Thread: Mexico's approach to human rights is 'schizophrenic

Amnesty International: Mexico's approach to human rights is 'schizophrenic'
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/ ... Rights.php
The Associated Press
Tuesday, August 7, 2007


MEXICO CITY: Amnesty International criticized Mexico's human rights policy as "schizophrenic," saying the country vigorously promotes rights abroad but fails to uphold them within its own borders.

"Mexico is a very prominent champion of human rights internationally," Amnesty Secretary-General Irene Khan told a news conference Tuesday after meeting with President Felipe Calderon. "But within Mexico, serious abuses of human rights continue, including torture, arbitrary detention and unfair trials."

Khan said the organization wants the administration of Calderon, who took office Dec. 1, to clarify its willingness to "put an end to this schizophrenic approach."

The president's office said that during their meeting he had stressed "Mexico's policy of total openness to examination by, and cooperation with, international human rights organizations." It also said he "reiterated the government's commitment to the promotion and protection of the fundamental human rights and freedoms of all Mexicans."

Calderon's office said Mexico has made progress on press freedom, public access to government information and judicial reforms, working to "guarantee public safety and combat organized crime while maintaining a firm commitment to human rights."

NOTE: Idiotic comments by Mexico's El Presidente:
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Khan acknowledged that Mexico's record has improved in recent decades, but said it still needs to advance in critical areas such as police accountability, judicial process and treatment of suspected criminals.

"The real test will be how the president reflects and implements human rights in his forthcoming legislative and policy reforms," Khan said.

In a statement late Tuesday, Amnesty criticized the deployment of army troops to perform police work, a measure Calderon has used in several states plagued by drug violence, saying the practice "is not a sustainable measure in the long term."

On Tuesday, Khan also noted recent political turmoil in the southern state of Oaxaca, where national and international organizations have documented arbitrary detentions and police abuses.

Khan said Calderon recognized there was impunity in Oaxaca and acknowledged that the judicial system impedes the federal government's ability to handle cases at the state level. Calderon also said his administration has sent Congress an initiative to change that, she said.

Mexico slams border shooting, US Congress for failing to pass immigration bill
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The Associated Press
Thursday, August 9, 2007

MEXICO CITY: Mexico on Thursday criticized the "excessive use of force" by American border authorities and slammed what it called insensitivity among U.S. legislators who failed to approve immigration reforms.

Tensions over the immigration issue boiled to the surface after an unidentified Border Patrol agent shot and killed the Mexican man, a suspected immigrant smuggler, at the fence that separates El Paso, Texas from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on Wednesday.

"The Mexican government expresses a firm protest against the use of lethal weapons in the face of situations that do not represent a proportionate risk," the Foreign Relations Department said in a statement. "Mexico reiterates its condemnation of the excessive use of force by U.S. immigration authorities on the border."

The statement said the Mexican consulate in El Paso had sent notes to the office of the border patrol, the FBI and local authorities, demanding an investigation into the shooting and that "all the weight of the law be brought to bear against the person or persons responsible."

The dead man, Jose Alejandro Ortiz Castillo, 23, had been caught crossing the border 28 times since 1999. He was carrying a bolt cutter and picked up a rock when the U.S. agent tried to detain a group of migrants, Border Patrol spokesman Doug Mosier said.

It was at least the third fatal shooting involving Border Patrol agents this year. In January, Agent Nicholas Corbett shot and killed an illegal crosser from Mexico in Arizona. Corbett, who has been ordered to stand trial in federal court on a charge of second-degree murder, has claimed self defense.

Last month, an undercover border agent in the San Diego area fatally shot an illegal immigrant from Mexico after the pair reportedly scuffled over control of a gun.

Mexico has suggested that guns are an excessive response to rock-throwing. The Border Patrol, meanwhile, says shootings are on the rise because more agents are being assaulted, and notes that its agents have suffered serious head injuries after being pelted with rocks and other projectiles.

Earlier Thursday, President Felipe Calderon unleashed some of his harshest criticism yet of the U.S. Congress, calling its members insensitive and saying they ignored reality by failing to pass an immigration reform bill in June.

