Thread: Pact Aims to Help Mexicans Living in Rural Parts of United S

When I have a heart attack over this I will blame Bush!!!



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Pact Aims to Help Mexicans Living in Rural Parts of United States

U.S.-Mexico partnership expected to help eligible Mexicans buy homes


By Eric Green
Washington File Staff Writer



Washington -- Eligible Mexicans in the United States will have access to U.S. rural development programs under a new partnership agreement signed by the U.S. and Mexican governments.

The agreement, announced May 13 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), expands access to the U.S. programs to underserved communities in need, especially the Hispanic community, in the United States.

Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns, who signed the agreement for the United States, said his agency "looks forward to continuing to work with Mexican authorities to enhance outreach to the Mexican community." He added that expanding access to USDA programs, especially to the Hispanic community, is a priority for the Bush administration.

Among its attractions, the U.S. rural development programs will provide loans and grants to eligible Mexicans (those in the United States legally) to purchase a home. Luis Derbez, Mexico's foreign affairs secretary, who signed the agreement for his country, said the U.S. programs contribute to the "enhanced well-being of eligible Mexicans who would otherwise not be able to own a home or improve their living conditions."

The USDA said the agreement is a component of its initiative to provide outreach to a wide range of immigrant communities, senior citizens, and the working poor. The agreement specifies that the Mexican embassy and Mexican consulates in the United States will distribute information on USDA rural development programs, including program eligibility criteria and the benefits of rural development programs.

In addition, the United States and Mexico plan to collaborate on community-based activities and events benefiting Mexican-Americans, Mexican nationals working within the United States, and migrant communities situated in U.S.-Mexican border and rural areas and in many metropolitan areas throughout the United States.

The USDA programs promote economic development in rural areas by offering support for water and sewer systems, housing, health clinics, emergency service facilities, and electric and telephone service.

The programs also support loans to businesses through banks and community-managed lending pools, and offer technical assistance and information to help agricultural and other cooperatives get started and improve the effectiveness of their member services.

President Bush says that while more and more people own homes in the United States, fewer than half of all Hispanics in the country are homeowners. At an October 2002 White House conference on minority home ownership, the president set a 2010 goal of increasing the number of minority homeowners in the United States by at least 5.5 million families.


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JOHANNS AND DERBEZ SIGN PARTNERSHIP TO PROMOTE USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

MEXICO CITY, May 13, 2005-Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns and Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Mexico Ernesto Luis Derbez Bautista today signed a partnership arrangement to improve access to USDA rural development programs for eligible Mexicans in the United States.

"USDA looks forward to continuing to work with Mexican authorities to enhance outreach to the Mexican community," said Johanns. "USDA administers 43 rural development programs designed to assist rural residents and communities increase their economic opportunities and improve their quality of life. Expanding access to these programs in underserved communities in need, especially the Hispanic community, is a priority for the Bush Administration."

"This partnership is the continuation of the firm cooperation established with the USDA, to inform and encourage qualified Mexican Nationals to take advantage of the benefits offered by rural development programs," said Derbez. "Within these programs, USDA loans and grants for housing contribute to the enhanced well being of eligible Mexicans who would otherwise not be able to own a home or improve their living conditions. This partnership is one of the actions developed by the Foreign Affairs Secretary to engage in promoting better conditions for Mexicans living in the US."

The arrangement signed today is a component of a USDA initiative to provide outreach to a wide-range of immigrant communities, seniors and the working poor. Under the specifics of the partnership, the Mexican Embassy and Mexican consulates in the United States will disseminate information on USDA rural development programs, including program eligibility criteria and the benefits of rural development programs. In addition the participants plan to collaborate on community-based activities and events benefiting the Mexican-Americans, Mexican nationals working within the U.S. and migrant communities situated in border and rural areas and in many metropolitan areas throughout the U.S.

The Embassy of Mexico and the Mexican consulates in the United States assist Mexican nationals with services relating to citizenship and function within Mexican American communities to strengthen their identity, enhance education and nurture cultural expressions.

Who are these people? Citizens of Mexico in the United States illegally?

Here comes the Settlement, Folks....BOY, are they working fast.

If Americans want to pay for this crap, they deserve what they get!

Great Article Ohflyingone!!

VERY REVEALING ABOUT THE DEPTH OF PLANNING THAT HAS GONE INTO THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN TO END OUR NATION.

When was this plan approved by the people of America?

Wait just a minute! No one consulted me about this. Were any of you told about this crappy pact? How many other 'pacts' are going on that we (the American people) haven't been told about?!

Bush has only 3 more years to finish his destruction of America. He is accelerating his plans because of the oposition. We are under attack by our OWN government!!!!!

Yes we are under attack by our government. It is a huge set up.



The power is in the dollar. Keep them, don't spend on anything unecessary. It will make a difference.

Originally Posted by ohflyingone

Bush has only 3 more years to finish his destruction of America. He is accelerating his plans because of the oposition. We are under attack by our OWN government!!!!!

Only 3 years? One month is too long with Bush in office.

What do we do with this Maniac in the Meantime?

We need immediate Congressional Hearings perhaps the Hearings will slow things down? All eyes upon him? Press forced to cover the Hearings?

The USDA said the agreement is a component of its initiative to provide outreach to a wide range of immigrant communities, senior citizens, and the working poor. The agreement specifies that the Mexican embassy and Mexican consulates in the United States will distribute information on USDA rural development programs, including program eligibility criteria and the benefits of rural development programs.

Homina, Homina, Homina...Blah, Blah, Blah. Don't you love this bureaucratic prattle? If these people had to get real jobs, they would starve.

ScareCrow, they will surely starve. When I hand out my pink-slips and they have to move to the country to afford a life, they may wish they hadn't handed out all our money to illegal Mexicans!!

This never ceases to mortify me.