Posted on 09/30/2006 8:56:37 PM PDT by VU4G10
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Vicente Fox retires in November with his dream shattered of a U.S. immigration overhaul that would allow millions more Mexicans to work legally north of the border.
Fox was once warmly described by President Bush as an "amigo," and his main foreign-policy objective was persuading U.S. lawmakers to soften immigration laws.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Good news on a dismal day...
Maybe if he had concentrated on fixing his own rotten country instead of trying to interfere with ours he wouldn't have been such a miserable failure.
He gives up awfully easily. It hasn't been built yet, lots could happen between now and then. Call me cynical, but I see it as one of those "I'll believe it when I see it" things.
In my mind, there are a lot of reasons to secure the border. This will impeded easy entry by both illegals and drug dealers. It will also make it harder for terrorists to come in with the millions of illegals.
The really solve the illegal and potential terrorist problem, we still need interior enforcement, but this is a good and needed step.
If he had been such an insulting a$$clown to those of us who want an end to ILLEGAL immigration, perhaps we would have been more accomodating of legal immigration.
had=hadn't
Bush came into office hoping to transform our relationship with Mexico, he saw them as very close partners and hoped to essentially open the border between us.
Most people were so glad Clinton was gone that we were willing to give Bush the benefit of the doubt, but there was a lot of doubt about opening the border.
The September 11 attacks changed all that in several ways. First, it put border issues on the back burner. Secondly, it made border security much more important than open border considerations, although it is true that Bush has tried to keep his dream alive. But what made it politically easy for conservatives to oppose Bush on this issue was really Fox's doing. When Mexico drug its feet in acknowledging 911, when they did nothing to help in Afghanistan, opposed us openly in the UN during the run-up to the Iraq war, when they openly sided with France against us, any sympathy on the part of conservatives for a pro-Mexico border policy died.
In discussions with Mexicans about the border, I have told them that a reform of our Mexico policy was almost a sure thing, and for 200 soldiers Fox could have had it cinched. Honduras managed to send 200, Mexico sided with France and killed any notion of an open border for probably a decade if not for good. Any idea that Mexico was our loyal and trusted partner died when they sided against us in the war.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/5979.shtml
Sep 26, 2006 Contact: Press Office
202-646-5188
Newly Uncovered Commerce Department Documents Detail “Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America”
U.S. Government Working Groups & Business Leaders Seek to “Harmonize” Regulations with Canada and Mexico
(Washington, DC) -- Judicial Watch, the public interest organization that promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law, today released records obtained under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce concerning the “Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America.”
On March 23, 2005, heads of government Vincente Fox, George W. Bush, and Paul Martin launched the North American partnership at a meeting in Waco, Texas, with the expressed goal of “a safer, more prosperous North America.” According to the documents, the partnership’s “working groups” include government and business leaders from the United States, Mexico and Canada, who are addressing a variety of topics, including movement of goods between countries, traveler security, energy, environment and health. Proponents of the partnership claim its purpose is to increase security and prosperity for all three nations through enhanced cooperation. Critics maintain the partnership will sacrifice U.S. sovereignty by establishing a “North American Union,” with open borders and a common currency.
The Commerce Department also provided substantial documentation concerning the North American Competitiveness Council. The council consists of 30 members, 10 each from the United States, Mexico and Canada. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Council of the Americas “agreed to jointly lead the U.S. Secretariat.” Documents describing the North American Competitiveness Council’s launch, its recommendations, and meeting minutes were also uncovered by Judicial Watch’s FOIA request, which was filed on August 15, 2006.
The council’s recommendations to the North American “partnership” include advice on how to handle an international disease outbreak: “It is also essential that throughout a pandemic all borders and major roads remain open…” With respect to border enforcement, the council recommends that, “A reasonable grace period should be established at border crossings, during which time people lacking documents are educated about their options and allowed to pass.” The council also makes recommendations on energy issues such as the “…enhanced integration of the Mexican [electricity] grid with that of the United States.”
“Many Americans are interested in where this North American partnership process is going,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Given all that is at stake, the federal government has a responsibility to make sure this process is transparent and open to public scrutiny -- so the release of these documents is an important step forward.”
The newly released documents include contact lists, meeting agenda and minutes, recommendations, fact sheets, speakers’ quotes, action items, and procedural guidelines. The records are available on the Judicial Watch Internet site: www.JudicialWatch.org.
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Select from the list below to view the "Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America" FOIA Documents
Section I - SPP Contact Lists and Organization Charts
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/SPPFOIADocsSecI.pdf
Section II - SPP Regulatory Cooperation Symposium
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/SPPFOIADocsSecII.pdf
Section III - SPP Meeting with Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, March 15, 2006.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/SPPFOIADocsSecIII.pdf
Section IV - Launch of the North American Competitiveness Council (NACC), May 26, 2006.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/SPPFOIADocsSecIV.pdf
Section V - Final Recommendations of the U.S. Section of the NACC.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/SPPFOIADocsSecV.pdf
Section VI - Launch of the NACC with SPP Ministers, June 15, 2006.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/SPPFOIADocsSecVI.pdf
Section VII - NACC Documents
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/SPPFOIADocsSecVII.pdf
Section VIII - Prof. Robert A. Pastor’s Seminar on Building a North American Community, September 21, 2005.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2006/SPPFOIADocsSecVIII.pdf
Cynical, no it is reality, it is an "I'll believe it when I see it" thing. I also thought that about the National Guard on the border, they are there, I've seen it, but I don't think it will last long after the election.
I'd love to think this title is true.
Color me exceedingly skeptical.
I think the DIMRATS and RHINOS and other clueless sorts in the service of the globalists will get it signed and supposedly ready to be implemented . . . only to insure that it dies on the vine with "not me" to blame.
I think you're right.
The globalists are powerful artists at smoke and mirrors . . . and brazen complex lies and hoaxes.
I think this is mostly cotton candy for the election.
I sure hope I'm wrong.
I agree....we'll just wait and see.
Ironically, it was 9/11 which stopped "Fox's Dream" from becoming a reality. Bush and Fox had scheduled a major effort just after 9/11 to push for The Plan. That plan is now dead.
but did they actually fund the wall?
Are we going to have a Kerry-esque "vote for the wall, until I vote against funding the wall."
"Mexico was our loyal and trusted partner...."
Bull. It was always a one-way street. Does Messico even have another benefactor? Other third-world nations usually have a bunch of them. If the US became a moonscape tomorrow, Messico would shrivel and die soon afterward.
THANKS.
The globalist puppet masters are not accustomed nor tolerant of having any of their plans die, at all. Anything that looks like a death is either a smoke screen or a temporary bump in the road.
But I hope you're right.
Gee,
Now I feel all bad,
shattered his dreams and all that............
Yes, they did. Approved AND funded.
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