Memo to Bush: Vicente Fox, Mexican Gov't Are No Friends of American Sovereignty

Memo to Bush: Vicente Fox, Mexican Gov't Are No Friends of American Sovereignty

(AgapePress) - Mexico has never been a supporter of American sovereignty. The Vicente Fox government -- as did previous Mexican regimes -- knows too well the importance of its citizens receiving the billions of U.S. greenbacks that are sent south every year by illegal aliens. Bill O'Reilly reported on his weekday radio show Tuesday that the Mexican government is deeply dependent on funds from illegal immigrants matriculating south. He revealed that income from the approximately 10 million Mexican immigrants in the U.S. illegally surpasses the total oil revenue derived from their country each year.

Several political think tanks report that illegal immigration costs the United States between $40 and $50 billion dollars annually. These figures are derived from governmental expenses emanating from public education, food stamp assistance, incarceration of criminal immigrants, mandated healthcare expenses, and other public assistance programs incurred by the huge illegal population in this country.

Earlier this week, representatives of Mexican President Vicente Fox and his government sent a strong message to the White House, urging President Bush to veto a bill authorizing construction of a 700-mile fence between the two countries. It is important to note that this is the same foreign government that authorized the printing of pamphlets instructing their citizens how to successfully navigate illegal passage to America. These government-sanctioned pamphlets included maps and tips on how to avoid detection by U. S. authorities.

Eighty U.S. Senators voted to construct the 700-mile fence along a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border, and to implement high-tech warning and electronic surveillance systems for the remaining 1,400 miles of the border. After months of public pressure from their constituents, the U.S. Senate has finally seen the light. They joined the U.S. House, which already ratified a similar bill -- the same House that just a short ten months ago voted to take similar measures and deal with the crime of illegal entry. However, many in Washington were intimidated when thousands of people took to the streets hoisting Mexican flags and demanding their "rights" as immigrants. In reporting those protests, the mainstream media failed to mention that the immigrants are in the U.S. illegally. In addition, the government of Mexico has failed to acknowledge this problem is costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars a year. Congress responded in a reasonable fashion last week with a bill authorizing the construction of a border fence. This may signal a new direction in Washington.

News reports say Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon "has [already] lambasted the fence plan" and has stated the issue "promises to prickle his relationship with Washington." So what! Mexico has always been uncooperative in solving the problem of illegal immigration. The Mexican government has failed to encourage the growth of a middle class in its own country. Instead, the country is ruled by an incredibly wealthy, corrupt, and elite oligarchy that, in some cases, has connections with the illegal narcotics trade. Mexico has no middle class. The upper class is enormously wealthy and the lower class is desperately poor. Such is the recipe for social and political chaos.

Current and past Mexican governments continue to perpetuate their own climate of corruption. There is no reason for the American government to listen to the corrupt leaders of Mexico, except perhaps in an attempt to remain courteous neighbors. The government to the south will not accept U.S. sovereignty -- they do not respect U.S. immigration laws, and they do not respect the rule of law.

Personally, I am deeply concerned that total lawlessness will break out in Mexico sometime in the next five years. There are reports out of some sections of Mexico in which Americans have been kidnapped and held for ransom. Much of the ugly truth of the Mexican government is withheld from us by the compliant, left-leaning mainstream American media. Newspapers like the San Diego Union Tribune fail to tell us the truth about this problem and the troubled government to the south.

Too many American politicians are afraid to speak candidly about the problems we have with the Mexican government. Perhaps when more Americans realize how much illegal immigration is costing them -- in every state -- we will be able to systematically address this problem.