Posted on 05/18/2006 11:50:48 PM PDT by MadIvan
MEXICO will complain to the US government about plans to build fences and deploy troops along the border to curb illegal immigration, the foreign minister said yesterday.
Mexico has pushed for sweeping immigration reforms to help millions of Mexicans work legally in the United States but it fears Washington is more interested in keeping them out.
Luis Ernesto Derbez, the foreign minister, said Mexico would send a note protesting about plans to secure the 2,000-mile border, which hundreds of thousands of Mexicans cross every year in search of jobs.
"There are 12 million Mexicans on the other side, 12 million people who live every day in anguish about the need for a reform to let them live peacefully," he said.
The US Senate passed a bill that would see 370 miles of fences built at strategic points.
George Bush, the US president, was travelling to the border town of Yuma, Arizona, yesterday to press his case for tougher entry controls combined with reforms that would give millions of immigrants a chance to become US citizens.
That is one thing that I can not understand. This is a case of do what I say and not what I do. He condemns the idea that the USA should secure its borders. That fact should cause a lot more anger in our Country.
No, it really wasn't.
It's not Washington wanting to keep them out; it's the American citizen/taxpayer, that's who. The whores in Washington will sway in which ever direction the wind blows; whether it's big business, or the unions, both parties bend over to capture either $$$ or votes, at the expense of middle America. We are and have been betrayed by our own representatives. Once that's understood, maybe we can change things.
Mexico 0pposes US fences
No Shiite, Sherlock! I wonder why.
W H O C A R E S ! ! ! !
I'm insulted you have a locked door on you're house.
How can I get in to loot?
Not by all .. just a few
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.