Posted on 02/24/2007 5:18:16 PM PST by kik5150
Mexico's Congress has condemned what it says is a border violation by US workers building a controversial barrier between the two countries.
Legislators say workers and equipment building a section of the barrier have gone 10 metres (yards) into Mexico.
The alleged border violation comes ahead of a high-level meeting in the Canadian capital Ottawa.
US, Mexican and Canadian foreign ministers are to discuss border security and trade issues.
Mexican legislators said they had photographs and video, taken on Monday, of the workers and heavy-duty construction equipment that showed them about 10 metres inside Mexico near the border city of Agua Prieta and the town of Douglas, Arizona.
The Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa said she had complained to the US authorities and that the men and equipment had been withdrawn.
Continental trade concerns
In a statement, the US Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza said: "The US is sensitive to Mexican concerns... [and] has the deepest respect for the integrity of the sovereignty of Mexican soil".
He said US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff had not been in the area of the alleged incursion and recent photographs of him welding a section of the fence had been taken in a different part of Arizona on the US side of the border.
The US says it is building 700 miles (1,125km) of fencing along its border with Mexico to stop illegal immigration.
Many Mexicans see the fence as offensive and say it will be ineffective and potentially cause more deaths in border crossings.
An estimated 1.2 million illegal immigrants were arrested in 2005 trying to cross into the US via the border states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
About 11 million Mexicans are thought to live in the US, more than six million of them illegally.....
Boo-freakin'-hooo! If Mexico wasn't a perfectly good waste of soil, I'd say let's declare war on them and take their land. How dare they be upset at us when the Mexican government was giving out pamphlets on how to get into the U.S. illegally and what to do when they got here. I expect the dumb-o-cRATS to issue an apology and monetary compensation. Are we Freepers the only sane people anymore?
What a joke.
BTW, didn't their Federales or whoever cross the Rio into US territory a few years back?
What about all of the illegal Mexicans that area thousand miles inside the border?
Mexico hasn't seen anger yet.
Yes they did but then it was them so it was no big deal when they did it.
A lot of countries would put in minefields instead of a fence. Cheaper and more effective.
We are nicer than that.
Yes.
Nice to know ONE of us does.
Hey Mexico,bend over and I'll give you back your 10 yards !!!
Wow!Amazing.the Mexican government has finally discovered where their national boundary ends.Why can't they keep their citizens from breaking into our country with the knowledge they've gained we should have No more problems with Criminal aliens crossing our border.Sarcasm.
I can dream can't I.
I understand and sympathize with their position. Mexico is a sovereign state and must protect their territorial integrity from encroachments. In fact, I think this is so important that I believe Mexico should immediately build a continuous twenty foot high concrete fence from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico and patrol it with their troops to prevent any Americans from illegally crossing into Mexico.
The coming storm is being fed by the arrogance of Mexican authorities and their so-called "American" sycophants.
Oh, dear. I guess Mexico is just going to have to build a wall to prevent incursions by our military. Such a pity.
thats a good idea, how many mexicans are gonna run across a minefield? and those who do try, well, tragic
Metres/meters and yards are not equivalent.
Guess the writer doesn't care, like Mexico doesn't care about encouraging their citizens to take their lives in their hands by breaking US laws!! >:-(
That's kind of what I was thinking-
Workers "theoretically" cross 10 yards into Mexican territory (which I seriously doubt, considering that the "fence" is primarily planned to be entirely on US soil), yet Mexicans of all varieties (illegal immigrants, drug runners, human smugglers, and even military units have and do cross into US territory on a very regular basis unmolested.
I say we keep it.
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