Mexican government corrupt?

LadyEagle · Apr 12, 2006

The Mexican solution

(Washington, D.C.): The Congress has received lots of free advice lately from Mexican government officials and illegal aliens waving Mexico's flag in mass demonstrations coast-to-coast. Most of it takes the form of bitter complaints about our actual or prospective treatment of immigrants from that country who have gotten into this one illegally - or who aspire to do so.

If you think these critics are mad about U.S. immigration policy now, imagine how upset they would be if we adopted an approach far more radical than the bill they rail against which was adopted last year by the House of Representatives - namely, the way Mexico treats illegal aliens.

In fact, as a just-published paper by the Center for Security Policy's J. Michael Waller points out, under a constitution first adopted in 1917 and subsequently amended, Mexico deals harshly not only with illegal immigrants. It treats even legal immigrants, naturalized citizens and foreign investors in ways that would, by the standards of those who carp about U.S. immigration policy, have to be called "racist" and "xenophobic."

Mexico's Glass House

For example, according to an official translation published by the Organization of American States, the Mexican constitution includes the following restrictions:

Pursuant to Article 33, "Foreigners may not in any way participate in the political affairs of the country." This ban applies, among other things, to participation in demonstrations and the expression of opinions in public about domestic politics like those much in evidence in Los Angeles, New York and elsewhere in recent days.

Equal employment rights are denied to immigrants, even legal ones. Article 32: "Mexicans shall have priority over foreigners under equality of circumstances for all classes of concessions and for all employment, positions, or commissions of the Government in which the status of citizenship is not indispensable."

Jobs for which Mexican citizenship is considered "indispensable" include, pursuant to Article 32, bans on foreigners, immigrants, and even naturalized citizens of Mexico serving as military officers, Mexican-flagged ship and airline crew, and chiefs of seaports and airports.

Article 55 denies immigrants the right to become federal lawmakers. A Mexican congressman or senator must be "a Mexican citizen by birth." Article 91 further stipulates that immigrants may never aspire to become cabinet officers as they are required to be Mexican by birth. Article 95 says the same about Supreme Court justices.
In accordance with Article 130, immigrants - even legal ones - may not become members of the clergy, either.

Foreigners, to say nothing of illegal immigrants, are denied fundamental property rights. For example, Article 27 states, "Only Mexicans by birth or naturalization and Mexican companies have the right to acquire ownership of lands, waters, and their appurtenances, or to obtain concessions for the exploitation of mines or of waters."

Article 11 guarantees federal protection against "undesirable aliens resident in the country." What is more, private individuals are authorized to make citizen's arrests. Article 16 states, "In cases of flagrante delicto, any person may arrest the offender and his accomplices, turning them over without delay to the nearest authorities." In other words, Mexico grants its citizens the right to arrest illegal aliens and hand them over to police for prosecution. Imagine the Minutemen exercising such a right!
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Rest of this at link: HERE

All I can say, is at least the Mexican government enforces their laws even though they are corrupt. What does this say about OUR government which REFUSES to enforce OUR LAWS? Which one is more corrupt?

SpiritualMadMan · Apr 12, 2006

When are we going to have Pro-Secure Border Rallies?

We could all buy Mexican Flags and Burn them...

I am so absolutely enraged by Mexico's assualt on our sovreignty and duplicitous activities...

Mike Sr.

LadyEagle · Apr 12, 2006

Me, too. But today I had the most wonderful thought occur to me - There won't be any illegal aliens in heaven. PTL!

TomVols · Apr 12, 2006

Burn Mexican flags?

Can we logically be in favor of doing this and be opposed to people burning the U.S. flag? Just curious.

El_Guero · Apr 12, 2006

LE: Just for the record - that is not Mexican law.

LadyEagle · Apr 13, 2006

What isn't Mexican law? Links, please.

billwald · Apr 14, 2006

every govt is corrupt.

North Carolina Tentmaker · Apr 19, 2006

Jack Wheeler has a good column on immigration at

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=14117

I like his final comments where he says

The focus of the problem of "illegal immigration" should be Mexico. You would think Mexico would have learned its lesson 158 years ago that it's very unwise to provoke America beyond tolerance. Mexico City's ruling elite need to understand that si America puede, yes America can teach this lesson to them again.
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El_Guero · Jun 23, 2006

First, Mexican law is easily obtained upon the internet - I checked it before I wrote that this was NOT Mexican Law. If you need translation - let me know.

As for what's his face - Someone that does NOT KNOW HIS HISTORY IS DOOOOOOMED to repeat it. I don't want us to reapeat that history just because a nut is trying to get rich off of another war.

The problem with illegal immigration has been stated often (by me). The United States (of America) promised jobs in exchange for Mexico dropping their trade restrictions. Many of the manufacturing plants that had been on the border BEFORE NAFTA are now closed and have been sent (I believe because of loopholes placed in OUR USA LAW) to China and India. We have sent 15+ million jobs to Asia by way of manipulating of the NAFTA related treaties (IMHO). We only have 8 - 10 million illegal workes plus their dependents.

The lost tax revenue is costing the USA more than 250 billion dollars in LOST TAXES (and my job). But, let's not get personal - we need to fix our broken promises and economic largesse towards governments that ARE NOT ON OUR SIDE politically nor militarily.

Pass real laws and move those jobs back to Mexico - just remember that you will no longer be able to eat at your local restaurant.

JamieinNH · Jun 23, 2006

El_Guero said:

LE: Just for the record - that is not Mexican law.
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You know El_Guero, while this is true, some people don't want to hear the truth, they only want to spin it.

That whole article is just another example of the "spin" people can put on things. I went to Google, found the Constitution of Mexico, and when compared, it shows how OFF BASE that article is.

Thanks for pointing out that it is't Mexican law.

Jamie
and the TRUTH shall set you free.

LadyEagle · Jun 24, 2006

What a relief to find out this isn't Mexican law after all. Next, I suppose it will be said there are no human rights violations in Mexico and the Mexican government isn't corrupt after all. What a relief. Now if they would just quit handing out those little handbooks telling people how to sneak over our borders and blend in with Americans....but I suppose that is just another spin on the truth, as well. Hard to know what to believe these days....sigh.

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