This is a transcript from Lou Dobbs' show--January 16, 2006:
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CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): U.S. ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza has finally had enough of Mexico's outrageous claims that the United States embraces the ideals of Adolph Hitler, is responsible for the deaths of thousands of illegal aliens attempting to sneak into the country, and is building the equivalent of a Berlin wall along our southern border.

VICENTE FOX, MEXICAN PRESIDENT (through translator): It's a very bad sign which does not speak well of a country that is proud of being democratic.

WIAN: In a news letter dated Friday, Garza strikes back. On the deaths of border-crossing illegal aliens, he writes, "They're tragic," but adds, "Perhaps a greater effort by other governments to discourage their citizens from illegal crossings would help. And more robust efforts by the Mexican government to create well-paying jobs for its citizens would dissuade many from making the dangerous and illegal crossing." Until now, the Bush administration's response to Mexico has been limited through remarks such as these.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We are going to enforce the borders as best as we possibly can. It's our duty.

WIAN: On the proposal to fence about a third of the southern border, Garza writes, "Comparing that to the Berlin Wall is disingenuous, intellectually dishonest and personally offensive. The Berlin Wall was built to keep people trapped inside... does anyone honestly remember waves of people climbing over the Berlin Wall heading east?"

The ambassador calls allegations of racism by the United States Mexico's most pernicious claim, writing, "There is no human right to enter another country in violation of its laws."

Garza points out that the U.S. issued 940,000 visas to Mexicans last year, including 80,000 work visas and 36,000 immigrant visas.

Garza urges the Mexican government to help resolve difference and perception of illegal immigration issues, writing that "Avoiding the excessive, often irresponsible and almost always inaccurate statements made in recent weeks would be a good place to start."

WIAN: Though Ambassador Garza's words are refreshingly blunt, they were issued in a newsletter that's not even posted clearly on the embassy's Web site. And it was dated the Friday before a holiday weekend. So it has received very little attention. Our calls to the embassy about the stealth, tough talk were not returned -- Lou.

DOBBS: It's a remarkable statement by Ambassador Garza, and one that's well overdue because President Vicente Fox's government is corrupt, it's incompetent, and he is leaving office with only the shadow of any respect on the part of the Mexican citizens.

Why did it take so long even in this veiled and diffused form for our ambassador to Mexico to react?

WIAN: It's hard to say, because a lot of border security activists have been calling for a tough reaction from the Bush administration for months and months. These statements by Vicente Fox's government, by the Catholic Church's representatives in Mexico, they're regard as outrageous and in need of a direct and clear response from the U.S. government. And that's what we got from Ambassador Garza -- Lou.

DOBBS: And the fact of the matter is, Ambassador Garza may have just run the risk of being recalled to Washington because everything he said is an absolute opposition to this administration and its failure to protect our borders and to do anything about the massive illegal immigration across our border.

WIAN: Well, and you make a good point, because we've seen that happen before with Robert Bonner when he was making some statements about border security policy that were going against what the Bush administration wanted. They went back on that really quickly.

DOBBS: And to hear, as you reported, that remark by President Bush, "It's our duty to protect our borders," it is a remarkable piece of irony to hear those words even fall from his lips.