good neighbors?

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/05/content_5170147.htm

Mexico warns U.S. of referral to UN over border fencing plan


2006-10-05

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Mexican government on Wednesday warned that it may refer Washington's plan to build fences on the U.S.- Mexico border to the United Nations.

The U.S. plan to build about 1,125 km of new fencing along the U.S.- Mexico border was an "offense," Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez told a news briefing here.

When asked if the Mexican government would refer the issue to the United Nations, he said it was "examining with the foreign relations legal team what options are open at an international level, and we will take them."

He said the fences would hurt the bilateral relations. "Just the idea of a wall, a fence ... is an insult to good neighbors."

The plan has aroused strong opposition from Mexico. The outgoing Mexican President Vicente Fox called the fence plan "shameful," while President-elect Felipe Calderon said the fences were not the solution to illegal immigration.

Fox's spokesman Ruben Aguilar on Wednesday said the fences would not be built as the U.S. Congress was unlikely to provide enough funding to finish the project.

"There is no money to build it, so it will not be built," he told reporters.

Despite Mexico's efforts to lobby for a veto, U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday signed a bill, which had been passed earlier by the U.S. Congress and will pay for the new fences which are aimed at preventing illegal immigration.

Under the bill, about 1.2 billion U.S. dollars would be spent during the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1 for southwest border fencing and other barriers.

Answer 1

How absolutely priceless....an insult to good neighbors? An offense?
We are being overrun by their citizens, and all they have to say is that a wall is going to be ugly? The only thing that wall is going to do is inconvenience the Mexicans. Pfffft!
How can we, as a nation, deal with the Mexican government, when this is the type of response we are getting?
Do they prefer brick over chain link?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Well when you think about it it's a joke and only meant to be an insult. So you are building a fence but it doesn't cover the entire span of the problem. It is covering 700 miles of a 1300+ mile border. That's like building half a dam in the middle of a river and expecting to stem the tide of the river....

Now I am no expert in politics. I know how corrupt Mexico is politically though. But when you build a wall facing an ally I would think thats insulting though.

Answer 4

I wonder where that money will really end up. I'm sure after the first mile or so of fence it will come to an end. To bad though, the idea was at least voted in.

Answer 5

that's just Mexico lieing again to there people. and America and the united nations are in together. i herd on the news today that the u.n told Korea to stop doing what there doing. and the u.s.a was backing the u.n up. that made me upset, my dad faught in the Korean war.

Answer 6

I've always thought this whole fence thing was so stupid. It is a terrible idea and I can't believe our government is so stupid to support it. And this is coming from someone who is not in favor of the illegal immigrants.

Answer 7

No one's stopping them from building their own fence.

Answer 8

They have some nerve....stupidity and arrogance is ALWAYS a common thing with them. Why is that?

Answer 9

I hope we can keep tighter security on the border.

Answer 10

How funny.