McCain Tells Mexico: Border Security First

Web India 123 ^ | 07.05.2008 | Web India 123

[Coffee200am]

Presumptive Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain told Mexican leaders security at the border is a precondition of immigration reform.

McCain ended a visit to Colombia and Mexico Thursday, The Arizona Republic reported.

I believe we must have comprehensive immigration reform. The American people want our borders secured first, McCain said at a Mexico City news conference. That will require some walls. It will require virtual fences. It will require high-technology equipment. We must secure our borders, and then we will address the issue of comprehensive immigration reform.

McCain was one of the authors of an immigration reform bill that failed to get any traction in Congress, and caused him to lose support among illegal immigration hard-liners. Since then, he has toughened his stance on the issue.

McCain, accompanied by his wife, Cindy, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, also visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the most important Catholic shrine in Mexico.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

The American people want our borders secured first, McCain said at a Mexico City news conference. That will require some walls. It will require virtual fences. It will require high-technology equipment. We must secure our borders, and then we will address the issue of

comprehensive immigration reform.

Ah yes, the previously exposed, discredited and rejected blanket amnesty...

Mcloon is like Mr. Ed when it comes to his understanding and accepting the will of the American people.

Someone has slathered peanut butter in his mouth and he's working his jaw but others are putting the words there to fool us into thinking he is actually the one saying them.

Once elected Mcloon will push amnesty like a deranged homeless man pushes a stolen grocery cart, with no more idea of where he's headed or what it's going to do, but loaded with all of his personal belongings and an unshakable determination to get away from the conservatives who are trying to take his collection of pretties way.

And he's the standard bearer for the gop for the next 4 years. Wow, just wow...

[dforest]

I would not even waste my time trusting MCCain on this issue.

I wouldn’t even spend one minute thinking he will do anything but grant amnesty.

People who think otherwise are sadly, very naive.

[dforest]

McCain has been having many private meetings kissing the hispanic patooty.

Have you not been paying attention?

You McCainiacs are pathetic.

[lexusppd]

"You McCainiacs are pathetic."

You have the typical "my way or the highway" mind set and like other McCain haters cannot see past the end of your idelogical nose to the looming disaster of a Hussein presidency vs that of a McCain one.

[Kimberly GG]

Is he pretending not to GET IT, or is he a complete moron?

[Kimberly GG]

“McCain tells Mexican leaders to their faces - the border must be secured first.”

and then what?

[rodguy911]

You just hit on the secret to getting Congress to do anything worthwhile at all. They must be forced to do so with job loss in the mix.

[rodguy911]

Exactly Tom when you see the machine gun pulpits being mounted on the top of the concrete wall separating the two countries you can believe help is on the way. oh yeah, by the way don't hold your breath. Pubbies still think that welfare illegals will vote for them.

[kabar]

McCain=Amnesty=Destruction of this country. If an amnesty passes, anything else that follows is just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Poll: Voters Unaware of Candidates’ Immigration Positions; McCain Supporters Farthest Off the Mark

[dforest]

Yay,okay.

[AuntB]

“Do not accept just the state governors certifying that their borders are secure when the govt announces it.”

Absolutely. This is McCain’s cover. Napalitano, Arnold, Richardson & Perry.....as far as their concerned the border is secure now!

[AuntB]

“Why Romney and the others didn’t pound him on this, means that their NOT the Presidential candidate and McCain is. GOP, goes right for the capillary.”

Hunter pounded him on it. The “Kennedy wing of the GOP” was a direct shot at McCain, among others. Why do you suppose the media wouldn’t ask Hunter half the questions or give half the time in debates as they did McCain. Then they’d put him on the end, where the camera panned once in a while. Then they started excluding him altogether. The media picked these candidates.

[kenavi]

I read his statement and what it seems to say is, “I will build the fence and then give them all amnesty.”

When you're right, you're right. You're right.

Just remember though, that Pres. Reagan gave the biggest amnesty of all time: to the Salvadoreans during their civil war. It was necessary to fight revolution to the South of us and in our inner cities.

[Kenny Bunk]

Old rich guys ... Reagan, The Bushes, McCain, Bob Dornan (who got the message, but too late) from the Border States see, and will always see, Mexicans as the "polite little fellas" who make their lives pleasant and keep the ranch looking nice.

They basically have no clue as to the size or scope of the problem ... yet.