Thread: Mexico Rebukes U.S. Candidates On Migrant Issues

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 01421.html


MEXICO CITY, Jan. 7 -- Mexico's foreign minister accused U.S. presidential candidates Monday of worsening an already "adverse climate" for Mexican migrants and vowed to redouble efforts to protect the rights of her country's citizens living and working in the United States.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of a conference for Mexican diplomats here, Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa Cantellano said, "Being effective in the defense and support of the migrants implies treating them the same way whether they are in Mexico or outside of the country." She did not specify what steps would be taken.

Mexican officials have said they are concerned that migrants are being treated unfairly in workplaces and, in some cases, being denied public services. The presidential campaign has frequently inflamed tensions on issues related to immigration.

"Given the adverse climate that prevails for the Mexican community in the United States, aggravated by the electoral debate in that country, we also have to give particular attention to the problems confronted by our migrants," Espinosa Cantellano told an audience of hundreds of Mexican diplomats.

Her remarks were the latest in a series of high-profile jabs at U.S. presidential candidates and lawmakers by top Mexican officials, and represent a dramatic rhetorical shift in Mexico's capital.

"Times are changing," Lorenzo Meyer, a historian in Mexico City, said in an interview. "In the past, when Mexico's foreign policy was based on a principle of nonintervention, it was a taboo for Mexican leaders to talk about internal affairs of other countries, especially the United States."

In November, Mexican President Felipe Calder¿n called migrants "hostages" of the presidential campaign and urged candidates not to use them as talking points. Calder¿n also criticized the U.S. Senate in June, calling its rejection of an immigration reform measure "a grave error."

Calder¿n has said that his administration will finance a media campaign to highlight immigrant success stories as a way of improving the public image of Mexican migrants in the United States. Espinosa Cantellano seemed to reinforce that point Monday, saying, "Part of our function is to emphasize and underline the great economic and social contributions of our fellow citizens to the communities in which they live and work."

Mexicans are particularly concerned that a change in administration in the United States could lead to even tougher border enforcement, preventing millions of Mexicans who cannot find work at home from migrating to the United States, Meyer said. More than 6 million undocumented Mexicans live in the United States, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.

"For Calder¿n's government, it's extremely important that Mexicans are able to continue migrating -- it's the country's escape valve. There's no way Mexico can produce enough jobs for all its working-age residents," Meyer said.

The Mexican media closely follow the U.S. presidential campaign, especially the debate about immigration. During Sunday's Fox News presidential forum, Republican candidate Mitt Romney accused Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) of favoring amnesty for undocumented immigrants, which McCain denied.

I thought they didn't speak English!

Those people need to butt out of our lives...

WHERE'S THE FENCE!

Why don't the Mexicans want to support Mexicans in Mexico?

Oh, that's right, why do that when US citizens are willing to pay for it...

Who really gives a rat's ass what mejico thinks???

Again, who cares what Mexico thinks. They are only out for Mexico. They don't care about us.

If they spent as much time and money on keeping their people home instead of trying to keep them in the United States then we might get along better.

Mexico's tourism is already at an all time low, they have No control over the drug cartels. Let's see what else they can do to tick off American citizens.

When the rich Mexicans start feeling the pinch in their pockets, what will they do?

Mexican interference into US domestic policy is an outright infringement upon sovereignty as recognized by long-standing international law.

Here's a definition (general) for those interested:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sovereignty

In any undergraduate political science field of study, usually within the first 2-3 semesters, is a requirement that all students complete a basic "International Relations 101" type course. In that course, just about any and every text on the subject will include a discussion about national sovereignty - what it is, it's historical context, how the concept is respected and enforced in law and practice, etc. Quite often, sovereignty is discussed in the first 1 or 2 chapters in such a text. So.... in short, it's a VERY BASIC and ESSENTIAL concept widely respected and known about in international relations and for a very long time.
Has the gov't of Mexico suddenly 'forgotten' about this principle? Oh, is it a desperate plea to simply achieve a certain result?

Well Mexico figures, we don't follow or enforce our own laws, and we have allowed Mexico and the US Elitists to dictate US policy on immigration enforcement.

Why should they think we enforce other rules and laws.

We are not enforcing the laws that mean the most to our Health, Safety, Education, economic safeguards, National Security, Quality of Life, etc .

When I say Our, I mean legal US citizens.


But by not following our OWN US Policy, we have been putting the welfare of Mexico first. We set the precedent, and now they are spoiled children, that want more more more.

Just like all of the other Politically Correct guilt trip laid on us in this country, by so-called civil rights groups for everyone but the white middle class, we will be expected to shut up in the name of being PC and nice, and let these idiots destroy us.

The rich elite of US and Mexico will have slaves, and income and THEY will be taken care of at our expense.

Moving to News from General Discussion due to the source of information.