Back in May of this year,
Mexican President knocked the Arizona law from the White House lawn:
What the MSM have ignored is how stringent Mexico's immigration policy is (more on that later). Well, lo and behold, Mexico is building its own fence along the border with Guatemala to keep out illegals!I kid you not! They are doing the very same thing that they are blasting America for even considering - the securing of our border! And the state-run MSM are totally ignoring it! From The Examiner:
Hypocritical Mexico is now building their own wall on border with Guatemala...press ignoresThe Inter-Press Sevice (IPS) is reporting that the head administrator of the Mexican Superintendency of Tax Administration, Raul Diaz, has confirmed that his government is building a wall in the state of Chiapas, along the Mexican/Guatemalan border.
The official reason is to stop contraband from coming into Mexico, but as Diaz admitted: "It could also prevent the free passage of illegal immigrants."
According to Mexico's National Commission on Human Rights, 500,000 people from Central America cross into Mexico illegally every year.
And the Guatemalan government is reacting the Mexico's wall just like Mexico is responding to the very idea of our own:
The executive coordinator of the National Bureau for Migration in Guatemala, Marila de Prince, told a local newspaper: "It is not a correct measure being taken by the Mexican government."
...(Erick ) Maldonado (executive secretary of Guatemala's National Council on Migrants) said the wall "is going to make the migrants' situation worse, because to meet their needs they are always going to find blind points where there are no migration or security controls, which implies greater risks."
Vice-President of Guatemala, Rafael Espada, said: "The walls are not the solution to the problems."
Oh yes they are! Which is exactly why Mexico is building one - it works. And Guatemalan officials are complaining that it will make it physically riskier for illegals to commit the crime of crossing into their country. That's right - the criminals might hurt themselves in the act of breaking the law. The IPS news piece can be accessed
at this link (hate it when people don't link to sources). But let me use the rest of this post to refresh your memory on what Mexico's immigration policy is all about. From Michelle Malkin:
Police state: How Mexico treats illegal aliensMexican President Felipe Calderon has accused Arizona of opening the door "to intolerance, hate, discrimination and abuse in law enforcement." But Arizona has nothing on Mexico when it comes to cracking down on illegal aliens. While open-borders activists decry new enforcement measures signed into law in "Nazi-zona" last week, they remain deaf, dumb or willfully blind to the unapologetically restrictionist policies of our neighbors to the south.
The Arizona law bans sanctuary cities that refuse to enforce immigration laws, stiffens penalties against illegal alien day laborers and their employers, makes it a misdemeanor for immigrants to fail to complete and carry an alien registration document, and allows the police to arrest immigrants unable to show documents proving they are in the U.S. legally. If those rules constitute the racist, fascist, xenophobic, inhumane regime that the National Council of La Raza, Al Sharpton, Catholic bishops and their grievance-mongering followers claim, then what about these regulations and restrictions imposed on foreigners?
– The Mexican government will bar foreigners if they upset "the equilibrium of the national demographics." How's that for racial and ethnic profiling?
– If outsiders do not enhance the country's "economic or national interests" or are "not found to be physically or mentally healthy," they are not welcome. Neither are those who show "contempt against national sovereignty or security." They must not be economic burdens on society and must have clean criminal histories. Those seeking to obtain Mexican citizenship must show a birth certificate, provide a bank statement proving economic independence, pass an exam and prove they can provide their own health care.
– Illegal entry into the country is equivalent to a felony punishable by two years' imprisonment. Document fraud is subject to fine and imprisonment; so is alien marriage fraud. Evading deportation is a serious crime; illegal re-entry after deportation is punishable by ten years' imprisonment. Foreigners may be kicked out of the country without due process and the endless bites at the litigation apple that illegal aliens are afforded in our country (see, for example, President Obama's illegal alien aunt — a fugitive from deportation for eight years who is awaiting a second decision on her previously rejected asylum claim).
– Law enforcement officials at all levels — by national mandate — must cooperate to enforce immigration laws, including illegal alien arrests and deportations. The Mexican military is also required to assist in immigration enforcement operations. Native-born Mexicans are empowered to make citizens' arrests of illegal aliens and turn them in to authorities.
– Ready to show your papers? Mexico's National Catalog of Foreigners tracks all outside tourists and foreign nationals. A National Population Registry tracks and verifies the identity of every member of the population, who must carry a citizens' identity card. Visitors who do not possess proper documents and identification are subject to arrest as illegal aliens.
All of these provisions are enshrined in Mexico's Ley General de Población (General Law of the Population) and were spotlighted in a 2006 research paper published by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Security Policy. There's been no public clamor for "comprehensive immigration reform" in Mexico, however, because pro-illegal alien speech by outsiders is prohibited.
Read the rest. Also back in May, I had this related post:
Audio: Rush Limbaugh Slams Mexico Prez Calderone On Immigration HypocrisyHere's the Blitzer interview:
By the way, since it is well known that Detroit is screwed up in a bad way, Laura Berman of the Detroit News has the solution. In essence, she has a fever, and the only prescription is more immigration:
Immigrants can help renew Detroit. Detroit is already a sanctuary city. Since Detroit already has a bunch of criminals living there, why not import more criminals? And that's going to help... how?
