"Mexican official blasts U.S. anti-immigration effort

Ft. Worth Star Telegram | 5-30-2003 | E. Eduardo Castillo

[MissAmericanPie]

Mexico City - International immigration is a part of global development and should not be sacrificed to excessive security measures, Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said Thursday.

"We should rid ourselves of the false argument that the fish of terrorism moves comfortably in the waves of migration," Derbez told an 11-nation Regional Migraton Conference in the Mexican city of Cancun.

Derbez noted that Mexico has tightened it's own immigration measures to assist the United States since 9-11.

But the implicitly criticized those who have used those terrorist attacks to justify anti-immigration measures in the United States.

He called for "joint effort to effriciently combat" terrorisim "without converting our countries into a system of isolated tanks."

"Migration cannot be separated from development," Derbez said, calling it a global "factor of economic dynamism."

He also said it was "associated with the preservation of human rights" around the world.

The heavy immigration of Mexican and Central American citizens to the United States has become a major source of labor for significant U.S. industries and an important source of revenue for several countries.

Mexican officials have set a priority on reaching an agreement with the Untied States that would legalize much of that process - a negotiation that has been slowed by the U.S. reaction to to terrorist attacks.

Separately, Mexican President Vicente Fox is treating his invitation to a two-day Group of Eight summit starting Sunday in Evian, France, as a major prominent world role for Mexico.

That larger role might help counterbalance Mexico's increasing economic ties - some say dependence - on the neighboring United States, which receives 75 percent of Mexico's exports. But the two positions sometimes clash.

The Fox administration's successful campaign for a temporary seat on the U.N. Securityu Council was widely criticized at home because it led to friction with the Untied States over pacifist Mexico's reluctance to support an invasion of Iraq.

"It was highly costly to national interests," said Humberto Garza, an expert on Mexican foreign relations at the elite College of Mexico.

[judgeandjury]

Competitors use Mexican labor because they are cheap and work hard.

If your competitors are using illegal alien labor, they are violating federal law. Sue them!

[judgeandjury]

I think we should go down there and clean their clocks.

I would like to see a group of highly trained, dedicated, and patriotic Americans, perhaps ex-military and survivalist types, organize and lead a revolution in Mexico to overthrow the current elitist Mexican government. Then the Mexican people could set up a new government that would look out for the needs of the Mexican people. Obviously, this American led revolution in Mexico wouldn't be sactioned by the U.S. government.

[MissAmericanPie]

Great idea.