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We Should Adopt Mexican Immigration Laws

(This should've been my idea but the article of the writer who came up with it first is below my artile.

GRRR

By F. JJ. Kiel.

Having been based in Mexico for eight years, I had a wonderful idea for a rapier-like response to the defeat of the Amnesty for Illegals bill in Congress last month-June 2007 (in case researchers into long-vanished civilizations stumble across my hard drive 30,000 years in the future).

From my Mexican office, I used to travel for war coverage to El Salvador and other Central American countries, monthly, sometimes several times a month.

The Salvadoran airlines did not give out seat reservations from their local headquarters, so that I always arrived early at the San Salvador airport, before dawn, in order to snag a front seat. Having only carry-on baggage, I could swoop right out of the airport upon arriving in Mexico City.

Now, the international arrivals area in Mexico City’s airport is divided into three sections – one that receives tourists arriving from North America and Europe where the passengers are casually waved through both passport controls and luggage inspections, another set of booths for holders of Mexican passports, and the other from travelers native to the drug-soaked and over-heavy immigrant waves Central and South America.

Custom agents routed all such visitors to a special area where intensive searches of luggage and body checks were carried out after they passed through passport control and pickup your luggage, causing long delays as the agents held up underwear and shaving lotion cans.

But as a registered Western journalist in Mexico, I had a ‘get out of jail free” card, an impressive credential about five inches long and four inches high, wrapped in stiff plastic that had ‘LA PRESIDENCIA in large letters, my picture and name, and a warning that no officials should mess with the bearer of that credential. I just walked to the head of the very long line of incoming passengers who arrived from Central and South America, waiting to have their luggage inspected, waved my credential, and be waved right through.

Initially, the planes coming from San Salvador had been nearly empty. I mean, the daily flight left at 6:00 a.m. Between Mexico and El Salvador. How popular could the flight be?

Going down from Mexico to San Salvador, the planes were always half-empty, at best, but within a year, every flight I took from Sal Salvador was filled to overflowing.

I had to make sure I got there at 4:00 a.m. just to make sure I got a seat, never mind the front one.

Most of the passengers were very out of place. The planes had always carried fairly astute Latin American businessmen who were making international deals or sales, but now the vast majority of passengers were small, dark people, with a much higher percentage of Indian blood than middle class businessmen,. They wore shabby clothes, had dirty nails and exuded large waves of body odor. They were peasants, poor ones who probably subsisted on a diet of tortillas, salt and hot spice, and I couldn’t figure out why so many were traveling to Mexico City. I mean, if they had the money to travel tourist-like to Mexico, you’d think they’d rather buy a few cows or even a tractor.

The way incoming immigration was set up then in Mexico City’s airport, foreign tourists went to a series of agents to the right of passport control, Mexican citizens breezed through the middle set of booths for them, and Central Americans had their very own special line way to the left of the Mexican booths.

I strolled over one time to inspect the Central American line through immigration control. The federal officials would politely heard the Central American peasants into one long line and let them stew a bit. A Mexican finally told me what was going on. All of these Salvadorans had paid ‘coyotes,” or people smugglers to get them into the United States illegally.

Mexican airport officials quickly caught on to the sudden increase of peasants arriving in Mexico with easily obtainable Mexican tourist visas, but these poor, bewildered peasants obviously had neither the resources nor the sophistication to enjoy Mexico’s thousands of very unique cultural delights, from 2,000 year old pyramids to ultra chic nightclubs that rivaled anything in New York City or L.A.

The Mexican immigration people saw no reason why they should take a bite of this undulating, constant chain of humans moving from Central America to the United States. The coyotes simply added the bribes demanded by Mexicans to their fee to their clients. The way it was arranged, the Mexicans would wait until every single coyote client had reached the line, then each coyote representative would point out how many were his, enter a separate room and pay over the “entrance fee.”

Then, because many Guatemalans fled across the border into Mexico to escape their horrendous civil war, I sent down to the camps to interview and heard many terrible stories of how border police treated them.

