Saturday, October 20, 2007

How About Working for the Rights of Mexicans in Mexico?


President Felipe Calderon blasted U.S. immigration policies on Sunday and promised to fight harder to protect the rights of Mexicans in the U.S., saying "Mexico does
not end at its borders...

He also reached out to the millions of Mexicans living in the United States, many illegally, saying: "Where there is a Mexican, there is Mexico."

Calderon addressed the nation Sunday from the National Palace, avoiding a showdown with leftist opposition lawmakers who had vowed to prevent him from making the speech in Congress, as Mexican tradition dictates.

Someone tell Mr. Calderon the Mexicans in the U.S. are not being held against their will. If he really wants to help them, maybe he ought to find out why they leave Mexico. Hint: check the rule of law. For a case study, Calderon can begin by looking at why he is delivering speeches from the National Palace instead of Congress.

h/t DRJ at Patterico

Originally posted in UNCoRRELATED Sept 3 2007

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