The bill would have expanded guest worker programs and provided a path toward citizenship for many of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants now in the United States, about half of whom are Mexican nationals.

"The U.S. Congress, which today turns its back on reality, knows full well that the American economy could not move forward without the labor of Mexicans," Calderon said in his home state of Michoacan.

"The insensitivity of the American congressmen will only spur us to redouble our efforts for the full recognition of the enormous contribution Mexican migrants make to the U.S. economy, and for the respect of their human rights," he said.

Calderon argued that the United States should not try to cut off immigration, because Mexico's labor-intensive economy "clearly" complements the capital-oriented economy of its northern neighbor.

In June, Calderon claimed the U.S. Senate had made a "grave error" by killing the bill, and he has frequently criticized the proposed construction of a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Mexico Criticizes US on Immigration Bill
Associated Press 08.10.07, 7:53 AM ET
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/ ... 07724.html

MEXICO CITY - President Felipe Calderon unleashed some of his harshest criticism yet of the U.S. Congress, calling its members insensitive and saying they ignored reality by failing to pass an immigration reform bill in June.

The bill would have expanded guest worker programs and provided a path toward citizenship for many of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants now in the United States, about half of whom are Mexican nationals.

"The U.S. Congress, which today turns its back on reality, knows full well that the American economy could not move forward without the labor of Mexicans," Calderon said Thursday in his home state of Michoacan.

"The insensitivity of the American congressmen will only spur us to redouble our efforts for the full recognition of the enormous contribution Mexican migrants make to the U.S. economy, and for the respect of their human rights," he said.

Calderon argued that the United States should not try to cut off immigration, because Mexico's labor-intensive economy "clearly" complements the capital-oriented economy of its northern neighbor.

In June, Calderon claimed the U.S. Senate had made a "grave error" by killing the bill, and he has frequently criticized the proposed construction of a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.

This is our country and we have the right to use whatever means we need to to protect it and make sure our laws are enforced.

If the Mexican government doesn't like it " To Bad! " Tell your people that's the chance they take. What about the illegal that killed the students in Newark?

"The insensitivity of the American congressmen will only spur us to redouble our efforts for the full recognition of the enormous contribution Mexican migrants (illegal invaders) make to the U.S. economy, and for the respect of their human rights," he said.



ILLEGAL ALIEN "CONTRIBUTIONS" TO THE U.S.
2006 (First Quarter) INS/FBI Statistical Report on Undocumented Immigrants

CRIME
Â* Â*Â* 95 %Â* of Warrants in LOS ANGELES are for ILLEGAL ALIENS
Â* Â*Â* 83 %Â* of Warrants for MURDER in Phoenix Arizona are FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS
Â* Â*Â* 86 %Â* of Warrants for MURDER in Albuquerque New Mexico are for ILLEGAL ALIENS
Â* Â*Â* 75 %Â* of those on the most wanted list in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Albuquerque are ILLEGAL ALIENS
Â* Â*Â* 24.9 % OF ALL INMATESÂ* in California detention centers are Mexican Nationals here ILLEGALLY
Â* Â*Â* 40.1 % of all inmates in Arizona detention centers are Mexican Nationals here ILLEGALLY
Â* Â*Â* 29 % (630,000) Convicted ILLEGAL ALIENS felons fill our state and federal prisons at the cost of $1.5
Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*Â* Billion Annually
Â* Â*Â* 53 % Plus of all investigated burglaries reported in California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Texas
Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*Â* are perpertrated by ILLEGAL ALIENS
Â* Â*Â* 50 % Plus of all gang members in Los Angeles are ILLEGAL ALIENS
Â* Â*Â* 71 % Plus of all apprehended Cars stolden in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California were
Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* stolden by ILLEGAL ALIENSÂ* or "Transport Coyotes "
Â* Â*Â* 47 % of cited / stopped Drivers in California have NO License, NO Insurance, and NO Registration for the
Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*Â* vehicle of that 47 %,Â* overÂ* 92 % were ILLEGAL ALIENS
Â* Â*Â* 63 % of cited / stopped Drivers in Arizona have NO License, NO Insurance, and NO Registration for the
Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* vehicle of that 63 %, over 97 % are ILLEGAL ALIENS
Â* Â*Â* 66 % of cited / stopped Drivers in New Mexico have NO License, NO Insurance, and NO RegistrationÂ* for
Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*Â* the vehicle Of that 66 %, overÂ* 98 % were ILLEGAL ALIENS

