Thread: US Congress voted to send $1.4 billion to Mexico?

Here is Congressman Ted Poe's view on this expense. Too bad other member's of Congress did have the same view. Instead our tax money had been tossed to a government that will only give it to the drug cartels and stab us in the back.



This week, the US Congress voted to send $1.4 billion to Mexico and Central America to combat drug-trafficking in their countries. I voted AGAINST this bill because it did not allow for one red cent to be spent in our own country to fight the violence on our side of the southern border. While I fully support the efforts to aid our neighbors in their latest attempt to regain control of the border region, I do not agree that it is a one-sided war.

I just returned from Cameron County along the Texas/ Mexico border and let me assure you the violence is not just south of the border. I have been from one end of the Texas border to the other and I understand the gravity of the situation and the domestic consequences of the warring cartels in Mexico. It is imperative that we address the situation in Mexico, but it is irresponsible to do so while ignoring the fact that our side of the border is already infested with drug related crime and in desperate need of funding. Our border sheriffs are outgunned and outmanned by the cartels' hired guns, many of whom were trained in the US.

According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), there have been over 250 incursions by suspected Mexican military units into the US in the last ten years. In addition, kidnappings on both sides of the border and assassination of Mexican law enforcement continue to rise at an alarming pace.

Past agreements with Mexico to fight drug trafficking in their country have proven disastrous. Many members of the notorious ‘Zetas’ were Mexican military trained in our own country. Mexican officials originally supported the $1.4 billion gift, but then refused to take it if it was subject to US oversight. If that’s not a red flag, I don’t know what is.

Our border sheriffs’ needs in combating crime are just as important as those of Mexico and Central America. I cannot support a BILLION dollar effort that ignores our same needs while our border protectors have to beg, borrow and confiscate just to have enough to get by. And that’s just the way it is.

God and Texas,

TED POE
Member of Congress
TEXAS

We are fueling our own demise. Ron Paul is right. We need to send patriots into our government. There seems to be men and women who would sell themselves, their country and probably their very souls for money!

It's clear to me our Congress is only looking out for the NAFTA Elites . Nothing is being done for our country in this open border scam . Also it's clear that Chris Dodd did change the wording on this "Scam" so Mexico would accept it . Thought we where broke ? But . No. Not when it's to make sure the Rich get their due useing taxpayers money . Boy i'm dissapointed

Another Congressman who spoke out strongly on the floor of the House against Merida Inititative funding was Rep. John Culberson (R-TX-7th). You can contact Reps. Poe and Culberson to thank them for speaking out against giving more U.S. taxpayer funds to the Mexican government at:

http://poe.house.gov/
http://culberson.house.gov/

Also, does anyone know, please, the reference to the Roll Call vote on the Merida Initiative so that we can check our representative's vote? Thank you.

I thought that Mexico's rejection of our previous offer because of our demands that Mexico CLEAN UP its CORRUPT government and END its VICIOUS assault on human rights would have been a REAL lesson to Congress!

Sending any money to Mexico just shows our government is made up of idiots and traitors!

Originally Posted by CCUSA

We are fueling our own demise. Ron Paul is right. We need to send patriots into our government. There seems to be men and women who would sell themselves, their country and probably their very souls for money!

No strings attached.Wow.All King Goerge has to do now is declare Martial Law.And we Americans are at war .Congress will be shut down.The election will be postponed
The Mirida is the same as the NORCOM Agreement 2 Foriegn Armies poised to attach Americans from within.If we become unruley
Remember NAU by 2010
Every single day our Country is being torn away from us.Thanks to our Politicians.Unbielievable

We could build alot of fence with that money.

The criminals are running everything.

Mexico is making LOTS of money off the US:

$ 1.4B ---- Merida Initiative
$ 24 B ----- remittances from Mexican workers in the US
$ 70B ----- NAFTA trade imbalance favoring Mexico

so about $95 Billion out of the US economy and US pockets... not counting the taxes that are NOT paid by those workers who send $24B home every year... of course representing money NOT earned by Americans who have to have two jobs now to survive......

Originally Posted by joazinha

I thought that Mexico's rejection of our previous offer because of our demands that Mexico CLEAN UP its CORRUPT government and END its VICIOUS assault on human rights would have been a REAL lesson to Congress!

Yeah I thought they really said just a minute we are going to see what the money will be used for. Now they are sending it?
Wow, we can send money and bend over for mexico, cause they DEMANED the money right? Well are we suppose to KISS their AZZEZZZ because they DEMAND IT???????
What gets me is all the BS that we are having to do for these people who come here and take over our country and our money, and next it will be our life? How much more can we take? We the AMERICAN taxpayer will be footing this bill, and congress is laughting there azzezzz off, they see to IT where OUR taxpaying MONEY goes, into the people who call us RACIEST, rape amd murder our children and women. Gang Bangers. MS 13 that we have to put up with and the LARAZA group that will buy weapons to kill more AMERICANS. They will use the money to get MORE
DRUGS into the USA, and more DRUG RUNNERS that are ILLEGAL.