OH NO! NOT A REFERRAL TO THE UN! WE'RE DOOMED!
Jeez, there it is! The "letter of severe dissappointment" from Kofi. You read it...I'm not strong enough.
Posted on 10/05/2006 2:22:13 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Mexico warns U.S. of referral to UN over border fencing plan
www.chinaview.cn 2006-10-05 13:17:09
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Mexican government on Wednesday warned that it may refer Washington's plan to build fences on the U.S.- Mexico border to the United Nations.
US President George W. Bush (C) signs a bill to give 1.2 billion dollars to build a fence along the US-Mexico border to stanch the flow of illegal immigrants in Scottsdale, Arizona. Aournd Bush are Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano(L) and Arizona US Representatives. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery >>>
The U.S. plan to build about 1,125 km of new fencing along the U.S.- Mexico border was an "offense," Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez told a news briefing here.
When asked if the Mexican government would refer the issue to the United Nations, he said it was "examining with the foreign relations legal team what options are open at an international level, and we will take them."
He said the fences would hurt the bilateral relations. "Just the idea of a wall, a fence ... is an insult to good neighbors."
The plan has aroused strong opposition from Mexico. The outgoing Mexican President Vicente Fox called the fence plan "shameful," while President-elect Felipe Calderon said the fences were not the solution to illegal immigration.
Fox's spokesman Ruben Aguilar on Wednesday said the fences would not be built as the U.S. Congress was unlikely to provide enough funding to finish the project.
"There is no money to build it, so it will not be built," he told reporters.
Despite Mexico's efforts to lobby for a veto, U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday signed a bill, which had been passed earlier by the U.S. Congress and will pay for the new fences which are aimed at preventing illegal immigration.
Under the bill, about 1.2 billion U.S. dollars would be spent during the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1 for southwest border fencing and other barriers.
However, no one knows how much the proposed project will cost. A 23-km segment of fencing under construction in San Diego has been priced at 126.5 million dollars. Enditem
In that case, the U.S. should refer the continuous Mexican invasion to the United Nations Insecurity Council as it constitutes a violation of American sovereignty.
Oh wait, that would require John Bolton to be elected President first.
I can wait 2 years. Meantime, build the damn fence!
This figures.
Hmmmm....
Iran develops nuclear weapons to threaten the world.
North Korea develops and threatens to test nuclear weapons to threaten the world.
The United States builds a fence.
Any bets on which issue will get a unanimous vote on the UN Security Council?
Based upon this reaction it must be a good idea!
Jeez, there it is! The "letter of severe dissappointment" from Kofi. You read it...I'm not strong enough.
He meant to say, "Ay caramba! We won't be able to dump our poor off on another country!"
No one in Mexico should be insulted.
OOOOOOOOoooh! The United Nations! We're quaking in our boots!
We don't need no steeenking UN approval!
Hey Vicente:
Well....we could solve the whole problem and de-fund the UN of US Taxpayer dollars and kick the UN to Mexico....
and change U.N. Charter so that U.N. Secretary General should be always a Mexican.:)
"..new fencing along the U.S.- Mexico border was an "offense," Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez"
The offenders just love to cry, 'offense' ..btw Derbez, a fence is DEFENSIVE FROM OFFENSE!
I support that!
:-)
And he has no solution to offer...
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| Posted by Red Steel On News/Activism 10/05/2006 12:58:20 AM CDT · 20 replies · 308+ views cnn International ^ | October 4, 2006 MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- A spokesman for Mexican President Vincente Fox on Wednesday said the United States will likely never build 700 miles of new fencing along the border dividing the two nations. The fence received final approval in the United States last week. But Fox's spokesman Ruben Aguilar said the U.S. Congress is unlikely to approve enough funding to finish the project. "There is no money to build it, so it won't be built," Aguilar told reporters. "Even though the wall was approved, there is no funding." No one knows how much the 700-mile (1,125-kilometer) fence will cost,... |
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| Cornyn: 700 miles of border fence won't happen Senator says doesn't have funds. |
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| Posted by axes_of_weezles On News/Activism 10/04/2006 10:19:08 PM CDT · 72 replies · 822+ views The Austin American Statesman ^ | 4 October 2006 | eunice moscoso Cornyn: 700 miles of border fence won't happen Senator says plan isn't practical, doesn't have the necessary funds. By Eunice Moscoso WASHINGTON BUREAU Wednesday, October 04, 2006 WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican and key liaison to the White House on immigration, said Tuesday that 700 miles of fencing approved by Congress for the United States' southern border will probably not be built because of a lack of money and other practical considerations. "It's one thing to authorize. It's another thing to actually appropriate the money and do it," he said.Cornyn predicted that some fencing would be built... |
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| U.S. fence ends immigration dream of Mexico's Fox |
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| Posted by VU4G10 On News/Activism 09/30/2006 10:56:37 PM CDT · 81 replies · 1,456+ views washingtonpost ^ | September 30, 2006 | Alistair Bell MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Vicente Fox retires in November with his dream shattered of a U.S. immigration overhaul that would allow millions more Mexicans to work legally north of the border. Fox was once warmly described by President Bush as an "amigo," and his main foreign-policy objective was persuading U.S. lawmakers to soften immigration laws. |
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