One Reporter’s Opinion — Mexican Laws Are Strict on Illegals
Thursday, November 1, 2007 2:11 PM
By: George Putnam

It is this reporter's opinion that when it comes to our shameful immigration situation, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and the outgoing president, Vicente Fox, are one and the same.

Both are outspoken and critical of U.S. immigration law enforcement. Both support amnesty for all illegals from Mexico. Both continue to use their consulates in the United States and activists — La Raza, MEChA, etc. to meddle in our affairs.

The recent case of a Mexican rapist-murderer now on death row in Texas illustrates the problem. His name is José E. MedellÃ*n. He was convicted and sentenced to death after he confessed in 1993 to the savage rape and murder of two teenage girls in Houston.

At this late date, his legal representation again resorts to the courts claiming that under the Vienna Convention aliens accused of crimes in a foreign country are required to request the assistance of consular officials from their country.

MedellÃ*n never requested such assistance until after all of his appeals were denied.

Incredibly the Bush administration knuckled under to the World Court, formally known as the International Court of Justice, and ordered the Texas courts to give MedellÃ*n another hearing.

In this case, we find the Bush administration in opposition to our government and the courts of his own state of Texas.

Let’s take a look at a glaring contrast between our own lack of enforcement of illegal immigration and Mexico’s very strict immigration laws enforced by every police agency in the country. Two excellent sources on the subject are American citizen Allan Wall, who resides in Mexico with a permit issued by the Mexican government, and John W. Slagle, a U.S. Navy aviation veteran and Border Patrol engineer with service spanning 30 years.

Wall and Slagle cite Article 33 of the Mexican Constitution that specifically authorizes immediate expulsion of any foreigner whose presence the Mexican government deems objectionable.

Foreigners may be barred from the country if their presence upsets “the equilibrium of the national demographics.â€