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2005-05-14 Caribbean-Latin America

Mexico furious at tough US law on migrants

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Posted by tipper 2005-05-14 10:04|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Building walls doesn't help anyone build a good neighbourhood

Then stay off our damn lawn before we shoot your ass for trespassing.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-05-14 10:11|| 2005-05-14 10:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Good fences, etc...

Posted by gromgoru 2005-05-14 10:47|| 2005-05-14 10:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Then stay off our damn lawn before we shoot your ass for trespassing.

Landmines work well too.

Posted by Charles 2005-05-14 10:54|| 2005-05-14 10:54|| Front Page Top

#4 The Mexican response, especially Fox's bullshit about lodging diplo complaints (WTF?), strikes me as exceptionally stupid and counterproductive.

Since I would love to see this issue brought to the fore and US Law be applied and enforced, all I can say is "THANKS, FOX! You're a fucking idiot!" and I, for one, appreciate it! Lol! Wotta moron, heh.

More! Louder! Appeal to your Tranzi pals! Lol! Love this shit.

Posted by .com 2005-05-14 11:02|| 2005-05-14 11:02|| Front Page Top

#5 the more they squeal, the more fuel on the fire. Keep the spotlight on the roaches

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-14 11:54|| 2005-05-14 11:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Let me guess, Mexico is going to be so furious about it that it's going to limit the number of illegals crossing the border so as to hobble to American economy. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Posted by Zhang Fei">Zhang Fei 2005-05-14 11:55|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-05-14 11:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Well, I'm sure they work very hard to limit the number of Hondurans crossing the border...

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-14 11:57|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-05-14 11:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Why, yes, Phil, they do quite quickly kick their fellow latinos out. As their own Constitution says -
"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"

Posted by Elmilet Thavirong9735 2005-05-14 13:23|| 2005-05-14 13:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Oh, and another thing:

AndrÃ©s Manuel LÃ³pez Obrador, mayor of Mexico City, supported Mr Fox's stance. He said the problem of growing immigration could be âresolved by encouraging development in Mexico and Central America, not by building walls and using the border controlâ.

Well, it's not as if Mexico hasn't taken steps to limit investment in their country by people from the US. Most Americans wouldn't be nearly so aggravated by immigration from Mexico if we weren't being made the scapegoat for two hundred-odd years of bad management by people like Vincente Fox, Santiago Creel, and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-14 13:30|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-05-14 13:30|| Front Page Top

#10 For some odd reason that background color came out dark red. It was supposed to be brown, as in what these guys are full of...

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-14 13:32|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-05-14 13:32|| Front Page Top

#11 We can go without cheap labor longer than you can go without a paycheck, pal...

Posted by Angack Ulenter3693 2005-05-14 14:33|| 2005-05-14 14:33|| Front Page Top

#12 the money illegals send home to Latin America (90% Mexico) amounts to over $30 Billion in funds lost to the US economy. Annually. That ranks 2nd in Mexico's sources of income, after tourism. Closing the border to illegals is the answer, and if Mexico doesn't like it, we can shut off tourism til teh gov't falls, and our CIA minions install an acceptable substitute. Makes closing the borders sound downright reasonable, right Vicente?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-14 15:56|| 2005-05-14 15:56|| Front Page Top

#13 Is it just me or does it seem like every single contry that was once part of th Spanish Empire in the New World is an economic basket case with one industry economies with the possible exception of Chile. At least Ecuador had the godd sense to give up their own currency and adopt the dollar. Don't be suprised if some others in Central and South America do something similiar except it will be the Euro just so they get the satisfaction of telling Uncle Sugar to go F**k Himself

Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-05-14 16:08|| 2005-05-14 16:08|| Front Page Top

#14 the Euro won't look so good soon....IMNSHO

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-14 16:36|| 2005-05-14 16:36|| Front Page Top

#15 Latin American countries in general seem to alternate between feudalists pretending to be capitalists and feudalists pretending to be communists. Their new strategy is that it'll only work if they can convert the US to feudalism too.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-14 18:39|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-05-14 18:39|| Front Page Top

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