New York Times
[quote]MEXICO CITY, Sept. 2 — President Felipe Calderón harshly criticized the United States government on Sunday for the recent crackdown on illegal immigrants, saying it has led to the persecution of immigrant workers without visas.
The Bush administration has stepped up raids on factories and farms suspected of hiring illegal workers, imposing heavy fines and deporting a record number of illegal immigrants in 2006. The United States Congress this summer failed to approve proposed legislation to revamp immigration laws to make it easier for Mexican immigrants to gain citizenship or temporary work visas, disappointing the Calderón administration.
“In the name of the government of Mexico, I again issue an energetic protest against the unilateral measures taken by the Congress and the United States government that exacerbate the persecution and the vexing treatment against undocumented Mexican workers,â€
Mexican President Assails U.S. Measures on Migrants
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#1 Mexican President Assails U.S. Measures on Migrants
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As I stated in a article previously posted, I'm against the instant granting of citizenship to illegal immigrants. People who put nothing back into the system, but only take - people who come to this country, and refuse to even learn English, and expect to be catered to by having us speak their language.
Hell, some cities have gone far as to have street signs in Spanish with English subtitles to it! this is in American cities! Hell, it's in Los Angelos!
I'm all for redoing the fucked up immigration laws and systems we have, and for reducing the fees required so that people who want to come here legally can damn well afford to make it - but this pandering to illegals and crying for their rights in the US has got to stop.
If you are not a legal citizen, you do not get the right to vote, or the right to be employed here....or get medicare/medicade....or burden our school systems more than they already are....
Hell, some cities have gone far as to have street signs in Spanish with English subtitles to it! this is in American cities! Hell, it's in Los Angelos!
I'm all for redoing the fucked up immigration laws and systems we have, and for reducing the fees required so that people who want to come here legally can damn well afford to make it - but this pandering to illegals and crying for their rights in the US has got to stop.
If you are not a legal citizen, you do not get the right to vote, or the right to be employed here....or get medicare/medicade....or burden our school systems more than they already are....
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"According to the Bible, IHVH created the Universe in six days....he obviously didn't know what he was doing." - Darek Steele bani Order of Hermes.
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Fuck him. Vicente Fox had no right to dictate our immigration policies to us, and this clown doesn't have it any more than Fox did.
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