Faced With These Facts, Mexico Still Has The Gall To Be Indignant
Posted by Bernard in Border Fence, Congress, Economics, Illegal Immigration, Mexico, News, Politics, Pres. Bush Thursday December 20, 2007 at 9:30 am

Consider the following facts, as reported by Fox News (H/T: Hyscience).

First:

The number of foreign residents in Mexico grew from 340,000 people in 1990, or about 0.42 percent of the population at the time, to about 493,000 in 2000, or about 0.5 percent, the last year for which data is available.

More than two-thirds of the foreign residents are from the United States, and many of those are of Mexican extraction.

Second:

… the Mexican-born population living in the United States increased from about 800,000 in 1970 to more than 11 million in 2006.

The majority of Mexicans now living in the United States — 6.2 million — are undocumented …

Almost 30 million people in the United States are direct descendants of Mexico migrants …

Third:

… 68 percent of Mexicans who migrate or try to migrate to the United States do so without documents and 55 percent of them hire immigrant smugglers.

Now consider where the Mexican government may go as a result of a provision in Congress’ Omnibus Spending Bill that is awaiting President Bush’s signature (reported by the San Diego Union Tribune):

The Mexican government is considering blocking U.S. exports, such as pork and rice, should Congress cut off funding for a cross-border trucking program, as is expected to happen within days.

“We learned that the Mexican government has recently been undertaking an exercise to estimate the impact of retaliating against the U.S. if this pilot program is halted,â€