Posted on 01/09/2005 5:07:36 AM PST by The_Victor
Mexico's Foreign Ministry has produced and distributed a Guide for the Mexican Migrant, which is essentially a "how to" manual for illegal entry into the United States.
Unfortunately, it goes even further by providing recommendations for illegal aliens in evading detection of federal authorities once in the United States. ("Avoid attracting attention," etc.) Not once does the guide mention how a Mexican migrant can come to the U.S. legally!
While many Americans were shocked to find out that the Mexican government is a witting accomplice in breaking our laws, the assault on our sovereignty by Mexico has been going on for years.
Indeed, the problem begins with Mexican President Vicente Fox, who openly encourages more Mexicans to head north, not only breaking our immigration laws but also trampling the spirit of citizenship and assimilation those laws were designed to foster.
President Fox sugarcoats his countrymen's illegal invasion of the United States by deliberately mislabeling it a "migration" and wants us to reward lawbreakers with amnesty and dual citizenship.
He even refuses to call undocumented Mexicans "illegals," telling talk-show host Sean Hannity in March 2002: "They are not illegals. They are not illegals. They are people that come there to work, to look for a better opportunity."
And the United States is supposed to be the arrogant one in the relationship?
But that's not all. The Mexican government has a department to promote the well-being of Mexican illegals, it routinely sues to protect the rights of illegals in U.S. courts and has so many of its citizens in the United States that it is making arrangements for them to vote in the coming Mexican elections from here.
Mexico acts as an accomplice in illegal immigration because its economy is hooked on the $14.5 billion in annual remittances from Mexicans working in the United States.
That's more than Mexico earns from tourism or foreign investment and, perhaps, economically more important than its huge state-owned oil industry. Because Mexico won't take the steps necessary to open up its statist economy, it looks to the United States to soak up excess labor. And we have.
The 1986 amnesty conferred green cards on 2.8 million illegal aliens — about 2.5 million of them Mexican. Every year about 200,000 Mexicans are allowed into America legally, three times more than we take from any other country. It is now estimated that there are at least 5 million Mexicans living here illegally.
America has been a tolerant and generous neighbor in this regard. But enough is enough.
The Mexican government has expressed support for an accountable guest-worker program along the lines of that proposed by President Bush. However, such a program is simply not possible as long as the illegal invasion of America across our southern border continues with the active support of the Mexican government.
If Mexico wants to work constructively for immigration reform in general and a guest-worker system in particular, it needs to start becoming a partner in securing our border instead of an accomplice in overrunning it.
Ending the distribution of the guide would be a good place to start.
Hayworth, R-Ariz., is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee.
It's people like you that have to be heard. God forbid someone pay a worker that is (Houston) sweating under 120 heat index at 90% humidity a living wage. Then they'll say well only illegals will do this work. Oh yeah, ask the highway workers and city workers how they do it.
Too many immigrants in too short of time is destructive whether they are legal or illegal, Mexican or Canadian or English.
AMEN, AMEN, I voted for Bush But On this border thing he is dead wrong. I believe Bush thinks he is a "ONE Worlder", He sure has a big blind spot.
"A country without borders is no longer a country".
Wonderful quote from Reagan, God Bless His Soul
Fort Huachuca is virtually astride the border and is part of the most heavily trafficked route currently in use.
>I still believe this whole thing is about thwarting a potential Communist revolution in Mexico.<
I am afraid I fail to see your point, Jeeves. The Chinese already have a foothold in S. A. Can Mexico be far behind?
How does the illegal migration to the States keep that from happening there? Also the Chinese can and do enter the U.S. from Mexico even now, just as can and do Islamic terrorists.
The point is that angry, jobless Mexicans are likely to think revolutionary thoughts if they stay home. Let them go to the US to make money, and they are placated - for a time.
>The point is that angry, jobless Mexicans are likely to think revolutionary thoughts if they stay home?<
And perhaps deliver on theeir revolutionary thoughts in MY
country rather than in theirs? No thank you!
I'm not advocating Bush's position - just trying to explain what I believe to be the Administration's thinking. They are gambling that illegals will become Americanized and exert a positive influence on their home countries, and making the rather cynical calculation that closing the border will do more damage in the long run than just looking the other way. And they know that as long as the Democrats keep running far left candidates like Kerry, they needn't worry about any political backlash from their base.
I realize that you are not condoning the administration's border policy. I agree they are gambling that illegals will become Americanized, but they will lose on that bet. Schools, advertisizing, instructions on purchased items, television language choice among are amongn the many reasons Mexicans will not assimilate into American society. Compulsory English is essential for this to happen.
Anyone with a bone to pick with Dubya on this issue should express their opinions by e-mailing president@whitehouse.gov, or FAXing him at 202-456-2461, or writing him at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C.
I've been doing it for over a year now. Doesn't seem to change anything, but if enough people do it....? As I've said before, in his second term he is answerable to no one, unfortunately.
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