Posted on 09/21/2010 8:36:24 PM PDT by fightinJAG
GUATEMALA CITY, Sep 15 , 2010 (IPS) - Travelling without documents to the United States from Latin America can turn into an odyssey, in which migrants have to elude common criminals and drug traffickers along the way, not to mention the laws on migration. But now another obstacle is emerging: a wall between Guatemala and Mexico.
According to the head of customs for Mexico's tax administration, Raúl Díaz, in order to stop boats carrying contraband, the southern Mexican state of Chiapas is building a wall along the border river Suchiate, similar to the one the United States is building along its southern border with Mexico.
"It could also prevent the free passage of illegal immigrants," admitted the Mexican official.
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Can’t have Central Americans stealing American jobs that rightfully belong to Mexicans. < /el sarcasmo>
That’s the ticket! We build a wall all along the border to cut down on the amount of wind and sand blowing into the U.S. We wouldn’t want them to think we were trying to steal their “land”.
Another Wall Blocks Route to U.S. a wall between Guatemala and Mexico.
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OK this could be The Onion or Scrappleface...
Hmm.... Here is an idea...
Instead of risking hardship, danger, life, limb, incarceration, etc.....
Why don’t these people stay home and risk those things to make their own countries less of a shi...err.... septic hole?
This is a good development. Right now, it is essentially an open border.
I’ve crossed from Guatemala into Chiapas, Mexico, by canoe. It only takes a few minutes with almost no Mexican border security there. Because I crossed late in the day, I had to wait until the next day to check in with the immigration office in town. Everything was pretty relaxed.
Don’t I remember officials in Mexico saying what a bad idea a wall was and how it was racist, discriminatory, demeaning, etc.?
I guess it’s different when someone is breaking *their* laws.
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