Time Out for Mexico

It seems Mexico is trying to get other Latin American nations to stand with it against America building a wall on our southern border. Shocker. You may read the whole article here, at the Prensa Latina (Latin American News Agency) website, although I've pulled most of it into this post to perform an emergency fisking that goes a little something like this:

US Wall Negative Effects Decried

Mexico, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) US construction of a wall in its border with Mexico, which is being promoted by the US House, "would have very negative effects on our countries," the Congress of the Union has warned.

In a letter addressed to counterparts in Latin America, Spain and Portugal, chief of Mexico's parliamentary diplomacy Heliodoro Diaz urged them to express their concern about the issue and condemn the anti-immigrant wall.

What do they care if we build an anti-ILLEGAL-immigrant wall on our southern border? Hey, wait a minute! Don't tell me that the governments of Venezuela, Chile, Spain, etc. are issuing pamphlets on how to illegally enter the U.S. across the Mexican border, too?

According to the Chamber of Deputies speaker, the draft law on border protection, anti-terrorism and illegal immigration control calls for the construction of a wall in four states bordering Mexico. It also includes stepped-up sanctions against those who hire undocumented workers.

The nerve of those Americans! Taking steps to enforce their laws and punish those who break them!

Implementation of this proposal means to consider immigration a crime, exacerbate racism, violate human rights of those who migrate to the US and contravene agreements reached through existing free trade accords, the letter adds.

Oopsie. Evidently "misplacing" the word ILLEGAL when it comes to ILLEGAL immigration ain't just an American thang. For the record, mis amigos, immigration is only a crime when it is done ILLEGALLY (try not to drop that word, willya?), I've read HR4437 and it never mentions race, and it is most decidedly NOT a human right to enter the U.S. at will.

The letter admits that approval of the said legislation stems from sovereign exercise of legislative duties in the US. However, it recalls that Mexico has pleaded for finding a comprehensive, bilateral solution to the migration issue.

Mighty big of you to admit that, as a sovereign nation, we have a right to exercise legislative duties to protect said sovereignty. Mexico can plead all it wants -- as long as its "bilateral solution" includes encouraging and assisting its citizens to enter our country ILLEGALLY (I'm really hoping that at least one of these big, bold words will stick here), Mexico can pucker up and plant a big one...well, you get the picture.

We, thus, request from you that, in an act of unity among Ibero American parliaments, let us share our concern and condemnation regarding this issue and urge you to express solidarity with the Mexican Congress.

Blah, blah, blah. Translation: America won't let me play with its toys! But I wanna! WAAAAAAAH! I wanna play with America's toys! America is a big meanie!

If you ask me, it's WAY past time for Mexico to be in Time Out.

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