Then, getting to know many long time foreign residents of Mexico, I heard countless tales from even Americans and Europeans of the horrors of dealing with Mexican authorities, the many bribes and days of waiting necessary to get the right papers.

I investigated and found that Mexico had very tough laws against people entering the country illegally or overstaying tourist visas.

The law prevents allowing enough legal immigrants to change the national character and traits of Mexico – i.e., educated people from Latin America and Spain, not too many from Africa and Asia. North Americans and Western Europeans could get legal residency if they married a Mexican, but didn’t have much luck on their own. That is, unless they were certified retired people with hefty pensions who would allowed to pass the rest of their days in Mexico, spending the hard currency that came from abroad, and of course, producing no progeny that would upset Mexico’s racial balance.

The laws kept down the number of legal immigrants and prohibited many of them from ever becoming citizens.

Mexican law regulated tough punished for illegal immigrants.

The memories of my many trips through Mexico City’s airport melded with brain photographs of those poor peasants lining up and waiting for hours to pay their bribes into an instant story when I heard the marvelous news of the amnesty bill’s defeat.

I knew instantly that Mexican media and government officials would lambaste the U.S. failure to give amnesty to 15 million illegals, paving the way for an even larger wave in the near future. That is exactly what happened after President Reagan got snookered in the 1986 amnesty law that promised, promised, promised! That the borders would be sealed. It didn’t happen then and wouldn’t happen now.

I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO HAVE FIRST WRITTEN`THE SATIRE!!

Although I came up with the idea independently (alas, yet, after the amnesty bill’s defeat), I started to Google subjects like “Mexican law + immigration,” to find copies of Mexican laws on penalties for illegal border crossings or over-extending tourist visas to take up work in Mexico., I started off in English but fully expected that I would have to resort to Spanish to check out official Mexican websites.

But nope, I couldn’t believe my luck. The very first hit brought up what looked like a description of Mexican immigration laws in English. Whoopee. Some intellectual had done the hard part for me in what I initially thought was some dry academic piece, and I could focus on having fun.

It was only when I called up the article in full, which turned out to have been published in May of this year in Human Events, that I saw the author had the same comparison in mind that I did.

His name is J. Michael Walter and he even published the original article in April, at CenterforSecurityPolicy.org, entitled "Mexico's Glass House."

So, I did not think up the idea until June 2007, two or three months before Mr. Walter published his article.

I’ve decided to write it anyway, and freely steal from Mr. Walter’s search through Mexican law and the translation of those laws into English.

As I said, I arrived at my concept with independent thinking, not being a regular reader off Human Events (as I am now). But Mr. Walters had the idea before me and got it into print before me. Congratulations, Mr. Walter.

Center for Security Policy Occasional Paper, April 3, 2006., that I saw the author had my basic idea, two months before me.

Why should that stop me?

I’ll give him proper credit for having the idea first, and for doing the leg work to get the English versions of various Mexican statutes translated into English.

Mexico's Immigration Law: Let's Try It Here at Home

by J. Michael Waller

Mexico has a radical idea for a rational immigration policy that most Americans would love. However, Mexican officials haven’t been sharing that idea with us as they press for our Congress to adopt the McCain-Kennedy immigration reform bill.

That's too bad, because Mexico, which annually deports more illegal aliens than the United States does, has much to teach us about how it handles the immigration issue. Under Mexican law, it is a felony to be an illegal alien in Mexico.

At a time when the Supreme Court and many politicians seek to bring American law in line with foreign legal norms, it’s noteworthy that nobody has argued that the U.S. look at how Mexico deals with immigration and what it might teach us about how best to solve our illegal immigration problem. Mexico has a single, streamlined law that ensures that foreign visitors and immigrants are:

0. in the country legally;

0. have the means to sustain themselves economically;

0. not destined to be burdens on society;

0. of economic and social benefit to society;

0. of good character and have no criminal records; and

0. contributors to the general well-being of the nation.

