Category — Central America

Finally, we have a 1.4 billion Mexican border security package to stem the flow of illegals. Oops, wrong border! This is for the southern border of Mexico, to help them control illegals. What controls do they need? I thought they machine gunned transients down there.

Give the money to the “political” thugs running the governments down there; I think we’d get a better return investing with mob.
Where is the GOP on this? Why are they not screaming? AND where is McCain? Is he letting his good buddy Juan Hernandez cover for the U.S. in this matter?
Our border is a sieve, spend that money building the fence up here!

The White House wants a $1.4 billion stimulus/national security package…for Mexico

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The plan is called “The Merida Initiative.” Seems that the White House has had this plan in the works for nearly a year with little congressional input on either side of the border.

We can’t finish our own border fence, properly supply our immigration agents and border patrol with all the equipment and resources they need, or get our house in order. Yet, the Bush administration wants to fork over $1.4 billion to Mexico and Central America–with much of it going into the hands of corrupt law enforcement officials and government bureaucrats who have worked tirelessly to undermine our immigration laws. The funding is tucked into the 2008 supplemental budget. (emphasis added)

Naturally, the State Department has taken a lead role. They’ve held meetings in secret and cut out members of Congress from discussion. You’ll love the explanation for the secrecy: Mexico is “sensitive,” you see. Also, according to one expert, “Mexico is very protective of its sovereignty and very worried about any incursion of U.S. security forces or private contractors—like Blackwater—coming in to train Mexicans.” Yeah, they’re worried about incursions and sovereignty.

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Meantime, Mexico refuses to extradite criminal suspects who’ve fled from the U.S. down to Mexico unless our prosecutors drop death penalty charges against them.

Oh, and just in time to mobilize pro-illegal immigration activists during this heated campaign season, Calderon landed in the U.S. yesterday for a five-day visit…[snip]

The usual gang of suspects will be meeting with him.