Thread: Chile calls our border fence "racist"

hmmmm, This country is a million miles away from the border

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009617971


Chilean Senators Jaime Naranjo and Pedro Munoz authored the resolution on December. They said the wall is a racist policy that goes against various international human rights treaties. The Senate's Foreign Relations Committee warned against pushing through with the resolution since it may be interpreted as intervening into the U.S.' internal affairs. But the Senate nevertheless approved the resolution, with few legislators voting against it.

Tough Noogies.

Border fence? What border fence?

OUR political affairs being DECIDED by legislators of a FOREIGN government?! Isn't the US Congress THE place to transact AMERICAN issues?!

Just another idiot remark from an arrogant government. What do they know about the magnitude of this problem???

And just what in the hell is this any of Chile's business?





Chile Protests Construction Of U.S.-Mexico Border Fence
January 4, 2008 6:35 p.m. EST



Vittorio Hernandez - AHN News Writer
Santiago, Chile (AHN) - Chile has joined the growing number of nations against the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Chilean Senate passed a resolution formally protesting the continued building of a wall on the border, saying it is an insult to Latin American countries.

The resolution asks Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to order Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley to inform the U.S. government of its stand and to ask for a halt to the construction. It also sets a national policy to side with Mexico and other Central American countries if they will bring the issue to the United Nations.

Chilean Senators Jaime Naranjo and Pedro Munoz authored the resolution on December. They said the wall is a racist policy that goes against various international human rights treaties.

Have these people lost all grip on reality? Where is it racist for any country to protect it's borders? Where does a country protecting it's borders go against human rights?

The Senate's Foreign Relations Committee warned against pushing through with the resolution since it may be interpreted as intervening into the U.S.' internal affairs. But the Senate nevertheless approved the resolution, with few legislators voting against it.

Munoz told Santiago Times in today's world of globalization, walls are no longer acceptable, citing the fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany as evidence.

Construction of the wall started in 1994, part of the Operation Guardian border control program. in 2007, the U.S. authorized the expansion of the wall. When U.S. President George Bush signed in 2006 the bill that authorized the building of a 638.5-mile (1,100 kilometer) fence, Mexico condemned the American president. Mexican President Felipe Calderon said the new wall would only cause more Mexican deaths on the border.

Once again, ignoring the fact that Mexico is responsible for the deaths of it's citizens....not us.
If they were that worried about it, Mexico would not only stop encouraging and assisting it's citizens toward illegal behavior but they'd do something about constructing a barrier of their own.


Carlos Jimenez, Second Secretary of the Mexican Embassy in Chile, declined to comment on the Chilean resolution. But he said, "Mexico categorically rejects the construction of the wall on our common border." Jimenez pointed out, "There are other ways to deal with this issue without the necessity of building a wall."



Oh, you bet that there are other ways to deal with the issue, pal. Mexico should be thankful that we're just too civilized and humane to use those "other ways"

Pure and simple---self-serving interests. A border fence controlling illegal immigration would seriously harm the country's remmitances sent home from the US and endanger the business of drug smuggling and huge profits from illegal drugs.

I believe remittances and money orders sent outside the US should be taxed 25%.

Migrant remittances from the United States to Latin America to reach $45 billion in 2006, says IDB

New study estimates 12.6 million immigrants are sending home more money more frequently

Latin American migrants working in the United States will send around $45 billion to their homelands this year, up from some $30 billion in 2004, according to a report released today by the Inter-American Development Bank.

How in the world can 12.6 million people be sending 45 billion home? That's over 3 million each. What is really going on?

http://www.iadb.org/NEWS/articledetail. ... anguage=En

Related Link:
http://www.alipac.us/modules.phpname=Fo ... c&p=572244

Fences make good neighbors.

Originally Posted by MyAmerica

How in the world can 12.6 million people be sending 45 billion home? That's over 3 million each. What is really going on?

That's a very good question. And I would really love an answer.

Another third world using the race card. If we handled illegals like mexico does we wouldn't have this problem.

Originally Posted by IndianaJones

Originally Posted by MyAmerica

How in the world can 12.6 million people be sending 45 billion home? That's over 3 million each. What is really going on?

That's a very good question. And I would really love an answer.

Maybe it includes drug money.