Posted by
Playful Walrus on Tuesday, October 09, 2007 1:09:47 PM
Illegal aliens are back in the news in a big way, and the racism card gets played yet again. Let’s see… first up is a man who used to officially oversee the extremely corrupt government of Mexico, Vicente Fox,
as reported by Diego A. Santos in the Associated Press.
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox said Monday that the United States is letting racism dictate its policies, especially when it comes to immigration.
The
illegal alien invasion and
immigration are to completely different topics. Fox is talking about illegal aliens.
*The xenophobics, the racists, those who feel they are a superior race ... they are deciding the future of this nation," he said, without naming names, in an interview with The Associated Press.
Here is a guy who was in charge of a country that did everything it could to keep Guatemalans from entering his country illegally, and yet we’re not supposed to be able to control our border with Mexico? Fox wants to control the future of the U.S., apparently. Sorry, Fox… while there may be millions of people living here who voted for you, citizens of the U.S. will control the future of the U.S.,
and we have every right to set our border control and immigration policies in a way that benefits us, not the illegal alien invaders.In his first interview to promote his new book, "Revolution of Hope," Fox applauded President Bush's desire to pass an immigration accord that would allow more Mexicans to work legally in the U.S.
But he criticized Bush for failing to pass the promised reform.
See, that’s one of the big differences between the U.S. and Mexico. Despite what the extremists here say, we are not controlled by a corrupt oligarchy that controls the Presidency. The people can still exert control. And we did. Too bad for you!
"To be so repressive isn't democractic or free ... to be putting up fences, chasing Mexicans, that isn't right," Fox said. "The U.S. needs better answers than repression, weapons and violence."
THEN STOP SENDING YOUR POOR TO LIVE OFF OUR TAX DOLLARS AND STOP SENDING YOUR CRIMINALS, WHO CAN MURDER OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND THEN SCURRY BACK TO MEXICO TO AVOID THE DEATH PENALTY.Oh, put Fox wasn’t the only one.
The current Mexican President also chimed in.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon criticized the planned U.S. border fence designed to stem illegal immigration, saying countries should be "building bridges, not fences" in an interview broadcast on Monday.
Yeah, that would be ideal, but you see, we have a country to protect and we also are tired of the tens of millions of your poor flooding into our country.
On ABC television's "Good Morning America," Calderon lauded President George W. Bush's failed attempt to get the U.S. Congress to approve comprehensive immigration reform, and said the way to stop illegal immigration is to build economic growth and opportunities in Mexico, not fences.
And that is supposed to be the U.S. government’s job? NO! It is
your job to clean up the corruption in Mexico and allow your people the chance to make a better life in Mexico.
Asked about estimates that Mexicans in the United States illegally send home $20 billion to their families, Calderon said the exodus is not a boon to the Mexican economy because the country is losing ambitious young people.
Ha! His people come here and get medical care and education and other taxpayer assistance, all while sending back money to Mexico, and he says it isn’t a boon? What a crock.
He mentioned complaints by U.S. farmers that the crackdown on migrants meant they did not have enough workers to harvest their crops, and said "capital and labor are like right shoe and left shoe."
Yeah, we’re getting to that next.
A story on NBC11.com tries to scare everyone by saying that protecting our borders is killing the agriculture business.
Farmers in and around Northern California are starting to feel the pinch from tighter border security and visa requirements, NBC11's Daniel Garza reported Monday.
Some farmers told Garza they expect some of their fields to remain unpicked.
Some said they believe their fields will end up filled with rotting produce.
Oh well. Maybe you should pay more to attract Americans or legal immigrants?
The Bush administration has learned of the possible loss of millions of dollars for thousands of farmers throughout the country, and is attempting to loosen visa requirements for workers.
However, farmers told Garza the attempt is "too little too late."
Somehow, I have failed to notice a decrease in illegal aliens. The Spanish media is still doing great business, for example.
Experts expect the impact on agribusiness to affect Americans' pocketbooks, Garza said.
I’m willing to pay more for food as long as it means it will be tougher for terrorists to sneak into the country and there will be fewer illegal aliens clogging traffic, filling emergency rooms and schools, and on taxpayer assistance.
Working in the fields is a hard job that few will do, according to Pete Aiello of Uesugi Farms in Gilroy.
They will if you pay them more.
"The supply is going to be down," said Garcia. "Demand is going to be up. It's going to increase. It's going to increase a lot."
I can see prices going up, but how is demand going to be up if there isn’t a steady stream of new mouths to feed?
I’m willing to pay more if it means I’ll have fewer street gangs to deal with, or fewer illegal alien mobs attacking police officers and then suing when the police make them disperse. How many millions of dollars do we pay out in legal costs to illegal aliens in those cases? What about illegal aliens who clog our roads and crash into us and then flee, leaving the cost on our insurance companies?
Hmmm, I think higher food prices would be worth it. Call me silly.