Human rights conditions placed on aid anger Mexicans

Houston Chronicle/NYT ^ | May 22, 2008

[SwinneySwitch]

MEXICO CITY

[purpleraine]

Illegals are sending billions back each year and as far as I know, it goes directly to ttheir families. Let’s stop sending aid to the corrupt government system.

[wolfcreek]

MAYBE MEXICO WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT DAMN SMOKE!

[marktwain]

“The U.S. Congress has scaled back on President Bush's anti-drug plans for Mexico and put human rights conditions on some of the aid, drawing fire from some Mexicans who accuse American lawmakers of meddling in their country's internal affairs.”

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As if “giving them aid” is *not* meddling in their country's internal affairs.

[AuntB]

A bit more from the article:

” Besides reducing the Bush administration’s request, which would have sent $500 million to Mexico and $50 million to Central America, the Senate adopted language similar to that in a recently passed House bill that would hold up a quarter of the money until the State Department ruled that Mexico was meeting certain human rights markers. The House approved $400 million for Mexico, one of several differences that will be worked out in a House-Senate conference in the coming weeks.

The Senate measure still represents a major increase in aid to Mexico in a single year, legislative aides said, reflecting bipartisan concern over the fact that an estimated 90 percent of the cocaine entering the United States comes through Mexican territory.”

[AuntB]

“The tsunami of illegal immigrants started under..... this is really gonna surprise people.... Clinton.”

This will surprise you. Clinton was good on workplace enforcement until the REPUBLICAN Georgia delegation (Newt, Chambliss, etc) put a STOP to it because of their vidallia Onion producers in their state.

BTW, deportations were higher under Clinton than Bush. Look it up.

[SwinneySwitch]

Is there bipartisan concern over the fact that 100 percent of the cocaine entering the United States comes across US borders?

[Dr.Zoidberg]

I suppose having your left hand out grabbing for money while your right hand is curled into a fist is as normal for tacoville as it is for the middle east.

I think we declared war on the wrong bunch of sand rats.

[Jaded]

I didn’t mention enforcement. That’s always been a joke.