Thread: Govenors Agree To Work for Passage of Temp-Worker Program

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Governors will work towards migration plan

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is the only U.S. governor who stayed for the full meeting.

Wire services
July 16, 2005

TORREON, Coahuila.- U.S. and Mexican governors agreed Friday to work for the passage of a temporary-worker program for Mexicans in the United States and to ask both countries to declare the border a strategic security zone deserving of federal funds for public security, including anti-terrorism measures.

The governors, wrapping up a two-day conference, also pledged to stand together against the mistreatment of Mexican migrants, both legal and undocumented, who live in the United States.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson thanked California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for his "great enthusiasm" in backing the resolution on migration, while acknowledging it's a topic "nobody wants to talk about."

TABOO SUBJECT

"Immigration is a topic that nobody wants to talk about, but we did it effectively and we are going to continue this discussion" at the next annual border governor's conference, scheduled for Galveston, Texas.

Earlier Friday, Richardson met with six of his Mexican counterparts to discuss migration and ways to halt a wave of drug-fueled violence that has left scores of people dead along the border.

Presenting the details of a joint resolution reached Friday, Coahuila Gov. Enrique MartÃÂ*nez said the state leaders agreed to ask the federal governments of Mexico and the United States to declare the 2,000-mile-long (3,200-kilometer) border a "strategic zone" for security, a designation that would free up funds for public security programs, including anti-terrorism measures.

"Even though the issue of border security is the responsibility of the federal governments of Mexico and the United States, we recognize the importance of border security and the elimination of human trafficking," MartÃÂ*nez said.

On Thursday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry promised in a video speech to allocate an additional US5 million to support law enforcement along the border and said he had increased the number of state troopers in the area.

"One of the greatest challenges our nations face is cutting off the drug trade and ending the violence that it has brought to both sides of the border," Perry said.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger attended the meeting for a few hours before leaving late Thursday.

He did not address the gathering in his first official visit to Mexico. Still, he became the focus of attention, with Mexican reporters snapping his picture at every chance.

Earlier this year, Schwarzenegger drew criticism from Mexican officials after he praised U.S. civilian volunteer border patrols in Arizona.

The governors pledged Friday to take all necessary measures to oppose the mistreatment of Mexican migrants.

"We will demand respect for all citizens who go (to the United States) in search of a better quality of life," said Baja California Gov. Eugenio Elorduy Walther.

President Vicente Fox, who addressed the gathering in a video message, spoke against the border patrols and said Mexico will stand against anyone acting outside the law.

"We will demand that the human rights of migrants be respected," he said.

In April, volunteers with the Minuteman project patrolled the Arizona-Mexico border, drawing international attention and criticism. Organizers have said they will begin patrolling the border in New Mexico and Texas in October.

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, whose state has borne the brunt of illegal immigration in recent years, did not attend the meeting.

The governors also discussed cross-border violence connected to drug traffickers and youth gangs.

Cities on both sides of the border rely on tourists who cross over to shop and visit relatives. But recent violence, especially in Nuevo Laredo, has diminished that cross-border trade.


NUEVO LAREDO VIOLENCE

The violence in Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas, has left more than 80 people dead since the beginning of the year. It also prompted the U.S. State Department to issue a travel advisory alerting citizens to recent drugtrafficking and kidnappings on the Mexican side of the border.

The resolution reached Friday calls for better training for Mexican police, programs to prevent violence along the border, and the creation of a database containing the identities of members of criminal organizations, including the Zetas, a group of Mexican soldiers-turned-drug hit men believed to be controlling Nuevo Laredo.

Officials said law enforcement leaders also had begun work on a database of members of the Mara Salvatrucha and the MS-18, two of the most ruthless Central American gangs. Their members have spread to the U.S.Mexico border.

Looks like the "governors" on the US side didn't have much to say!

Wise Move.

I personally think everyone is getting "sick" of these people and all their "illegal" issues, eh?

Back home, we used to call this "wearing out your welcome"!

Originally Posted by Judy

Back home, we used to call this "wearing out your welcome"!

Hard to wear out something that wasn't welcomed in the first place.

My dad used to say company/visitors were like fish. They started stinking on the third day. :P Therefore, time to throw them out.

MopHeadBlue--GOOD ONE!!



(I meant with the politicians who "endured" their "whines" and bent over you know to get elected...or so they thought....now I think they would rather retire from politics than continue to deal with the "ilks" of ACLU, OBL, MALDEF, MEcha, la Voz Aztland, National Lawyers Guild, Southern Poverty Law Center, National Council of La Raza, 300 NCLR "Affiliates", La Raza Unidas, Brown Berets, LULAC, University Professors, and...blah blah blah blah blah).

They'd rather be at home with families watching a football game than listen to this "crap". I mean, Governors, are human, too. A rational mind can only take "so much" of this alien whining and self-induced endangerment and I KNOW the Governors must be getting really sick and tired of trying to balance their "budgets" which don't balance because of the cost to their state of "illegal aliens".

This is a great sign aliens have lost "favor" with the Governors and this is great, because Governors you know can activate National Guard Troops!!

Strategic zone?

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William!! Good Catch!!

WHAT IS A "Strategic Zone"?

Hmmm. Is this something that's in the "Security and Prosperity Partnership" Pact perhaps?

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, whose state has borne the brunt of illegal immigration in recent years, did not attend the meeting.

I don't think Gov. Mexicano is very committed to solving the problem of illegal immigration. Maybe she should be committed.

President Vicente Fox, who addressed the gathering in a video message, spoke against the border patrols and said Mexico will stand against anyone acting outside the law.

You aren't saying much about your fellow Mexicans who are illegally in this country or who are trying to enter illegally.
You speak out of both sides of your mouth.
Can't you EVER say anything intelligent??

Vincente Fox can NEVER say anything intelligent. To SAY something intelligent, one must first BE INTELLIGENT.

He graduated from Harvard. Can you believe that? Wonder What American Student Lost Their Seat to HIM and What They Are Doing Now?

Proof, he is, of the dumbing down of our universities. Harvard spurned its own good reputation by admitting the likes of Vincente Fox to its campus.

Bill Richardson cannot be trusted in the fight against illegal immigratiion!

You are right, BobC....Bill Richardson can not be trusted on illegal immigration or anything else. I've watched him on several interviews. Media likes him because he "blows" with the "wind". He is like Hillary....says whatever he "thinks" is popular at the moment. His speaking style is "vague" and "non-commital" and "general"....no matter what the issue is.

Listen closely the next time he's on a talk show.