Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Mexico Reacts to Immigration Reform Plan
So, how does the Mexican Government view President Bush's Immigration Reform plan? Well, It seems to be a two-pronged reaction: encouraging more and faster illegal border crossings while laying down a covering barrage of legal suits. At least that's the theme of this Yahoo! News article, Mexico Threatens Suits Over Guard Patrols :
"'If there is a real wave of rights abuses, if we see the National Guard starting to directly participate in detaining people ... we would immediately start filing lawsuits through our consulates,' Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez told a Mexico City radio station. He did not offer further details. .....
In Ciudad Juarez, Julieta Nunez Gonzalez, local representative of the Mexican government's National Immigration Institute, said Tuesday she will ask the government to send its migrant protection force, known as Grupo Beta, to more remote sections of the border.
Sending the National Guard 'will not stop the flow of migrants, to the contrary, it will probably go up,' as people try to get into the U.S. in the hope that they could benefit from a possible amnesty program, Nunez said."
Well, I guess they recognize an amnesty program regardless of what it's called by President Bush and the US Senate. They seem undeterred by our statements that immigrants who are here less than 2 years won't get amnesty. Could they think that no one will really be able figure out who is in the US for how long? Not a bad gamble considering the ICE has a large backlog of work just processing the current applicants.
"'If there is a real wave of rights abuses, if we see the National Guard starting to directly participate in detaining people ... we would immediately start filing lawsuits through our consulates,' Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez told a Mexico City radio station. He did not offer further details. .....
In Ciudad Juarez, Julieta Nunez Gonzalez, local representative of the Mexican government's National Immigration Institute, said Tuesday she will ask the government to send its migrant protection force, known as Grupo Beta, to more remote sections of the border.
Sending the National Guard 'will not stop the flow of migrants, to the contrary, it will probably go up,' as people try to get into the U.S. in the hope that they could benefit from a possible amnesty program, Nunez said."
Well, I guess they recognize an amnesty program regardless of what it's called by President Bush and the US Senate. They seem undeterred by our statements that immigrants who are here less than 2 years won't get amnesty. Could they think that no one will really be able figure out who is in the US for how long? Not a bad gamble considering the ICE has a large backlog of work just processing the current applicants.
