Under cover of media darkness, Mexico has been building a wall on its southern border with Guatemala, ostensibly to stop the flow of drugs. Yet Mexican Superintendent of Tax Administration Raul Diaz admits the wall will also prevent the free passage of illegal aliens.
Some 500,000 illegals sneak into Mexico annually. Compared to all Mexicans currently living illegally in American cities, taking full advantage of the benefits stubbornly preserved for them by bankrupt city, state and governments, Mexico's illegal influx is a mere pittance, but it's enough to anger opponents. Still, Guatemala doesn't want its escape hatch closed. As Vice President Rafael Espada opined, "The walls are not the solution to the problems."
The Catholic Church entered the fray quickly in the person of Fr. Francisco Pellizari, an Italian working in Mexico with illegals. In an interesting, if somewhat daft, line of reasoning, Pellizari claims, "The dramatic increase in the cost of 'polleros' (human traffickers) and the corruption of the authorities is the result of the walls the United States plans to build and has built along the border. [The] results will be the same" in Guatemala. More to the point is the mordida, Mexican slang for "bribe": in the "small" sense, the bribe given a Mexican official to look the other way; but in the larger sense, it's the corruption endemic in the Mexican government.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon as yet hasn't commented. However, when Arizona's SB 1070 passed, Calderon blew a gasket, denouncing the law as an invitation "to intolerance, hate, discrimination and abuse in law enforcement" -- each one an attribute that Mexico's immigration laws exhibit. Calderon's own government will bar outsiders "found to be physically or mentally unhealthy ... economic burdens on society" or anyone who shows contempt for national sovereignty. Being in Mexico illegally is punishable by two years in a Mexican prison.
As we've seen time and time again, the guiltiest are always the first to point fingers. Oh, Mexico! Thy name is Hypocrisy!
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6 comments:
Say what you will about the Great Wall of China, but not one Mexican has ever gotten in to China in thousands of years.
Borders and fences are not created by men of the God of Abraham and Issac.
Without borders and fences Nations would cease to exist.
5:29 i hope that was some sort of a joke... because i'm pretty sure its the pacific ocean stopping mexicans from getting to china, not the wall on its northern border with russa
the USA needs to take over Mexico!!!
Once again the reports neglect to mention the real drag on the American economy. On any given day there is untold millions of dollars being sent into the Mexican economy. This is a legal transfer of funds via companies like Western union and the such undre the guise of supporting the family back home.This is done by both documented and undocumented "citizens". There are 2 winners in this, the companies who handle the cash transfers, and the Mexican economy.
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