Posted on 09/28/2006 7:52:37 PM PDT by Cagey
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico warned Thursday that the U.S. proposal to build miles of border fence will damage relations between the two countries.
The Foreign Relations Department said it was "deeply worried" about the proposal, which is working its way through the Senate, adding it will "increase tension in border communities."
"These measures will harm the bilateral relationship. They are against the spirit of co-operation that is needed to guarantee security on the common border," the department said in a statement.
The House of Representatives and Senate are maneuvering to speed construction of a 700-mile fence along the United States' southern border aimed at keeping migrants and criminals from entering the country illegally.
A House-Senate homeland security funding bill containing $1.2 billion to begin building the fence could be passed and sent to President Bush before lawmakers depart Washington this weekend.
Mexico's Foreign Relations Department said that only a comprehensive immigration reform would stop millions of Mexicans sneaking across its northern desert and swimming over the Rio Grande into the United States.
"A partial measure that is exclusively focused on security does not deal with reality and represents a political answer rather than a viable solution," it said in the statement.
President Vicente Fox has rallied against the wall, calling it "shameful" and comparing it to the Berlin Wall, which divided Germany.
President-elect Felipe Calderon, who takes over from Fox on Dec.1, has also spoken out against the measure.
There are an estimated 11 million Mexicans in the United States, about half of whom are illegal. Last year, Mexican migrants sent home more than $20 billion in remittances, providing Mexico with its second biggest source of foreign income after oil.
"Prisoners opposed to bars. More at 11."
We, either take Mexico, or, they take us....
Why, they already have a fence on their southern border and use the army to patrol it.
My thought is "WHO THE HELL CARES WHAT YOU THINK!!!!!!"
Not only that -- the Berlin wall was to keep people IN; the proposed wall here is to keep people OUT. There is a HUGE moral difference.
Gosh,don't you think the laser beams are overkill????
Okay, how about a quarter-mile deep minefield if they don't like the fence?
Hey Vicente, do you have a lock on the back door of your house? If so, why?
Well, I'm pissed that they don't speak the Queen's English, so I guess we're even.
Who gives a dead rats ass what they think anymore?
"Water is found to be wet. Film at 11."
But dehydrated water isn't until you add water!
I think this is code speak for Mexico threatening to stop cooperating with U.S. counter terror intelligence units in the apprehension of Islamic radicals attempting to gain access to the U.S. via our Southern border.
So far our porous border has apparently been difficult for Middle Eastern Muslims to cross undetected. I think we catch most of them, if not all of them - although you'll only know that we catch any if you pay attention to the border news. The major networks ignore arrests of suspicious, Middle Eastern characters anywhere within our borders. Especially the kinds who travel with a dozen cell phones, lots of cash, and unregistered weapons. /sarc
Roger that.
In similiar news, Bill Clinton today came out as being opposed to chastity and marital fidelity...
Why wouldn't they be? If large numbers of the U.S. population who fell below the poverty line, stressing the social safety net, and costing taxpayers millions a year in welfare were running over the border to Mexico in DROVES, PLUS sending $$ BACK to the U.S., wouldn't we be opposed if the shoe was on the other foot???
I hope the obvious is not lost on the majority. This is a GOOD thing. Build the thing!!!!
I feel sorry for people on the border. I understand that many of those towns are in the middle of the desert and may be traditionally more connected to their cross-border neighbors than they are to the rest of the country (on either side). However, the failure on both sides to prevent illegal immigration from becoming a huge problem means that we need to take action. Building the fence is a relatively small step in all that we need to do, but we must take that step.
Bill
Depends on how you look at it, we could be building it to keep them IN Mexico, right?
If we take Mexico, who are we going to give it to?
I live in San Diego 15 miles north of Mexico.
We are being bled dry and to the toon of mega millions
of dollars a year and American lives lost.
We want a fence for the same reason you lock your door at night and lock your car when you park it.
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