Mexico Pleads for Fence Veto
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006Right on queue, Mexico’s President Vicente Fox pleads with the Bush Administration to veto the bill passed by Congress to pay for 700 miles of fencing on the southern border:
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico pleaded with President Bush on Monday to veto a Senate proposal to build a fence to keep illegal immigrants out, saying it could backfire by making the border less secure.
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly backed a bill on Friday to put up about 700 miles of fence, a project Republicans hope will impress voters calling for tougher immigration control ahead of November 7 congressional elections.
“The Mexican government strongly opposes the building of walls in the border area between Mexico and the United States,” President Vicente Fox’s spokesman Ruben Aguilar told reporters.
“This decision hurts bilateral relations, goes against the spirit of cooperation needed to guarantee security on the common border, creates a climate of tension in border communities,” he said.
All I can say is: Of course they want Bush to veto this bill! If this fence goes up and illegal immigration is reduced, Mexico’s economy will crumble. Mexico’s economy could not sustain the loss of all of the American dollars illegal immigrants are sending back to relatives in Mexico. As for the rest of Fox’s argument, that tensions will rise and security will be endangered, these are more of a threat than a result of the fence. The “spirit of cooperation” Fox talks about is this Administration’s willingness to give in to their every demand when it comes to allowing illegal aliens into America. If there were actual cooperation, Mexico would be patrolling the border as well to keep their citizens from illegally jumping the fence.
Mexicans are livid about the fence plan, which is seen as a slap in the face to efforts during Fox’s near-completed six-year term to come to an agreement with Washington on immigration.
Boo-hoo! All Fox has done for six years is to plead with Bush to allow the illegals to continue to cross the border unfettered. As long as the cash keeps rolling into Mexico there will never be an agreement on immigration between the U.S. and Mexico.
Build the fence. Enforce the border. Protect U.S. citizens. I thought I read somewhere that this was the mission of our government.
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October 3rd, 2006 at 8:53 am
I run a business in a small town with high unemployment. One of the largest industries in this area is chickens. Some of the big players in our area like Tyson hire who ever shows up willing to work, and that includes some illegals. There are some smaller players who actually go to mexico and run ads to recrute workers for the chicken houses. If I put aside the fact that I served in the military and speek purely as a business man, I really do not care who has the jobs as long as they spend money in my store. The trouble is that the illegals only spend enough money locally to cover food and shelter. If you want to find the rest of the money that my customers do not have just look at the line at the Western Union office every pay day.