Mexico Threatens Suits Over Guard Patrols

Las Vegas Sun ^ | May 16, 2006 at 14:11:22 PDT | MARINA MONTEMAYOR

[kinghorse]

Finally someone threatens the suits! Now we'll see action!

[Ronin]

Wow! Bush's speech really put the fear of God into Mexico didn't it?

Hey man! You just try to enforce your laws, protect your own borders, use your military to perform the fundamental role of ANY nation's military -- and we will sue the pants off of you!

The sad part of it is that there are plenty of lawyers who will take the cases as well as plenty of publicity-hungry Clinton-era judicial appointees who will rule in their favor. They really could tie the whole thing up in knots this way.

It's too early in the week to get drunk, I am too old to cry, I think I am just going to pound my head against the wall for a while.

[evets]

I knew that.

[Millee]

No, remember, things are getting done but we're just whining & lying.

[Ben Mugged]

This is a good example of how this issue relates to the war on terrorism. Both Al Qaeda and Mexico are now attempting to use our own laws against us for their benefit and our detriment.

What they could not win militarily they will take through sedition.

[cll]

"South Taxes Ping!"

Freudian slip?

[Spiff]

If the bench rules in Mexico's favor then the American people will be excercising their second ammendment rights to the tune that no politician could calm.

Not.

The American people have grown so apathetic that most have totally forgotten what the events of 9/11 told us. I am disappointed with my fellow Americans beyond words. They wouldn't do a thing.

[truthkeeper]

We started taking orders from these people when, exactly?

[Ben Mugged]

Your country has been sold. Bush is a con man.

This problem has existed for over 30 years. Let us not lay all the blame on Bush.

[ichabod1]

They would say "We're not talking about OUR immigration policies, we're talking about YOUR immigration policies. Don't try to change the subject."

This is going to get even more interesting when the angry mexicans elect Obrador in July.

[Wuli]

"Mexican border officials also said they worried that sending troops to heavily trafficked regions would push illegal migrants into more perilous areas of the U.S.-Mexican border to avoid detection."

Notice in that statement that the entire tenor of it is not the sanctity of the border, but that our actions might be an impediment to illegal crossings - as if, how dare we impede such noble activity.

This, this attidtude from Mexico, is every U.S. President's fault and Bush has been no help with it.

[Wormwood]

This problem has existed for over 30 years. Let us not lay all the blame on Bush.

A failure is a failure.

[BlueStateDepression]

Well I do not know that they will suceed in that effort but they sure are trying. Time for Americans to stand up and say in the words of roberto durante "MO MAS!"

[ichabod1]

if I go on another person's property, myself, and that person objects, that the next thing that happens is that I get warned and depending on circumstances, maybe thrown in jail for Breaking The Law

But isn't that where a lot of this started? When burglars started being able to sue for damages if they got hurt while burgling a residence?

[BlueStateDepression]

Well maybe I still have more faith remaining in my countrymen than you do.

[hispanarepublicana]

Pinch me. Am I in a parallel universe?

[Former Proud Canadian]

"If there is a real wave of rights abuses, if we see the National Guard starting to directly participate in detaining people ... we would immediately start filing lawsuits through our consulates," Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez told a Mexico City radio station. He did not offer further details.

Is this guy nuts?

[Revel]

This sounds like part of the plan. If our government does not back down and the Mexican government does then conservatives will feel like we accomplished something. And the rest of the new immigration law will sail through. Illegals will get amnesty.

[hispanarepublicana]

Dear Mr. Derbez:

Nuts.

Sincerely,
The American People

[phantomworker]

Mexican border officials also said they worried that sending troops to heavily trafficked regions would push illegal migrants into more perilous areas of the U.S.-Mexican border to avoid detection.

Sounds like human rights violations to me. /sarc