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| Mexico may take fence dispute to U.N. |
| 2006-10-09 |
| The UN? Hold me Ethel! From Paris, lol. YJCMTSU. PARIS - 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. Parroting CF's (?) great line: The nerve we have! |
| Posted by:.com |
| #6 best of all possible worlds. We get the fence, lengthened and funded due to outrage from Mexican and UN intervention. The UN is discredited in Joe 6-pack's eyes. Mexican gov't is exposed for the hypocrisy-ridden (how're those southern border transgressors treated?) POS that it is, foisting their domestic problems on us. The Democrats and SEIU are exposed for pushing their interests ahead of those Americans actually eligible to vote |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-10-09 21:37 |
| #5 if we quit funding the corrupt UN, we wouldn't have to raise money for the new fence. |
| Posted by: anon 2006-10-09 21:01 |
| #4 I think that the French might be the last people on earth to give advice about immigration. |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-10-09 20:44 |
| #3 Might attract devotees of La Santa Muerta. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-10-09 20:39 |
| #2 Better yet, let's just take our nuke waste, pile it up between two fences all along the border and put up big Death symbols and signs that read, "If you cross this fence you will die!" |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2006-10-09 20:34 |
| #1 Land mines and machine guns. And crocodiles in the Rio Grande. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-10-09 20:16 |