Mexico to help the U.S. stop terrorism, if.....

[philburger1]

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- On Tuesday, five days after the bombings on the London transit system refocused Congress and the American public on the threat of global terrorism, former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that "No border security is possible without Mexican cooperation" and that "there can be no cooperation [from the Mexican government] without some sort of immigration reform package." Castaneda, now a professor at New York University, went on to describe immigration reform as amnesty for all Mexicans living illegally in the U.S., the admission of some 5 million additional Mexican citizens to the U.S. over the next ten years, and massive increases in U.S. aid to that country.

 

In exchange for the admission and legalization of millions of Mexicans, and billions of dollars in U.S. assistance, Castaneda said that Mexico would offer "tough" but "non-coercive" assistance in the effort to prevent terrorists from entering the U.S. via Mexico. Castaneda conceded that Mexico has lost control of its own southern border, and cannot verify the true identities of people to whom it has issued ID documents.

 

"Jorge Castaneda is not some obscure voice from Mexico's distant political past," observed Dan Stein, president of FAIR. "He served as foreign minister in the current Mexican administration. It is imperative that the Fox government issue a formal repudiation of Castaneda's remarks and assure the American public that their cooperation in the war against terrorism will not come at the price of extortion."

 

As disturbing as Castaneda's remarks were, the reaction of the senators to the extortion demands of a former top Mexican government official was even more disconcerting. Leading members of the Senate seemingly accepted Castaneda's demands for open borders as a legitimate price for even tepid Mexican cooperation in dealing with the terrorist threat.

[Terry Tate]

...and massive increases in U.S. aid to that country.

We could probably build a heck of wall along the southern border cheaper. Using illegal aliens on the project would save a lot of money.

[Wacka]

Build a wall , electrify it and leave the charred remains there as a warning. If they make it over that, a moat with gators.

[SilverNRed]

Build a wall , electrify it and leave the charred remains there as a warning. If they make it over that, a moat with gators...

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...with laser beams on their heads.