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Posted on 10/01/2010 7:40:08 PM PDT by curth
Reporting from Guatemala City, Danilo Valladares of the Inter-Press Service (IPS) notes that there will be one more barrier for Guatemalan immigrants in their trek to the United States. In addition to dodging dangerous drug traffickers and immigration officials, the latest obstacle is emerging: a wall between Guatemala and Mexico.
According to the head of customs for Mexico’s tax administration, Raul Diaz, the Mexican border state of Chiapas is constructing a wall along the country’s southern border with Guatemala, along the river Suchiate which divides the countries. Diaz says the purpose of the wall is to prevent the passage of contraband, but admits, “It could also prevent the free passage of illegal immigrants.”
According to Mexico’s National Commission on Human Rights (CNDH), 500,000 people from Central America cross into Mexico illegally every year — the vast majority of them attempting to reach the United States. In addition, smugglers reportedly use the Suchiate River to move goods across the international border without paying duty taxes.
Just as Mexican authorities have opposed more strict border enforcement and the construction of a border fence along the U.S. border with their country, Mexico is now receiving a great deal of criticism from Guatemalan officials. According to IPS, Guatemalan civil and government organizations have called the move “senseless,” saying a border fence will not prevent undocumented migrants from crossing the border on their way north.
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I guess the problem of US citizens trying to cross their northern border to get to Guatemala isn’t a big problem. Probably because as bad as things are here, they are still not as bad as they are in Mexico or Guatemala.
No doubt 0’b will provide a few billion$ gratis the taxpayers of this country.
Goose and Gander is applicable.
Ping!
and we cannot have a fence?
Thank you Council on Foreign Relations.
Mexico doesn’t want Guatemalans getting into the U.S. and taking away dollars from their illegals in the U.S. They want that money coming back to Mexico not Guatemala.
So why get so worked up about something that won't work?
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