[Dog Gone]

Mexico, in other words, should agree as a quid pro quo to control its borders and stop illegal passage across them.

The author made a lot of excellent observations, but this remark is off base. It's not Mexico's job to guard our border.

[kellynla]

I agree

[SolutionsOnly]

But Mexico should be pelanized for offloading it's problems on US rather than fixing them - which is exactly what is happening.

Fox's policy is to export the poor to the USA so they can mail dollars back to Mexico. It's unacceptable.

[Shermy]

ONe observation I disagree with is the assumption that Hispanic citizens support this proposal, or any mass legalization, and that Bush thinks he's going to get votes from it.

Rather, it is an appeal for campaign donations from the industries whose short term strategies are to suppress American wages. They are the big boys, and you can find them allied and funding all the "liberal" front groups like La Raza, NIF.

Bush's proposal is, effectively, a racist policy in that the victims, lower class, even middle class workers and taxpayers are disproportionately hispanic and black. The liberal Democratic policies are, effectively, probably even more racist but I'll reserve further judgment because they're so jumbled.

You might check out the Dean and such chat boards. The ignorance about labor and economics there is quite astounding from folk who promote themselves as understanding these concerns.

[TheDon]

I agree. I thought it rather odd as well.

[mrustow]

But Mexico's leaders are still guilty of encouraging illegals to invade us (and even giving them survival packs for the trip), which encouragement is in itself a hostile act.

Mexico has also made frequent incursions across our order, and its troops have fired on Americans, which goes way beyond hostile.

[hunter112]

It's not Mexico's job to guard our border.

Talk about letting the FOX guard the chicken coop!