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Mexico to Take Border Fence Battle to U.N.
NewsMax.com ^ | October 9, 1006

Posted on 10/10/2006, 10:54:22 AM by Man50D

Mexico's foreign secretary said Monday the country may take a dispute over U.S. plans to build a fence on the Mexican border to the United Nations.

Luis Ernesto Derbez told reporters in Paris, his first stop on a European tour, that a legal investigation was under way to determine whether Mexico has a case.

The Mexican government last week sent a diplomatic note to Washington criticizing the plan for 700 miles of new fencing along the border. President-elect Felipe Calderon also denounced the plan, but said it was a bilateral issue that should not be put before the international community.

Derbez said Monday after meeting with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy that it was a "shame" U.S. immigration policy had been used for what he claimed was a short-term political gain in the lead-up to midterm elections in the U.S. in November.

He said he discussed the issue with Douste-Blazy, and planned to bring it up in meetings with his Spanish and Italian counterparts during visits to Madrid and Rome. He vowed to work on the case until the "very last day" of President Vicente Fox's term, which ends Dec. 1.

The U.S. Senate approved the border fence bill last month and President Bush has said he will sign it into law - despite last-minute pleas from the Mexican government for a veto.

"What should be constructed is a bridge in relations between the two countries," Derbez said.


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KEYWORDS: aliens; elections; fence; hr6061; immigrantlist; securefenceact
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1 posted on 10/10/2006, 10:54:22 AM by Man50D
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2 posted on 10/10/2006, 10:57:10 AM by Jim Noble (Some moron brought a cougar to a party, and it went berserk.)
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I could picture a scenario where the Democrats, if they ever got back into power, would tear down the fence and offer instant amnesty, to assure themselves of a major voting bloc going forward.

Owl_Eagle

If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.

3 posted on 10/10/2006, 10:57:57 AM by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: Man50D

If the UN were to be consistent (ha) it would look only at concerns of the kind that this fence is keeping Mexicans from carrying on Mexican business. Which it isn't.


4 posted on 10/10/2006, 11:00:02 AM by HiTech RedNeck
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To: Jim Noble

My my, isn't that a blue helmut of the famed United nations?
Guy probably didn't need it as he was out trading some of his food rations to boy children for sex.


5 posted on 10/10/2006, 11:00:35 AM by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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I don't know what the Mexicans are worried about.

They should've read the fine print.

In Border Fence's Path, Congressional Roadblocks

6 posted on 10/10/2006, 11:01:32 AM by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Man50D

Good luck with that, Jose!


7 posted on 10/10/2006, 11:01:50 AM by Virginia Ridgerunner ("Si vis pacem para bellum")
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To: Jim Noble

Good fences make good neighbors


8 posted on 10/10/2006, 11:03:06 AM by bobjam
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To: Man50D

The Mexican government is upset because we are closing off their prison system?? (commit Mexican felony murder, rape,or drug crimes, and get esecorted to the American border)


9 posted on 10/10/2006, 11:04:38 AM by Nathan Zachary
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To: Owl_Eagle
I could picture a scenario where the Democrats, if they ever got back into power, would tear down the fence and offer instant amnesty, to assure themselves of a major voting bloc going forward.

The Democrats may not have to turn tear it down if the following article is accurate:

The Mexican Border Fence Hoax
10 posted on 10/10/2006, 11:06:15 AM by Man50D (Fair Tax , you earn it , you keep it!)
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Who can explain me why Mexico takes the fence the USA builds on its territory for its business?

Does it block sunlight from Mexican houses?

11 posted on 10/10/2006, 11:10:52 AM by Freelance Warrior
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To: Joe Boucher

Or goats if one is a Muslim UN peacekeeper.


12 posted on 10/10/2006, 11:11:01 AM by Nathan Zachary
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To: Owl_Eagle
I could picture a scenario where the Democrats, if they ever got back into power, would tear down the fence and offer instant amnesty, to assure themselves of a major voting bloc going forward.

Hence my recent tagline.

Think I can sell bumper stickers? :-)

13 posted on 10/10/2006, 11:16:20 AM by Gorzaloon ("Illegal Immigrant": The Larval form of A Democrat.)
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To: Joe Boucher
"Guy probably didn't need it as he was out trading some of his food rations to boy children for sex."

How do you separate the men from the boys at the UN?

....with a crowbar...

14 posted on 10/10/2006, 11:19:11 AM by libs_kma (Monica blew while Al-Queda grew.....Oh well, Clinton happens!)
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To: Man50D

It's too bad our R's didn't force the fence issue when they should have--about six months ago. A Mexican move in the UN before the election would have hurt the rats terribly. As it is, this will get little play in the major media until after the election.


15 posted on 10/10/2006, 11:29:40 AM by ModelBreaker
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To: libs_kma

Or in Congress.


16 posted on 10/10/2006, 11:47:31 AM by musikman
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To: Man50D
And the U.N. is going to do what?....tell us that we don't have their permission to build the fence?
17 posted on 10/10/2006, 11:48:34 AM by NurdlyPeon (Wearing My 'Jammies Proudly)
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To: libs_kma
" How do you separate the men from the boys at the UN? ....with a crowbar..."

Good one!!!!

18 posted on 10/10/2006, 12:08:08 PM by n230099 ("If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.")
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To: NurdlyPeon
And the U.N. is going to do what?....tell us that we don't have their permission to build the fence?

You forget they could impose those very effective sanctions as was done with Saddam Hussein! ;o)
19 posted on 10/10/2006, 12:08:22 PM by Man50D (Fair Tax , you earn it , you keep it!)
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Not a bad idea. We could use a border fence around the UN, too, with mines and gun towers and everything.


20 posted on 10/10/2006, 12:25:11 PM by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE)
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