explained. "Mexico will never pass 130 - 135 million people and then it will level-off so we won't have that kind of energy that youth, but more so, we will need them here in Mexico to sustain our retirement, pension families which will be many."
For the time being, however, the Mexican leader said he remained opposed to U.S. proposals that would crack down on workers who leave Mexico and enter the U.S. illegally.
Asked about U.S. plans to build a border fence, Fox told Cosby: "I don't think building a wall or try to take that kind of measure will help the issue. I think we both have the capacity . . . give migration a legal form, an ordered flow and a full respect to human rights of everybody."
He also opposes plans to station the U.S. military along the Mexican border, saying:
"No, it's not the way to solve it."
Instead he credited illegal Mexican shoppers with keeping malls along the border in business.
"Right there in the border, there is one million persons, people crossing every day . . . The way they cross to consume on the U.S. side, this incredible amount of big shopping centers in the border on the U.S. side, it's Mexican consumption makes them successful."
"I dare say that in 10 years, the U.S. will be begging, will be pleading with Mexico to send it workers," said Fox, who meets with President Bush in Cancun today to discuss what he calls the "migration" problem.
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Ok Vicente. In 10 years, we will revisit the issue. Right now, tell your people to obey our laws!!
As long as they come LEGALLY!!!
Fox said he foresaw the day when his country's excess labor pool would dry up.
That's because thanks to our government, they will all be here!
Yeah, right. I'm beggin' for them to go home!
Let's send them back and in ten years we will know.
The idiot doesn't know enough to keep his mouth shut OR he's so used to ignoring the will of his people that he thinks he can do the same with us.
I am not holding my breath...
In the unlikely event Mexico runs out of people wanting to come to the US, every country South of them will be happy to take up the slack.
In 10 years I susspect many Europeans will be getting ready to leave the gathering storm in Eurarbia.
I have heard a lot of Muslim spin and trash talk in the last few years but Vicente Fox is giving them a run for the money. Muslims are arrogant and so is that wretched Spanish racist oligarchy that lords over Mexico's brown skinned poor. Thats off loads its poor into the United States. We are being played for suckers by these skunks. The rich Mexicans laugh themselves to sleep each night at our stupidity, putting up with this illegal immigrant invasion
If we wanted you're dregs, we'd have invaded a long time ago and annexed your worthless $hithole of a country.
Hell, if he's serious, he will call them all back now to paradise and teach us all a lesson immediately!
I may not sleep for the next several days...
Well Presidente George W will likely listen to him RATHER THAN THE AMERICAN VOTER!
"Right there in the border, there is one million persons, people crossing every day . .
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Mexicans need a visa to make short tourist trips into the US. Thus if they cross the border at a legal check point and go through the proper procedure, they aren't "illegal Mexican shoppers" unless they overstay their visit.
Hell, I'll give them my beater Ranger pickup if they promise to put 20 illegals in it and never return across the border.
Wonder if that frightened our President to hear there will be a labor shortage IN 10 YEARS no wonder we imported all these people to enter illegally now.
Makes sense (sarcasm)
Beg for workers?
No, what Americans do is innovate and become more efficient.
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