It looks like Vicente Fox and his band of lawless border runners are still upset about the proposed border wall to be built along the U.S./Mexico border:

The Mexican government, angered by a U.S. proposal to extend a wall along the border to keep out migrants, has struck back with radio ads urging Mexican workers to denounce rights violations in the United States. Facing a growing tide of anti-immigrant sentiment north of the border, the Mexican government is also hiring an American public relations firm to improve its image.

Mexican President Vicente Fox denounced the U.S. measures, passed by the House of Representatives on Friday, as “shameful” and his foreign secretary, Luis Ernesto Derbez, said Monday the wall was “stupid.”

Once again, these people have missed the point entirely. It’s not the fact that they’re crossing the border to work or see family in the U.S. that is causing the problems; it’s the fact that they’re crossing the border illegally. Further, the only thing which is “shameful” or “stupid” is the fact that the Mexican government apparently approves of the illegal activity carried out by it’s citizens.

Fernando Robledo, 42, of the western state of Zacatecas, says the proposals could stem migration and disrupt families by breaking cross- border ties.

“When people heard this, it worried everybody, because this will affect everybody in some way, and their families,” Robledo said. “They were incredulous. How could they do this, propose something like this?”

Robledo, whose son and mother are U.S. citizens, predicted the measure “would unleash conflict within the United States” as small businesses fail for lack of workers.

He said many Mexicans felt betrayed by the anti-immigrant sentiment.

“We learned to believe in the United States. We have a binational life,” he said of Zacatecas, a state that has been sending migrants north for more than a century. “It isn’t just a feeling of rejection. It’s against what we see as part of our life, our culture, our territory.”

Their territory? Are they implying that Texas, or any part of the United States, is their territory? Talk about being taken for granted. Someone needs to explain to these morons the concept of international borders. And for the record, we are rejecting illegal aliens, not legal immigrants.

Mexicans are outraged by the proposed measures, especially the extension of the border wall, which many liken to the Berlin Wall. Some are urging their government to fight it fiercely.

“Our president should oppose that wall and make them stop it, at all costs,” said Martin Vazquez, 26, at the Mexico City airport as he returned from his job as a hotel worker in Las Vegas. “More than just insulting, it’s terrible.”

You know what? Nobody cares if you’re outraged by the border wall. Further, if anyone south of the border thinks that Vicente Fox can do anything other than say, “Thank you sir, may I have another?” they’ve got another thing coming. The Mexican President, whoever it happens to be at any given time, is probably the least useful or influential head of state in the hemisphere, if not the world. He isn’t going to make anyone stop doing anything.

The only reason that this wall is even being considered is because of the volume of illegal immigration which is entering through the Mexican border. Since the Mexican government has done exactly nothing to stop this illegal activity, the U.S, now has to take actions which is in it’s best interest. If the people in Mexico don’t like it, that’s just tough. Nobody asked them to begin with.

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