It is this reporter's opinion that when it comes to our shameful immigration situation, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and the outgoing president, Vicente Fox, are one and the same.
Both are outspoken and critical of U.S. immigration law enforcement. Both support amnesty for all illegals from Mexico. Both continue to use their consulates in the United States and activists — La Raza, MEChA, etc. to meddle in our affairs.
The recent case of a Mexican rapist-murderer now on death row in Texas illustrates the problem. His name is José E. Medellín. He was convicted and sentenced to death after he confessed in 1993 to the savage rape and murder of two teenage girls in Houston.
At this late date, his legal representation again resorts to the courts claiming that under the Vienna Convention aliens accused of crimes in a foreign country are required to request the assistance of consular officials from their country.
Medellín never requested such assistance until after all of his appeals were denied.
Incredibly the Bush administration knuckled under to the World Court, formally known as the International Court of Justice, and ordered the Texas courts to give Medellín another hearing.
In this case, we find the Bush administration in opposition to our government and the courts of his own state of Texas.
Let’s take a look at a glaring contrast between our own lack of enforcement of illegal immigration and Mexico’s very strict immigration laws enforced by every police agency in the country. Two excellent sources on the subject are American citizen Allan Wall, who resides in Mexico with a permit issued by the Mexican government, and John W. Slagle, a U.S. Navy aviation veteran and Border Patrol engineer with service spanning 30 years.
Wall and Slagle cite Article 33 of the Mexican Constitution that specifically authorizes immediate expulsion of any foreigner whose presence the Mexican government deems objectionable.
Foreigners may be barred from the country if their presence upsets “the equilibrium of the national demographics.” When foreigners are deemed detrimental to economic or national interests, when they have broken Mexican laws, they are jailed or deported.
Under Mexican law, illegal immigration is a felony. Mexicans who help illegals enter the country are themselves considered criminals. A Mexican who marries a foreigner with the sole objective of helping the foreigner live in the country is subject to five years in prison. And no foreigner may engage in political affairs, in any manner.
If a foreigner wishes to reside in Mexico, he or she must have a guaranteed job or be financially independent, and must prove an income from abroad consisting of pensions or investments four hundred times the minimum wage in Mexico City (monthly). This amount represents approximately $1,500 in U.S. dollars per month.
Mexico welcomes only foreigners who are “useful to Mexican society.” Foreigners may not, in any manner, involve themselves in the political affairs of the country. In May of 2002, 18 Americans were expelled for participating in a May Day march. An additional five persons were booted out for taking part in a demonstration.
Speaking of meddling by the Mexican government and its activists representatives, in 2006 three Americans (two lawyers and an activist) working on a case involving Cardinal Roger Mahoney and the archbishop of Mexico, traveled to Mexico to publicize a lawsuit being brought in Los Angeles.
After holding a news conference, the three were expelled from Mexico and banned from returning for five years.
The glaring contrast between our own haphazard “look the other way” on the illegal alien invasion, compared to Mexico’s strict immigration laws is scandalous and should prove a powerful answer to those in Washington who consider our own U.S. laws unenforceable.
If you have any doubts about this issue, read Article 33 of the Mexican Constitution. It specifically authorizes immediate expulsion of any foreigner whose presence the Mexican government deems objectionable, without previous legal action. We need to learn from their example.
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