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Barack Obama: I will repair our relationship with Mexico

I will repair the strained relationship with our southern neighbor


06:21 AM CST on Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Under George W. Bush, the United States has not lived up to its historic role as a leader in the Western Hemisphere. As president, I will restore that leadership by working to advance the common prosperity and security of all of the people of the Americas. That work must begin with a renewed strategic partnership with Mexico.

Mr. Bush took office vowing to make the Americas a top priority. But over the last seven years, the administration's approach to this issue has been clumsy, disinterested and, above all, distracted by the war in Iraq. Indeed, relations have not fully recovered since Mexico refused to fall in line with President Bush's rush to war.

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon just traveled across the United States but didn't even go to Washington, which isn't that surprising given how little Mr. Bush has done to improve relations.

Starting my first year in office, I will convene annual meetings with Mr. Calderon and the prime minister of Canada. Unlike similar summits under President Bush, these will be conducted with a level of transparency that represents the close ties among our three countries. We will seek the active and open involvement of citizens, labor, the private sector and non-governmental organizations in setting the agenda and making progress.

With our neighbors to the south, that agenda must include securing our border. The hard work of comprehensive immigration reform must be done at home; we will be a nation of laws and immigrants. But we also have to work with Mexico to crack down on both illegal immigration and transnational criminal organizations that threaten people on both sides of the border.

This will take new investments and new partnerships. Here's some of what we need to do:

•Increase technology and real-time intelligence-sharing to allow U.S. and Mexican authorities to track and dismantle drug-trafficking cartels.

•Invest in anti-drug education on both sides of the border to reduce demand for illicit narcotics.

•Make a concerted effort to disrupt arms smuggling and money laundering from the United States that supplies Mexican drug cartels with weapons and funds.

•Partner with Mexico to enhance the professionalism of its law enforcement and judiciary officials.

It's also time to develop a bilateral strategy for lifting up our border communities. Six and a half million Americans live in cities and towns next to the border, and 61 million Americans live in the four states that border Mexico. Too often we neglect the unique needs of these communities, which are integrated with their sister cities across the border. As president, I will work with state and local governments to enhance cross-border partnerships in transportation, law enforcement, environmental protection, health care and water usage.

At a national level, our diplomacy with Mexico must aim to amend NAFTA. I will seek enforceable labor and environment standards – not unenforceable side agreements that have done little to curb NAFTA's failures. To reduce illegal immigration, we also have to help Mexico develop its own economy, so that more Mexicans can live their dreams south of the border. That's why I'll increase foreign assistance, including expanded micro-financing for businesses in Mexico.

Finally, we have to recognize the connection between our rhetoric and our relations – both with Mexico and within our own borders. We can and should have a robust debate about immigration reform, but we should never demonize or scapegoat any ethnic group. Already, we have seen an unacceptable spike in hate crimes aimed at Latinos across America. This has proven divisive here at home, and it risks poisoning our relations with Latin America.

Our relationship with Mexico should serve as a bridge to greater security and prosperity in North America and to better relations with Latin America. But we cannot achieve this partnership unless we engage in sustained and focused diplomacy, and develop a more effective working relationship with our neighbor to the south.


Sen. Barack Obama may be contacted through barackobama.com


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This guy scares the crap out of me. What hate crimes? If any crimes are committed, it is mostly the uneducated Mexican male against Americans, especially women and children.

This guy is a bigger tool/fool than even LBJ was . Skull & Bones made a fool of him with Nam . Obama will not last that long . Soon as he passes the SPP agreement he's dead !

4 years of Obama would be worse than 8 years of Bush.

and just think of this Obammer for 8 yrs with Hillary as VP then she runs again and wins.

Free health insurance (because no one could afford to pay for it) No gun owner ship(they took them all up). But then on the bright side no illegal aliens( because they removed all borders and restrctions).

now I wonder what other countries have been down this path in the past...

Never mind contacting Obama through his website or his office. As a resident of Illinois, I gave his office a call to give my opinion on pending legislation and was told that the Senator votes his conscience, not what his constituency wants. So much for government of the people, by the people.

Originally Posted by ReggieMay

So much for government of the people, by the people.

If Lincoln were alive he would be aghast at what the politicians from Illinois have become. I think it was Lincoln who coined the phrase "Of the people, by the people, for the people".

Originally Posted by harleycritter

Free health insurance (because no one could afford to pay for it) No gun owner ship(they took them all up). But then on the bright side no illegal aliens( because they removed all borders and restrctions).

now I wonder what other countries have been down this path in the past...

The Soviet Union comes to mind.

Originally Posted by Bowman

Originally Posted by harleycritter

Free health insurance (because no one could afford to pay for it) No gun owner ship(they took them all up). But then on the bright side no illegal aliens( because they removed all borders and restrctions).

now I wonder what other countries have been down this path in the past...

The Soviet Union comes to mind.

seee seeee that a start.

I can't believe the teamsters are going to support him.


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