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Welcome to Sanity Island, where only adults are allowed. Before flying home to the White House today, President Bush and President Calderón Participated in a Joint Press Availability at the Fiesta Americana Mérido in Mérida, Mexico. The complete transcript of their remarks can be found HERE.

REYNOSA — Flor Estrada had no complaints about President Bush’s “five-point” immigration plan, which he touted just across the river Thursday at Anzalduas County Park in Mission. “I fully support him,” she said in Spanish, as the blaring car horns and scorching heat of this teeming Mexican border city flared a few feet outside the door of her liquor store. For the most part, though, Reynosa residents seemed unimpressed by the U.S. president’s visit and seemed more interested in the health woes of the Cuban president. Bush’s visit “doesn’t affect us,” said Transit Police Second Commander Israel Marín Terano, as...

Some White House reporters who accompanied President Bush on his trip to Cancun to meet with Mexican President Fox apparently decided to combine business with pleasure. Most notably was senior White House reporter Helen Thomas. Rumors abound that Thomas spent a night partying with a buff 21 year-old Mexican beach boy named Jorge Escobar. After trading numerous belly shots of tequila with Escobar on the bar of the raucous 'Bottoms Up' nightclub, Thomas performed an impromptu topless dance interpretation of Santana's 'Oye Como Va'. As the Thomas entourage bar hopped down the beach, a 'Girls Gone Wild' video crew is...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: With the First Lady traveling (more below) the President is spending a quiet weekend at his ranch in Crawford, TX, as Sen. Russ Feingold's stupid -- and unconstitutional -- move to censure him went nowhere. Following is an article from today's San Francisco Chronicle, one of the most Left-wing papers in one of our most Left-wing cities: Colleagues cool to Feingold's bid to censure Bush (This is an excerpt. Click link embedded in title to read entire article.) Edward Epstein, Chronicle Washington Bureau Saturday, April 1, 2006 Washington -- If Sen. Russ Feingold was hoping...

CANCUN, Mexico -- President Bush, closing a three-nation summit Friday, defended requiring secure documents from border-crossing Canadians and pushed Mexico to prevent more of its people from illegally entering America. Despite obvious divisions, Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper emphasized North American unity and the productivity of their two days of meetings in this sunny spring-break area along Mexico's Mayan Riviera. From a luxury hotel's indoor tennis court, gussied up with carpet, custom podiums and large video screens, the men emerged from joint sessions to laud the increased trade brought about by the 12-year-old tariff-reducing...

CANCUN, Mexico - President Bush, closing a three-nation summit Friday, defended requiring secure documents from border-crossing Canadians and pushed Mexico to prevent more of its people from illegally entering America Despite obvious divisions, Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper emphasized North American unity and the productivity of their two days of meetings in this sunny spring-break area along Mexico's Mayan Riviera. From a luxury hotel's indoor tennis court, gussied up with carpet, custom podiums and large video screens, the men emerged from joint sessions to laud the increased trade brought about by the 12-year-old tariff-reducing...

Ok, take a look at CNN's headline picture...WHY is President Bush's face in the black? Another MSM unintended error???

CANCUN, Mexico - President Bush said Friday the United States believes it is important to enforce laws protecting borders and told the leaders of Mexico and Canada that was crucial to keeping prosperity alive. ADVERTISEMENT He also reiterated strong support for a "guest worker" program that would allow undocumented immigrants already in the United States to remain in the country to fill low-paying jobs that Americans won't take. Bush declined to say whether he would veto legislation that did not contain such a provision. "I want a comprehensive bill," Bush said at a joint news conference with Mexican President Vicente...

CANCUN, Mexico -- Mexican President Vicente Fox said his government was preparing to extradite at least 24 drug traffickers to the United States, but he ruled out using police to stop migrants on Mexico's side of the border. Speaking to reporters in Cancun, where he was meeting with President Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Fox said Thursday he couldn't release the names of the traffickers facing extradition, and warned they might react violently to the prospect of being sent abroad. "This will be punishment for them because we'll take them out of Mexico so they stop operating," Fox...

Why this is an amnesty and why it's a blessing to live in the United States of America.Illegal immigrants from the 3rd world want legal residence, not citizenship! The overwhelmingly prime desire of every poor 3rd world illegal alien is to have legal residency here. Not to become a citizen. So for George Bush and others to get on TV and say how this is not an amnesty because of no path to citizenship is a gross distortion & lie. To simply reside here illegally is a blessing! Americans have forgotten this. Every illegal alien knows this. Illegal aliens from the...

