Thread: Mexico To Send Letter To U.S. Protesting Border Wall

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Mexico to send letter to U.S. protesting border wall

By TRACI CARL
The Associated Press

MEXICO CITY

Mexico was planning to send a diplomatic letter to the United States on Friday protesting the extension of a wall along the U.S.-California border, Mexican officials said.

Ruben Aguilar, a spokesman for President Vicente Fox, said early Friday the letter would be sent in the next few hours. He said Fox would also continue to pressure the U.S. government to approve a migration accord that would allow more migrants to work legally north of the border.

U.S. President George W. Bush proposed a temporary work program last year, but it has stalled amid opposition in the U.S. Congress.

Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said Thursday that Fox had instructed him to send the diplomatic letter with the message that the wall's construction was "unacceptable and not a solution."

The letter was Mexico's first formal protest of new U.S. immigration provisions that require states to verify that people who apply for a driver's license are in the country legally.

The provisions also make it harder for migrants to gain amnesty, and easier to override environmental laws to build a barrier along the Mexican border in California.

The new provisions were signed by U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday, and threaten to unravel recently patched relations between the United States and Mexico.

"We hope it doesn't make things worse than they already are, which is the obvious anger that building walls is not the way to resolve things along the border," Derbez said.

Fox and Bush were close friends after their elections in 2000, but relations between the two deteriorated after Fox opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq and Bush failed to pursue a migration accord amid terrorism fears.

Derbez said the Mexican government would continue to support the use of the country's consular identification cards, issued by the Mexican government to migrants living abroad.

Many migrants use the cards for official business, like opening bank accounts, boarding planes and getting a driver's license.

Some in the United States have argued the cards help people move illegally in the country, and they have lobbied U.S. cities and businesses to not accept them.

Published: Friday, May 13, 2005 10:36 PDT

It's good to see mexico and it's government making ranting comments -- it exposes their real agenda. As far as their thinking goes, invasion isn't illegal but rather a nice friendly gesture. The economic blackmail issue used again. 8-10 million Americans should just go down into mexico to illegally live and cause havoc and see how they would like it and rant.

mexico trying to protect its $40 billion asset -- stolen illegal Alien money.
mexico can wallow in misery and choke from its own corruption fault - Vicente Fox needs to learn the hard way and now he's crying.

Don't tread on U.S.

Where does this fool get off telling anybody that this is "unacceptable"?
He is unacceptable. His poor being dumped in my back yard is unacceptable. The Presidunce Jorge is unacceptable.

Originally Posted by Sixx

Where does this fool get off telling anybody that this is "unacceptable"?
He is unacceptable. His poor being dumped in my back yard is unacceptable. The Presidunce Jorge is unacceptable.

I know! The man is definitely an idiot. Like someone really cares about a stupid letter from him. Something is wrong with this guy's brain.
Fox needs to wake up and face some facts. He needs to help his own people, instead of providing coloring books on crossing the border. He has got to realize we don't want them here anymore than he wants them there. We just don't have the room, and our resources are going dry.
Fix your own problems, Fox!

Who cares if Fox is angry? I don't. It's more like he's saying..You slaves..get on across that border...send back puhlennnnty of American greenbacks.' He doesn't care what happens to them, as long as he keeps that money rolling in.

RR