Fox: “Walls Won’t Fix Problem”
Vicente, they might not but I’m willing to take a chance they will. Call me stubborn about that. Here’s the AP’s Brock Vergakis’ report:
Kicking off a four-day, three-state tour, Mexican President Vicente Fox said Tuesday that his nation wants to be part of the solution in the immigration debate, not the problem. “We don’t set up walls, and that’s not the way you’re going to fix this situation,” Fox said in Spanish to representatives of groups active in Utah’s Mexican community. “It’s not with fences that we are going to solve this problem.”
He’s right to the extent that the real, longterm solution is to rid Mexico of its corruption so that it can become a prosperous nation. Another part of the solution is in cracking down on businesses that hire illegal aliens. If we make the hiring of illegal aliens such a costly venture, that market will dry up in a hurry.
In the interim, though, a wall with lots of Border Patrol watching the border for any hint of movement is a fine ‘interim’ solution.
Working together, Mexico and the U.S. can improve the quality of life for citizens in both countries, he said. “The future of North America must guarantee great competitiveness, greater regional security, greater availability of energy, greater trade exchanges and, naturally, a greater well-being for all of its inhabitants,” said Fox, who is also scheduled to visit Washington state and California this week. He spoke of the steps he has taken to strengthen the Mexican economy and the democratization of his country.
I don’t want to belittle what President Fox is saying because those things are important. But the Mexican economy isn’t creating a viable middle class. Until it’s creating that healthy middle class, people will flee Mexico for America’s prosperity in droves.
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May 23rd, 2006 at 9:50 pm
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May 23rd, 2006 at 11:17 pm
U.S., Mexico must work together, Fox says
Mexican President Vicente Fox arrived in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, the first stop on a three-day, t
May 24th, 2006 at 12:03 am
When I first heard Fox was headed for Washington state I briefly wondered why. Then I remembered, Oh, yeah, it’s Washington, it’s Gregoire, it’s a Mexican President, he’s going there to exchange views on how to make corruption and rigged elections work.
May 24th, 2006 at 5:17 am
Mr. Fox is not helping his cause. It is very offensive for him to come here and tell us what to do, telling us how to solve a problem that he obviously does not even want solved.
May 24th, 2006 at 8:26 am
Mr. Fox IS the problem, or at least a significant portion of it. He represents the Mexican guvmint, and the only way he/they can stay in power is to keep the poor population low enough there is no revolution.
Unfortunately for us, we get those displaced poor, and (being the mental giants they are they fall for the classic classist arguments) consequently it is our country who is/will be paying the price of their poverty and ignorance. They aren’t smart enough to figure out it is our capitalism that offers them a way out, and it would work just as well in Mexico if that country wasn’t run by the thieves and crooks it is.
May 24th, 2006 at 8:43 am
Am I imagining things, or does Mr. Fox sound like Loser Abbas of Palestinian fame? Excuse me, but Israel is PROOF that fences work wonders and it’s not yet finished. I love fences, always have.
May 24th, 2006 at 9:34 pm
Per Mr. Frost, good fences do make good neighbors, especially if one is a sly Fox and a cunning, corrupt crook looking to keep his power solid.
Heard on the radio today the illegals here can still vote in Mexico. Gosh, that means they could vote for el presidente and the guvner of Oregon the same year! Maybe even the same month, from the same residence! In Oregon!
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