BIRTHS
380,000 Plus "ANCHOR BABIES" were born in the U.S. in 2005 to ILLEGAL ALIEN PARENTS, making 380,000 babies automatically U.S. CitizensÂ* 97.2% of all costs incurred from those births were paid for by American taxpayers.Â*
66 % OF all births in California are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal whose births were paid by taxpayers

HOUSING
Â* Â* 300,000 plus illegal aliens in Los Angeles Country are living in garages
Â* Â*Â* Nearly 60 % of all occupants of HUD properties in the United StatesÂ* are illegal aliens.

TV & RADIO STATIONS
14 out of 31 TV stations in L.C. are Spanish only16 out of 28 TV stations in Phoenix are Spanish only
15 out of 24 TV stations in Albuquerque are Spanish only Â* 21 radio stations in Los Angeles are Spanish only
17 radio stations in Los Angeles are Spanish only Â* Â*Â* 17 radio stations in Albuquerque are Spanish only

SCHOOLS
34% plus of Arizona students in grades 1-12 are illegal aliens and 24% plus are non-English speaking
39% plus of California students in grades 1-12 are illegal aliens and 42% plus are non-English speaking
In Los Angeles County, 5.1 million people speak English - 3.9 million speak Spanish

SOCIAL SERVICES
Â* Â* Â* 43 % of all Food Stamps issued are to illegal aliens
Â* Â* Â* 41 % of all Unemployment Checks in the United StatesÂ* are to illegal aliens
Â* Â* Â* 58 % of all Welfare payments in the United States are issued to illegal aliens
Â* Â* Â* Less than 2 % of illegal aliensÂ* are picking crops but 41 % are on welfare

POPULATION
Â* Â*Â* Over 70% of the U.S. annual population growth (and over 90% of CA, FL, and NY) results from immigration

EMPLOYER PROFITS
Â* Â*Â* The estimated profit to U.S. corporations and businesses employing illegal aliens in 2005 was more than 2.36 trillion

TAXES
62 % of all "undocumented immigrants" in the U.S. are working for cash and not paying taxes, predominantly illegal aliens are working without a green card
The cost of immigration to the American taxpayer in 1997 (last known calculation by Professor Donald Huddle, Rice University) was a NET (after subtracting taxes immigrants pay), $70 Billion per year.Â* [What are the 2006 costs?]
The lifetime fiscal impact (taxes paid minus services used) for the average illegal alien is $55,000 cost to the American taxpayer in a 5-year span.Â* You personally pay $11,000 every year to illegal aliens.
JOBS (per Center for Immigration Studies - September 2006): Between 2000 and 2005, 4.1 million immigrant workers arrived in the U.S., accounting for 86% of the net inrease in the total number of employed persons (16 & older), the highest share ever recorded in the U.S. Of the 4.1 million, between 1.4 and 2.7 million are estimated to be illegal aliens.Â* Also, between 2000 and 2005, the number of young (16 to 34) native-born men employed declined by 1.7 million - at the same time, the number of new male immigrant workers increased by 1.9 million. [Do you still believe the gov't employment rate stats?]

This is why you can not integrate these two country's, Mexico just does not get it, they are to busy protecting the criminals and to hell with the good citizens of Mexico and the U.S..

They should be damn happy one of our border patrol agents relieved this planet of one of their scum bag criminals, but no instead they are offended. He was a criminal he has no civil rights!!

They are hopeless and we need to tell them to stay the hell out of it, if they are not willing to do what must be done to stop crime we need to cut ties with Mexico, and to hell with all those traitor American Corporations that were willing to for sake their country for cheap labor, you deserve Mexico and all that comes with it.


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