Posted on 04/19/2006 6:35:23 PM PDT by SandRat
TULTITLAN, Mexico — Considered felons by the government, these migrants fear detention, rape and robbery. Police and soldiers hunt them down at railroads, bus stations and fleabag hotels. Sometimes they are deported; more often officers simply take their money.
While migrants in the United States have held huge demonstrations in recent weeks, the hundreds of thousands of undocumented Central Americans in Mexico suffer mostly in silence.
Though Mexico demands humane treatment for its citizens who migrate to the U.S., regardless of their legal status, Mexico provides few protections for migrants on its own soil.
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Now isn't that interesting??
Ya think they read free republic?
Shoulda seen the thread last night about the red star.
We regret use of 'hate Latinos' headline (Arizona Daily Star headline in red on front page)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1617445/posts
Vicente Fox - master of HYPOCRISY. Amazing that our President looks at him with such adoration.
If George W. Bush had any balls at all, he'd tell Vicente Fox to go get screwed. If he were really concerned about National Security, he would put our military on the southern border.
Mexico doesnt need outlaws. most of their cops do the job for them. Bribery , shake downs, guarding dope deals and convoying dope into the USA. What a sheithole
Horrible stuff, but I keep thinking of how much worse our immigration problems would be if the Mexicans simply transited everyone through. We'd have twice as many illegals per year, at least.
Ping...
The more pressure we keep on Mexico, immigration-wise, the more reformers
inside of Mexico can be emboldened and empowered to scale back monopolists'
abuses down there which keep our own country flooded with economic refugees.
Here's an interesting new thread on new legal reform progress that finally
emerged in Mexico I think as a result of immigration reform's failure:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1611677/posts
We can make a difference for our sake, and their's as well. Isn't it the
neighborly thing to do?
Hey Rat heres a bit more arresting developments !
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