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush reassured Mexican President Vicente Fox on Thursday he was committed to getting the U.S. Congress to approve broad immigration reforms, including a guest worker program. (snip) "I'm committed to having a comprehensive immigration bill on my desk, and by comprehensive I mean not only border security, a bill that has border security, a bill that has security enforcement in it, but a bill that has a worker permit program in it," Bush said. Republicans are split on whether to back Bush's call for sweeping reforms to create a guest worker program...

CANCUN, Mexico - Putting aside the strains in their dos amigos friendship, President Bush praised Mexican President Vicente Fox during a summit meeting Thursday in which the two are trying to rally support for immigration reforms in the United States. At a time when questions are being asked about Mexico's commitment to securing the two nations' 2,000-mile border, Bush thanked Fox for his country's efforts on both its northern and southern borders and for keeping Mexico's economy stable during his more than five years in office. During the first day of a two-day summit with Fox and Canadian Prime Minister...

Fiesta Americana Condesa Cancun HotelCancún, Mexico4:12 P.M. (Local)PRESIDENT FOX: (As translated.) We are ready, good afternoon. I would like to welcome President Bush to Quintana Roo, to Cancun, and to Mexico. It is a great honor to have him here, particularly in this place in Canc n, which is all set and receiving many visitors. But the best visitors are President Bush and Prime Minister Harper, with our working agenda that will be fruitful and positive for the three countries in Latin America.Some words from Mr. Bush.PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. President, thank you very much. First of all, thanks for inviting...

BISBEE — As Congress has taken up the issue of immigration reform, the Mexican government of President Vicente Fox has been anything but a disinterested bystander. When the House of Representatives approved a bill in December that would have built 700 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border and made it a felony to reside illegally in the U.S., Fox denounced the measure as shameful. His foreign minister, Luis Ernesto Derbez, went further and called it stupid and underhanded. After thousands of marchers took to the streets of U.S. cities last week to protest the pending immigration legislation, Fox’s spokesman,...

CANCUN, Mexico (CNN) -- We're reporting live this week from Cancun, where the leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada are meeting in a trilateral summit. And despite the contentious debate raging in the U.S. Senate over illegal immigration and the guest-worker program, this summit has a remarkably modest agenda. U.S. President George Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will only try to advance the discussion among the three countries on economic integration, free trade, border and port security, and, yes, illegal immigration. ......... The United States is challenged as never before in the...

President George W Bush is in Mexico for 2 days of talks. Yesterday Vice President Dick Cheney spoke at the Radio and Television Correspondents Association Annual Dinner Link to download this funny presentation Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had meetings in Berlin and then travelled to England for a visit in the north of England with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

CANCUN, Mexico - President Bush and the leaders of Canada and Mexico worked to iron out disagreements over trade and border security Thursday and to keep a North American edge against competition from rising powers like China. The three leaders, dressed casually in open-collared shirts, strolled together among the ancient Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza before sitting down for more intense one-on-one meetings at a beachfront resort hotel. Mexican President Vicente Fox planned a lavish dinner for his guests. "This is a good start to a very important series of discussions," Bush said, standing with his counterparts in front of...

President Bush had a plane to catch for his meetings along the sugar-white sands of Cancun, Mexico. But that didn't stop him from lengthening a Washington speech and question-and-answer session Wednesday with more jokes. After delivering considerable opening remarks and giving long answers to more than a half-dozen questions, Bush finally warned his audience that his time with them was almost up. "Final question, then I'm going down to be with the president of Mexico and the prime minister of Canada," Bush said a couple of hours before his scheduled departure for the resort known as a hedonistic spring break...

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Facing a tough battle to push immigration reform through U.S. Congress, President George W. Bush was likely to win support from President Vicente Fox at talks on Mexico's Caribbean coast on Thursday. Fox will offer tighter border security and incentives to help bring illegal Mexican immigrants back home when the pair meet in the beach resort of Cancun, Mexican officials say. The U.S. Senate began debating immigration reform on Wednesday and Republicans are split over whether to support an effort backed by Bush to create a guest worker program for millions of immigrants. Conservatives in Bush's...

By Steve Holland and Randall Palmer CHICHEN ITZA, Mexico, March 30 (Reuters) - Mexican President Vicente Fox played tour guide to U.S. President George W. Bush at ancient Mayan ruins on Thursday before holding talks to urge him to push through long-sought U.S. immigration reform. Hosting a North American summit, Fox planned to offer tighter border controls and incentives to lure some illegal immigrants home, a pledge meant to help Bush convince a skeptical Congress to let more Mexicans work legally in the United States. Bush and Fox, joined by new Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at Mexico's rowdy beach...