Thread: Members of U.S. Congress Offer No Reaction to Blackmail

On Tuesday, four days after the bombings on the London transit system refocused Congress and the American public on the threat of global terrorism, former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that "No border security is possible without Mexican cooperation" and that "there can be no cooperation [from the Mexican government] without some sort of immigration reform package." Castaneda, now a professor at New York University, went on to describe immigration reform as amnesty for all Mexicans living illegally in the U.S., the admission of some 5 million additional Mexican citizens to the U.S. over the next ten years, and massive increases in U.S. aid to that country.

In exchange for the admission and legalization of millions of Mexicans, and billions of dollars in U.S. assistance, Castaneda said that Mexico would offer "tough" but "non-coercive" assistance in the effort to prevent terrorists from entering the U.S. via Mexico. Castaneda conceded that Mexico has lost control of its own southern border, and cannot verify the true identities of people to whom it has issued ID documents.

"Jorge Castaneda is not some obscure voice from Mexico's distant political past," observed Dan Stein, president of FAIR. "He served as foreign minister in the current Mexican administration. It is imperative that the Fox government issue a formal repudiation of Castaneda's remarks and assure the American public that their cooperation in the war against terrorism will not come at the price of extortion."

As disturbing as Castaneda's remarks were, the reaction of the senators to the extortion demands of a former top Mexican government official was even more disconcerting. Leading members of the Senate, including John McCain and Richard Lugar, seemingly accepted Castenada's demands for open borders as a legitimate price for even tepid Mexican cooperation in dealing with the terrorist threat.

"When anyone, much less a former foreign minister of a supposedly friendly nation, comes before a committee of the United States Senate, and issues ultimatums and thinly veiled threats against the United States, one would expect outrage and condemnation from members of Congress. Instead, we got meek acquiescence or deafening silence from the members who were present," said Stein. "If the government of Mexico is not prepared to join us in this struggle, without conditions, then they cannot claim to be an ally and our government must view them as such. Allies do not engage in extortion."

FAIR is calling upon the Bush Administration and Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice to formally protest Castaneda's demands with the Mexican government. "If Colin Powell were to make similarly outrageous demands in a foreign capital, we would expect a reply and repudiation from the American government. We should expect no less from the current government of Mexico," Stein said.

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Well iam not surprised are you? Iam in outrage and it simple is stupid to even consider such a plan.

Pro

former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that "No border security is possible without Mexican cooperation" and that "there can be no cooperation [from the Mexican government] without some sort of immigration reform package

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We aren't getting much cooperation from that corrupt, moron led banana
republic now. What we should tell Mexico is that if YOU do not cooperate with US your foreign aid will disappear and you will be billed for the expenses incurred for providing services to YOUR citizens in OUR country.

The nerve of these Mexicans never ceases to amaze me.

Call his bluff.

Is he a Professor of Moronic Studies at NYU?

Leading members of the Senate, including John McCain and Richard Lugar, seemingly accepted Castenada's demands for open borders as a legitimate price for even tepid Mexican cooperation in dealing with the terrorist threat.

Where are your guts?
Foxie should be YOUR lapdog.

Originally Posted by dataman

former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that "No border security is possible without Mexican cooperation" and that "there can be no cooperation [from the Mexican government] without some sort of immigration reform package

."
We aren't getting much cooperation from that corrupt, moron led banana
republic now. What we should tell Mexico is that if YOU do not cooperate with US your foreign aid will disappear and you will be billed for the expenses incurred for providing services to YOUR citizens in OUR country.

The nerve of these Mexicans never ceases to amaze me.

Call his bluff.

Is he a Professor of Moronic Studies at NYU?

Ditto

The blame lies totally with our Congress that invited the idiot to the hearing to begin with. This is the formerly prestigious US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This was a border security hearing. NOW TELL ME what this political candidate from Mexico was doing speaking at his hearing. NOW TELL ME what another invitee, the head of the Canadian Manufacturers and EXPORTERS Association was doing at this hearing.

WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THE HEARING!!

These stupid Congressmen and Congresswomen work for US.

WE want our borders sealed by American Border Patrol and American National Guard Troops.

WE don't want Canada or Mexico to have anything to do with our borders except keeping their people inside theirs and only allowing ours through that deserve to enter their country. We will decide who is allowed through into our country.

NOW, if this story amazes you read the one about the HOUSE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE that passed a Resolution suggesting we trade Amnesty for Mexican Illegals in exchange for opening up Mexico's National Oil Company to US INVESTORS!!

Congress has lost it's friggin' mind. The White House is occupied by a Maniac. The Supreme Court has become Land Grabbers for Condo Developers.

And, the American People are alone and unprotected.

OUR NATION CAN NOT SURVIVE WITH ALL THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT OPERATING AS LOONEY BINS FOR THE TERMINALLY WICKED!!

Members of U.S. Congress Offer No Reaction to Blackmail because they are scared and don't want to upset Georges bud fox. There is no intestinal fortitude in 98% on our elected officals

Looking forward to hearing what Tom Tancredo has to say about this.
I hope he comments on this.

[b]"there can be no cooperation [from the Mexican government] without some sort of immigration reform package." [b]

How can you be the answer and the problem too?

How can you be the answer and the problem too?

Third Worldom.

Exactly.

Israel is building a wall like the photo below:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v705/ ... r/wall.jpg

To build a wall like this would be far cheaper and more effective than what the Mexicans want. They will call it racist, we will call it cost effective!