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| Mexico Says It Will Protest New U.S. Laws |
| 2005-05-13 |
| President Vicente Fox said Thursday his government will formally protest recent U.S. immigration reforms, including the decision to extend walls along the border and make it harder for illegal migrants to get driver's licenses. Fox didn't give details of Mexico's plan, but officials in his administration have raised the possibility of taking their case to the United Nations or other international organizations. Rest at link. Build the wall high along all the border and catapult all illegal crossers back to Mexico. Or copy what the humanitarian Mexicans do on the Mexico-Guatemala border, i.e. rob and rape the crossers. Fox can FOAD. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #18 BAR, I think that being here illegally earns the illegal alien a lifetime ban already. If only they would enforce it. Personally I would love to see the UN try to tell the United States what to do in its soverign territory. It *might* open up some eyes.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-05-13 18:12 |
| #17 If he stop NorteAmericanas from traveling in Mexico he will put his country in DIRE economic peril. Another alternative is for the cops, local/regional/national, to increase their price for a bribe. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-13 18:09 |
| #16 He can't really do much. If he stop NorteAmericanas from traveling in Mexico he will put his country in DIRE economic peril. This was his best card to play and now he will retreat to the Presidential Palace and count the bribe money that he takes. Build a wall, build it high, and build it long but just build the damn thing! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-05-13 17:34 |
| #15 uhhh....yeah. |
| Posted by: shellback 2005-05-13 17:19 |
| #14 protest all you want too,whats it any your damn buisness in the first place |
| Posted by: Thraing Hupoluper1864 2005-05-13 17:03 |
| #13 Don't send back the illegals,.. Uhhh, no. Send them back, and disqualify them from returning for a decent interval, like say, fifteen years? ..and illegals, especially Mexicans, be sought out and deported with all possible speed. Well, there's millions of them already here, so we need to get started. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-13 12:35 |
| #12 I guess we now know exactly where we stand vis-a-vis Mr. Fox's Mexico. This protest would indicate that the border needs to be secured immediately and illegals, especially Mexicans, be sought out and deported with all possible speed. Sure, we can consider special legal accomodations for guest workers but only after we get the basics down and the situation under control. |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-05-13 11:51 |
| #11 I thought passports were a good idea until I read about all the Iraqis with UN passports in NZ, including full diplomatic immunity to its holder. The diverted KLM flight with Soddy's going to visit their diplomat father, a resident guest of Fox's, shows exactly where their loyalties are. The Spanish aristocrats slaughter the indigenous Indians and deliberately export their social problems north so they can enjoy their large haciendas without the poor peasants begging at the door. |
| Posted by: Danielle 2005-05-13 11:41 |
| #10 Further the Mexican Constitution says - "Only Mexicans by birth or naturalization and Mexican companies have the right to acquire ownership of lands, waters, and their appurtenances, or to obtain concessions for the exploitation of mines or of waters. The State may grant the same right to foreigners, provided they agree before the Ministry of Foreign Relations to consider themselves as nationals in respect to such property, and bind themselves not to invoke the protection of their governments in matters relating thereto; under penalty, in case of noncompliance with this agreement, of forfeiture of the property acquired to the Nation. Under no circumstances may foreigners acquire direct ownership of lands or waters within a zone of one hundred kilometers along the frontiers and of fifty kilometers along the shores of the country." Their own national document is full of xenophobic intolerance. One of the major contributions to the vibrant American economy is the investment by English, Dutch, Japanses, etc individuals and corporations in the property and commerce in the US. That is why there will never be effective economic reform in Mexico until a new revolution occurs. Don't send back the illegals, instead start forming the Ejercito de Liberation de Mexico from the tired, the poor, the unwanted. When the ultra corrupt pols start to see their necks in the rope, then they'll close the border. |
| Posted by: Phitle Criter4927 2005-05-13 11:40 |
| #9 Mark Z.: When you consider the implications of property tax, nobody in the US - citizens or otherwise - can be considered to own the land. Let that sink it for a minute. |
| Posted by: BH 2005-05-13 11:26 |
| #8 Not exactly, we foreigners can't own land on the coast to inward 50 miles. Let's face it, we'd buy it up. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-05-13 11:24 |
| #7 Fox is gonna be voted out of office. This is a desperate attempt to stir up anti-Yankee voters. We're gonna end up with a little socialist down there. I don't know his politics but most of the entrenched scumbag politicians in Mexico are afraid so maybe he won't be too bad. Then again maybe he's another idiot Chavez. Only time will tell but Mexico needs an enema and Fox has been unwilling or unable to do it. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-05-13 10:51 |
| #6 Sounds suspiciously like the ultimate case of meddling in another country's internal affairs. Anyone in Washington care to answer appropriately, or are y'all going to just bend over and spread your ass cheeks even wider? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-13 10:47 |
| #5 When I tell people this they don't believe me, but it's true. An illegal immigrant from Mexico is permitted to OWN real estate (the land and all improvments) in the USA. However, a US citizen is NOT permitted to OWN real estate in Mexico. Oh, you might "own" the house ON the land, but a non-Mexican can't "own" the ground the house sits on. It's against the law. Let that sink it for a minute...think about it. |
| Posted by: Mark Z. 2005-05-13 10:46 |
| #4 You're lucky, Vincente. If it was me, there'd be minefields going in. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-05-13 10:05 |
| #3 Hey, Mexico. Don't make us come down there again. Remember what happend last time to your presidential palace? Sit down and STFU. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-05-13 09:57 |
| #2 Article 33 of the Mexican Constitution - Article 33. Foreigners are those who do not possess the qualifications set forth in Article 30. They are entitled to the guarantees granted by Chapter I, Title I, of the present Constitution; but the Federal Executive shall have the exclusive power to compel any foreigner whose remaining he may deem inexpedient to abandon the national territory immediately and without the necessity of previous legal action. When you change your laws, come talk to us. |
| Posted by: Unogum Elmavirong8971 2005-05-13 08:56 |
| #1 Excluding illegals! Yes, by all means, take it to the U.N. It's called sovereignty. Passport, please. Refusing illegals driving priviledges! Knowingly failing to report an illegal to the INS should get the driver's license department clerk 30 days in jail. |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-05-13 08:31 |