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Why not blame Mexico?



Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote that "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."

The Republic demonstrates the truth of this statement with its stand on the issue of illegal immigration. No amount of facts will change the Editorial Board's point of view.

The tragedy of illegal immigration is all the fault of "Uncle Sam." According to official INS figures for the year 2000, Mexican nationals constitute 69 percent of the total illegal alien population of 7 million in the U.S.

The Mexican National Bank reported that the $10 billion Mexican immigrants remitted back home this year was the second largest source of foreign exchange for that country. Only petroleum revenues provided more foreign exchange for our southern neighbor.

Inquiring minds might ask why Mexico is unable to provide a decent standard of living for its own people. Or why we don't hold the Mexican government responsible for putting profit ahead of humanity?

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We went and invaded Eastern Europe for their ethnic cleansing. Vicente Fox hates indians and poor people, so he sends them here. Like little slaves and servants, they work and send home the money which goes right into Fox's secret bank accounts. Why isn't Fox publicly denounced for ethnic cleansing?