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May 16, 2006
Presidential Candidates on Illegal Immigration
Mexico is about to have an election too. Some have speculated that International ANSWER was partly motivated to sponsor such divisive protests by a desire to encourage the election of a leftist candidate in Mexico. But Obrador (the candidate) says that illegal immigration is Mexico's shame. In a way he is right since the Mexican government encourages emigration as a way to export its poverty problem, racism problem, and political dissent problem. Here is the article:
Illegal immigration to the United States is "Mexico's disgrace," caused by the government's failure to create enough jobs, the country's leftist presidential candidate said on Tuesday.Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who trails conservative Felipe Calderon in polls ahead of July 2 elections, accused President Vicente Fox's administration of causing the flight of millions of Mexicans to the north, which prompted President Bush to order National Guard troops to the border.
I did not watch the president's speech last night, partly because I was doing something else, but mainly because I long ago gave up on watching most American politicians speak. I can still watch the British Parliament, even though I disagree with pretty much all of them and do not know anything about half the issues they talk about. I read some excerpts and the plan seems ok. I think most hard-line illegal immigration opponents will be dissatisfied, but even though I would support a deport them all, throw their employers in jail, and put a machine gun manned fence up across the border policy, I realize I am in a minority on this. The ultimate workable solution is to put up a secure fence, deport the ones we do catch, and punish the people who hire illegals. Since we are not doing hardly any of that now, doing some consistently for a while will probably have a snowball effect. Bush's proposal seems to be a right step.
Posted by Pete at May 16, 2006 09:23 PM
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