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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| Mexico Seeks U.S. Immigration Changes |
| 2004-11-06 |
| Mexico is holding out hope that Latin America will get more attention during President Bush's second term and obtain changes in what a senior Cabinet minister calls ``absurd'' U.S. immigration policies. Secretary of State Colin Powell, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and several other U.S. Cabinet members are expected to begin a two-day visit to Mexico City starting Monday. During the talks, Mexico will push for a long-awaited accord on migrants' rights - and seek to put the region back on the White House agenda. ``It's absurd that (the United States) is spending as much as it's spending to stop immigration flows that can't be stopped ... instead of using that money on real threats that pose risks for both countries,'' Interior Secretary Santiago Creel said earlier this week. Creel said he sensed ``an openness to talking about immigration issues'' but warned against ``raising expectations beyond what is politically viable and really possible,'' a reference to resistance among U.S. legislators, despite a pair of temporary worker bills already before Congress. Mexico acknowledged it suffered a setback in the Nov. 2 elections, when Arizona voters approved Proposition 200, a ballot initiative aimed at keeping illegal immigrants from voting and obtaining some government services. snip. It is hard to tell where to start with these assholes. I have a lot of sympathy for the average Mexican who is trying to come to America to earn a few bucks. But the country is run by a thin crust of crooks who do little to ameliorate the problems of that average guy. Then they have the temerity to tell us their failure is our problem to solve. They are just another third world country with oil. The big difference is they don't have muslims and are next door to us. Somehow this makes all their problems ours. If we do anything for these jerks, we should be allowed to make Mexico a protectorate and clean the place up. They opposed us in Iraq and, while they were alies in WWII, it was in a very French way. Recent events have shown that there is a solution to this problem that works. And it is only three words long. Build a wall. |
| Posted by:Mrs. Davis |