Mexican President Condemns Border Fence
TEMOZON SUR, Mexico - Mexican President Felipe Calderon yesterday criticized the 850 miles of border fence that President Bush and Congress approved last year, saying there are better ways to stop illegal immigration.
"We do consider in a respectful way that we may truly stop the migration by building a kilometer of highway in Michoacan or Zacatecas than 10 kilometers of walls in the border," Mr. Calderon said during a welcome ceremony here, according to the official translation.
Mr. Calderon, who was sworn in as president in December, said it is time for Mr. Bush to re-establish the working relationship he had promised in early 2001, before the September 11 terrorist attacks reordered Washington's priorities.
"In a very understandable way, the priorities changed," Mr. Calderon said. "Nevertheless, I believe that it is now time to retake the spirit of those words and to direct our relationship toward a path of mutual prosperity."
Mr. Bush said the United States will enforce its immigration laws but reassured Mr. Calderon that Mexico and the U.S. are bound together including through U.S. companies that rely on Mexican labor, and Mexican families and the government that rely on the $20 billion in remittances sent home by those workers, many of them illegal aliens.
I fail to understand why other countries think they have a say in our national security. Thousands of American citizens are killed each year by illegals. This includes murder and deaths by drunk driving. Thousands of children become the victims of sex crimes by illegals every year. Thousands of dollars in illegal drugs are being smuggled into the country by illegals. This is not just a job/money issue.
We talk about the War on Terror, since Sept. 11, 2001, 45,625 Americans have been killed by illegal aliens and 14,600 American Children have been victims of sex crimes.
