Washington Times Editorial: Go back to Mexico

Out of the editorials protesting the remarks of Calderon we have read, we believe the Washington Times has the best editorial which is clear and concise.

"Uncouth President Calderon wore out his welcome" has to be the understatement of the year. Can think of a lot of names that fit Calderon and Obama who not only listened by chimed in against Arizona. That doesn't even include the numskulls pretending to be Democrat Congressman who acted like Cheerleaders for the Mexican President against Arizona.

That outrageous display of cheerleading by Congressional Democrats agreeing with a foreign leader will make very good campaign commercials. To have a foreign president attack one of our states, and then have an American President and his Party of Democrats in Congress agreeing with the foreign leader is beyond disgusting. Calderon comes from a Country who has been cited for numerous human rights violations but he attacks Arizona? Yet Democrats applaud him?

The Mexican Government is responsible for the lack of jobs and a decent standard of living for its citizens and for years has expected the United States to pick up the slack. President Calderon needs to understand the gravy train for Mexico's citizens in the United States illegally is coming to a halt -- Mexico needs to take care of their own citizens. How many Americans want to enter Mexico illegally? We bet the number is extremely low as it is a dangerous country.

The American people have had enough of these anti-American Democrats that reside in the White House and Halls of Congress. November 2, 2010, cannot come soon enough to restore common sense to Congress and kick out the Anti-American Democrats!

EDITORIAL: Go back to Mexico
Uncouth President Calderon wore out his welcome
May 24, 2010

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon ought to know a lot about illegal immigrant abuse. His country has one of the worst migrant human-rights records in the world.
During his state visit last week, Mr. Calderon repeatedly - and with support and encouragement from the White House and congressional Democrats - made his opinions known on a variety of American domestic issues, including immigration and gun control. He took particular aim at Arizona's new law concerning illegal aliens, absurdly describing it as "violating the human rights of all people."

Criticism from Mexico on immigration issues is nothing new, but rarely has it been so bold, and such salvos have never been launched from U.S. soil. It might be considered bad manners except for the fact that the foreign leader was promoting President Obama's domestic agenda.

Boiled down in simplest terms, it is hypocritical for Mr. Calderon to criticize Arizona's law when his country has similar or more severe statutes. Article 67 of Mexico's Population Law mirrors Arizona's law by requiring federal, state and municipal officials to "demand that foreigners prove their legal presence in the country, before attending to any [other] issues." Mexico's constitution gives the president authority to summarily expel both legal and illegal aliens without due process. When CNN's Wolf Blitzer confronted the Mexican president with some of these contradictions, Mr. Calderon was oblivious to the double standard. Asked about Mexico's policy for dealing with illegals sneaking in from Central America looking for work, Mr. Calderon quipped, "If somebody [does] that without permission, we send [them] back." If only Mr. Obama had such enlightened views.

Illegals in Mexico are lucky if deportation is all that happens to them. An April 2010 report from Amnesty International entitled "Invisible Victims: Migrants on the Move in Mexico" called the trip from Central America to the border with the United States "one of the most dangerous in the world."

According to Amnesty researcher Rupert Knox, "Migrants in Mexico are facing a major human-rights crisis leaving them with virtually no access to justice, fearing reprisals and deportation if they complain of abuses." The report says that "Mexico's irregular migrants are condemned to a life on the margins, vulnerable to exploitation by criminal gangs and corrupt officials and largely ignored by many of those in authority who should be protecting them from human-rights abuses."
Common abuses committed by Mexican officials include extortion, excessive use of force and violence against women. Arizona is a paradise by comparison.

Mr. Calderon's government recently issued a travel advisory about the "dangers" Mexicans might face in Arizona, but being there is much safer than staying home. In February, the State Department issued a travel advisory regarding Mexico that noted drug gang conflicts resembling "small-unit combat, with cartels employing automatic weapons and grenades." The circular also warns against robbery, kidnapping and other relatively common crimes. Meanwhile, gang-related beheadings are virtually unknown in Arizona, which is more than Mr. Calderon can claim for his own country.

America doesn't need self-righteous lectures from officials from the developing world. Mexico has its own problems, including pervasive violence, openly armed drug cartels, pollution, widespread institutional corruption and lack of economic opportunity. If Mexicans are flooding north over our border, it is for many very good reasons. Mr. Calderon should stick to trying to fix his own basket-case country, if he can.

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