Posted on 02/23/2007 5:06:39 PM PST by melt
Mexico's parliament has condemned what it says is a border violation by US workers building a controversial barrier between the two countries. Legislators say workers and equipment building a section of the barrier have gone 10 metres (yards) into Mexico.
The alleged border violation comes ahead of a high-level meeting in the Canadian capital Ottawa.
US, Mexican and Canadian foreign ministers are to discuss border security and trade issues. Mexican legislators said they had photographs and video, taken on Monday, of the workers and heavy-duty construction equipment that showed them about 10 metres inside Mexico near the border city of Agua Prieta and the town of Douglas, Arizona.
The Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa said she had complained to the US authorities and that the men and equipment had been withdrawn.
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Hey Gringo... you have illegally set foot on sovereign Mexican soil. Where are your stinkin' badges?
They have no idea how well their complaint will be received here.
lol..
They actually complain about some equipment sitting 30 ft inside their border.
While at the same time, they send their criminal immigrants thousands of miles into our borders.
Make you a deal. Take your 30 million criminal immigrants out of our borders, and we'll move our bulldozer.
*Not THAT kind of huffing :)
I got a great email forward that will be very appropriate here.
The best way to stop using so much gas is to deport 11 million illegal immigrants!
That would be 11 million less people using our gas.
The price of gas would come down.
Bring our troops home from Iraq to guard the border.
When they catch an immigrant crossing the border, hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and ship him to Iraq
Tell him if he wants to come to America then he must serve a tour in the military.
Give him a soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it.
After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country.
He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal patriot.
This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Iraq and the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves.
If they refuse to serve, ship them to Iraq anyway, without the canteen, rifle or ammo.
No problemo amigos. We'll move the fence back about 30 yards.
I have a suggestion that will prevent it from happening again in the future: Let's build a wall along the border. That will keep the Americans from going where they're not wanted... :-)
Tony Garza, the US ambassador to Mexico, and Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala are married.
How can an American diplomat marry into a foreign family that helps to both control and loot Mexico and not have a conflict of interest?
The guys building the fence are just going across the border to make a better life for themselves. :)
Waitaminnit! THEY are complaining about US crossing their border illegally? Is this from Scrappleface?
People around here will be a little hot under the sombrero.
Interesting. The Mexicans are beginning to sound a lot like the Muslims.
Sounds reasonable to me.
They gonna do work the Mexicans won't do?
10 metres incursión ping!
If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
They sure put on a good junkyard dog act over their shithole of a nation. Snarling over their corrupt wretched territory
If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!
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