[Reaganwuzthebest]

And the only thing we'll get out of the whole deal is more illegal immigration.

Isn't NAFTA wonderful?

[Grampa Dave]

I find this very interesting that the Mexican farmers say they can compete against our farmers.

After Nafta was signed I heard/read a lot of bitching and moaning from farmers, ranchers, orchard growers and rice farmers that they couldn't compete against the Mexican Farmers.

Now the Mexican Farmers are complaining!

[Ben Ficklin]

Mexico Ends Practice of Giving Land to Poor

Local Level Response to Agrarian Reform in Mexico

[madfly]

ping.

We have a great group of indexers for this topic, you can look for new articles on the bump list, under immigrant_list

Much thanks to gubamyster, Free the USA, Libertarinize the GOP and the others. Fish out of Water will be back on the job soon. These are a great group of dedicated freepers that work hard at this job and I ping everything to them so they can use their expertise to list threads in the immigrant_list and/or any other topics that may be appropriate.

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[Tacis]

I'm sure Presidente Fox will be able to use access of American agricultural products as a bargaining chip. Put it on the list of things we can already do legally but Mexico won't allow because they, well, are Mexicans. Mexicans are the most arrogant people in the world and the ones with so little to be arrogant about.

There will be some reason, at the last minute, that these farmers will get their way. But, the northward movement of drugs by Mr. Fox and his drug lord friends and employers will continue as usual.

[Ben Ficklin]

Golly Gee, Agrarian Land Reforms are happening on the other side of the world too

[Sparta]

Somebody please call the WAAMBULANCE for the Mexican farmers.

[Free the USA]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list

[raybbr]

Thanks again, madfly.

As I sit here screaming at my pc, I wonder what is going to happen in this country when my 4 mo. old son is my age?

I am frustrated to no end when I read these articles. Bush is not helping on this issue. I want a president who believes in an intesified sovereignty of our nation.

[dennisw]

I hope they block it and get things cooking!

[FITZ]

The campesinos seem to be winning ---they've got their government scrambling now --

Celebran Diputados disposición del gobierno en favor del campo http://www.diario.com.mx/nota.asp?notaid=23846

Alista el Gobierno plan antibloqueos http://www.eldiariodechihuahua.com.mx/edicion/articulo/portada/notas/nota3.html

[lafayette76]

Oh hey ! Now that the *Mexican* farmers are mad, maybe we'll have to rethink this whole NAFTA thing !!!

[Jhoffa_]

Oh, this is nice...

Can I claim it's all "racially motivated" and scream "xenophobe" and "isolationist" at the top of my lungs now?

[dalebert]

What a joke.

[MissAmericanPie]

Given Mexico City is closing public schools due to lack of population, I'm sure Mexican farmers find it hard to find workers to tend their fields. While the USofA is hearing a huge sucking sound of manufacturing leaving an a huge sucking sound of illegal immigrants entering, Mexico is merely hiccoughing.

[thepitts]

Angry Mexican farmers are threatening to block U.S.-Mexico border crossings

How are they going to do that? throw sticks.

[FITZ]

It looks like the farmers have called off the border blockade at least for now.

http://www.eldiariodechihuahua.com.mx/edicion/articulo/portada/notas/nota2.html Suspenden campesinos acciones de protesta

http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?chid=3&schid=181&secid=0&cid=180722 Campesinos desisten de bloqueo carretero