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Mexico has nothing to say about wall

Mexico has nothing to say about wall The article ("The other side of the fence," Dec.21, Page A-1) about Mexico's reaction to a proposed bill to tighten border security was very enlightening. I was dumbfounded by Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez's comment that "Mexico is not going to bear, it is not going to permit and it will not allow" the wall. Since when does one country dictate what another can do to secure its borders? A comment by Fernando Robeldo ( "U.S. wall proposal agitates Mexicans," Dec. 21, Page A-18) sums up the problematic thinking of those coming into the

Mexico warning on US border wall

Mexico warning on US border wall The construction of a wall is not the answer to illegal immigration into the US, the Mexican president has said. Immigration was the most pressing challenge in ties with the US but also their greatest opportunity, Vicente Fox said on the second day of his US visit. It comes amid fierce US debate over an immigration reform bill which could benefit millions of Mexican migrants. More: news.bbc.co.uk

US-Mexico border wall would be ’disgraceful’ - Fox

US-Mexico border wall would be 'disgraceful' - Fox Mexican President Vicente Fox denounced as "disgraceful and shameful" yesterday a proposal to build a high-tech wall on the US-Mexico border to stop illegal immigrants. Concerned about the huge numbers of illegal immigrants streaming across the border and worried it could be an entry point for terrorists, a US lawmaker has proposed building two parallel steel and wire fences running from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Coast. But Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has said a wall running the length of a border would cost too much. Mexico has expressed indignation

Mexico seeks international support against deadly US border wall

Mexico seeks international support against deadly US border wall US lawmakers proposed to build some 700 miles of barriers to stop illegal immigration from the South. Sixteen years after the fall of the Berlin wall, another barrier of bricks is being fuelled to separate two nations and stop immigration. A proposal by U.S. lawmakers to build some 1,130 kilometers of barriers along their nation's southern border as part of efforts to stop illegal immigration has irritated Mexicans, who are seeking international support to block Washington's plans. The Mexican Congress is asking legislatures in Spain, Portugal and Latin American countries to join a coalition

Mexico’s Congress seeks support against US wall

Mexico's Congress seeks support against US wall The Mexican Congress is asking legislatures in Spain, Portugal and Latin American countries to join a coalition against a proposal by U.S. lawmakers to build some 700 miles of barriers along their nation's southern border as part of efforts to stop illegal immigration. The request is contained in a letter drafted by the speaker of the Mexican lower house, Heliodoro Diaz. "I hereby ask you, in an act of unity among Ibero-American Congresses, that you share our concern about and condemnation of (the U.S. wall), and that you express the deepest solidarity with the

Mexico angrily vows to block proposed U.S. border wall

Mexico angrily vows to block proposed U.S. border wall The Mexican government, angered by a U.S. proposal to extend a wall along the border to keep out migrants, pledged Tuesday to block the plan and organize an international campaign against it. Facing a growing tide of anti-immigrant sentiment north of the border, the Mexican government has taken out ads urging Mexican workers to denounce rights violations in the United States. It also is hiring an American public-relations firm to improve its image and counter growing U.S. concerns about immigration. Mexican President Vicente Fox denounced the U.S. measures, passed by the House of

Garza says Bush is opposed to wall along Mexico border

Garza says Bush is opposed to wall along Mexico border U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza said Thursday that the Bush administration is against proposals to build a wall along the United States' entire southern border. "The president is aware of the concerns of critics who would like to build a wall around the United States," Garza told a small group of foreign correspondents. "As the former governor of Texas, he knows that such proposals are both unrealistic and undesirable." Some lawmakers have proposed building a wall from California to the Gulf of Mexico to stop the millions of undocumented workers who sneak

Mexico’s Congress seeks support against US wall

Mexico's Congress seeks support against US wall The Mexican Congress is asking legislatures in Spain, Portugal and Latin American countries to join a coalition against a proposal by U.S. lawmakers to build some 700 miles of barriers along their nation's southern border as part of efforts to stop illegal immigration. The request is contained in a letter drafted by the speaker of the Mexican lower house, Heliodoro Diaz. "I hereby ask you, in an act of unity among Ibero-American Congresses, that you share our concern about and condemnation of (the U.S. wall), and that you express the deepest solidarity with the

As America builds security wall with Mexico to stop illegal immigration, it forgets the real culprit – outsourcing from Asia

As America builds security wall with Mexico to stop illegal immigration, it forgets the real culprit – outsourcing from Asia The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Dec. 16 to build a wall along the United States'' border with Mexico to stop illegal immigration. But American has forgotten the real culprit that is dragging this superpower down – outsourcing from India, China and other Asian countries. While illegal immigration must be stopped, the same effect on the economy and may be worse is felt through greedy businesses sending jobs abroad in the name of outsourcing. America is divided between haves and have-nots.

Schwarzenegger: Border fence with Mexico is return to the Stone Age

Schwarzenegger: Border fence with Mexico is return to the Stone Age California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has come out strongly against tough immigration proposals Monday, including the construction of a fence along the border with Mexico - an idea he called going back to the Stone Ages. I think that it will be ludicrous to limit yourself to just building a wall, Schwarzenegger said in an interview with US television network ABC. Were going back to the Stone Ages here. We are landing men on the moon and in outer space using all these great things. I think that other technology really