Mexico furious over tougher border laws...

[insein]

Vicente Fox shows his true colors. Bush cant be so dense as to not see this a-hole for who he his.

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/bf6dcbe2-c3da-11d9-a56d-00000e2511c8.html

Mexico furious at tough US law on migrants
By John Authers in Mexico City and Edward Alden in Washington
Published: May 13 2005 19:27 | Last updated: May 13 2005 19:27

Mexico has reacted furiously to a bill signed into law by the US this week that would fund a border wall and prevent illegal Mexican migrants from obtaining US driving licences.


President Vicente Fox said he would lodge a diplomatic complaint, and was considering complaints to multilateral bodies if Mexico could not unable to resolve the problem bilaterally.

In the US, leaders of the Mexican community threatened to strike to send a message to US employers that they could not survive without cheap Mexican labour.

Santiago Creel, Mexico's interior secretary, said the “Real ID” law was “negative, inconvenient, and obstructionist”.

“Building walls doesn't help anyone build a good neighbourhood,” he said. “Taking away the possibility of obtaining driving licences for people who are working in legal jobs, who pay their taxes there, who send remittances home here, seems to us to be an extreme measure, particularly given the new understanding that we thought we had after the re-election of President Bush.”

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, mayor of Mexico City, supported Mr Fox's stance. He said the problem of growing immigration could be “resolved by encouraging development in Mexico and Central America, not by building walls and using the border control”.

Since 2002, Mexico has adopted a popular policy of issuing undocumented labourers with consular identity cards, which are accepted as proof of identity by many US states for issuing driving licences, and for opening bank accounts. Under the new law, this would no longer be possible. The immigration provisions approved by Congress were attached by House Republicans to a bill that will provide more than $80bn for the war in Iraq this year, giving lawmakers little choice but to support it.

The White House, which at first opposed the new restrictions, supported them when it became clear they would pass Congress in spite of administration opposition.

President George W. Bush has said he wants to deal with illegal immigration by creating a temporary guest worker programme. But many Republicans are using the anxiety about terrorism to push for a crackdown on illegal immigrants.

Love the liberal slant btw in this piece. Notice the highlighted areas.

 

[theim]

and was considering complaints to multilateral bodies if Mexico could not unable to resolve the problem bilaterally.

Thats the ticket. Cry to the UN because we won't let you break our laws. fucker.

"Building walls doesn't help anyone build a good neighbourhood"

Firstly, it's amatter of etiquette that neighbors don't encourage their children to break into other neighbors' houses. Secondly, go cry to your drug lord friends, prick.

 

[Mr. P]

Illegal immigration to the United States is one of Mexico's largest industries. Mexican nationals working illegally in the US send billions ( last figure I saw...15 billion) of dollars back to relatives in Mexico. These billions fuel a huge part of the Mexican economy. All of these Mexican nationals fleeing to the United States also relieves Fox and his government of the responsibility of reforming their own economy so as to provide the needed jobs at home.

Oh, the fact that he may complain to multilateral bodies, I guess he means the great
powerful UN, should be a nice reminder of why we should never be part of the world court.

 

[Nienna]

Illegal immigration to the United States is one of Mexico's largest industries. Mexican nationals working illegally in the US send billions ( last figure I saw...15 billion) of dollars back to relatives in Mexico. These billions fuel a huge part of the Mexican economy. All of these Mexican nationals fleeing to the United States also relieves Fox and his government of the responsibility of reforming their own economy so as to provide the needed jobs at home.

Exactly! Notice....

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, mayor of Mexico City, supported Mr Fox's stance. He said the problem of growing immigration could be “resolved by encouraging development in Mexico and Central America, not by building walls and using the border control”.

They seriously think it is our job to fix their economy.

 

[dilloduck]

I'm curious what form of new govt will take shape in Mexico to counter the "great satan" from up north. A hostile one ya think?

 

[Mr. P]

I'm curious what form of new govt will take shape in Mexico to counter the "great satan" from up north. A hostile one ya think?

Remember The ALAMO!

 

[dilloduck]

Remember The ALAMO!

I'm afraid it'll be bit worse this time---Fox may not be able to hold power unless he accomodates rebel factions moving thier way up from South America.

 

[Mr. P]

I'm afraid it'll be bit worse this time---Fox may not be able to hold power unless he accomodates rebel factions moving thier way up from South America.

No problem..Look what the minutemen just did..Now, what do you think 10-20 thousand Southern good ol boys that own guns and know how to use em could do against a bunch of rebels from South America?

 

[krisy]

" Building walls doesn't help build good neighbourhoods"??!!!!!!

I think George needs to sit down with Vicente and explain that the U.S. and Mexico are two different countries,not communities

 

[Mr. P]

" Building walls doesn't help build good neighbourhoods"??!!!!!!

I think George needs to sit down with Vicente and explain that the U.S. and Mexico are two different countries,not communities

"Good fences make Good neighbors" There's lots of truth to that..

 

[Yurt]

I never ceased to be amazed at the people who cry foul over American ways and in the same breath, cry for American help to protect/build/etc their countries.

Here is my remedy:

Wwwwhaaammmmbuuulance....