The law also ensures that:

0. immigration authorities have a record of each foreign visitor;

0. foreign visitors do not violate their visa status;

0. foreign visitors are banned from interfering in the country’s internal politics;

0. foreign visitors who enter under false pretenses are imprisoned or deported;

0. foreign visitors violating the terms of their entry are imprisoned or deported;

0. those who aid in illegal immigration will be sent to prison.

Who could disagree with such a law? It makes perfect sense. The Mexican constitution strictly defines the rights of citizens -- and the denial of many fundamental rights to non-citizens, illegal and illegal. Under the constitution, the Ley General de Población, or

General Law on Population, spells out specifically the country's immigration policy.

It is an interesting law -- and one that should cause us all to ask, Why is our great southern neighbor pushing us to water down our own immigration laws and policies, when its own immigration restrictions are the toughest on the continent? If a felony is a

crime punishable by more than one year in prison, then Mexican law makes it a felony to be an illegal alien in Mexico.

If the United States adopted such statutes, Mexico no doubt would denounce it as a manifestation of American racism and bigotry.

We looked at the immigration provisions of the Mexican constitution. [1] Now let's look at Mexico's main immigration law.

Mexico welcomes only foreigners who will be useful to Mexican society:

0. Foreigners are admitted into Mexico "according to their possibilities of contributing to national progress." (Article 32)

0. Immigration officials must "ensure" that "immigrants will be useful elements for the country and that they have the necessary funds for their sustenance" and for their dependents. (Article 34)

0. 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 do not behave like good citizens in their own country, when they have broken Mexican laws, and when "they are not found to be physically or mentally healthy." (Article 37)

0. The Secretary of Governance may "suspend or prohibit the admission of foreigners when he determines it to be in the national interest." (Article 38)

Mexican authorities must keep track of every single person in the country:

0. Federal, local and municipal police must cooperate with federal immigration authorities upon request, i.e., to assist in the arrests of illegal immigrants. (Article 73)

0. A National Population Registry keeps track of "every single individual who comprises the population of the country," and verifies each individual's identity. (Articles 85 and 86)

0. A national Catalog of Foreigners tracks foreign tourists and immigrants (Article 87), and assigns each individual with a unique tracking number (Article 91).

Foreigners with fake papers, or who enter the country under false pretenses, may be imprisoned:

0. Foreigners with fake immigration papers may be fined or imprisoned. (Article 116)

0. Foreigners who sign government documents "with a signature that is false or different from that which he normally uses" are subject to fine and imprisonment. (Article 116)

Foreigners who fail to obey the rules will be fined, deported, and/or imprisoned as felons:

0. Foreigners who fail to obey a deportation order are to be punished. (Article 117)

0. Foreigners who are deported from Mexico and attempt to re-enter the country without authorization can be imprisoned for up to 10 years. (Article 118)

0. Foreigners who violate the terms of their visa may be sentenced to up to six years in prison (Articles 119, 120 and 121). Foreigners who misrepresent the terms of their visa while in Mexico -- such as working with out a permit -- can also be imprisoned.

Under Mexican law, illegal immigration is a felony. The General Law on Population says,

0. "A penalty of up to two years in prison and a fine of three hundred to five thousand pesos will be imposed on the foreigner who enters the country illegally." (Article 123)

0. Foreigners with legal immigration problems may be deported from Mexico instead of being imprisoned. (Article 125)

0. Foreigners who "attempt against national sovereignty or security" will be deported. (Article 126)

Mexicans who help illegal aliens enter the country are themselves considered criminals under the law:

0. A Mexican who marries a foreigner with the sole objective of helping the foreigner live in the country is subject to up to five years in prison. (Article 127)

0. Shipping and airline companies that bring undocumented foreigners into Mexico will be fined. (Article 132)

All of the above runs contrary to what Mexican leaders are demanding of the United States. The stark contrast between Mexico's immigration practices versus its American

immigration preachings is telling. It gives a clear picture of the Mexican government's agenda: to have a one-way immigration relationship with the United States.

Let's call Mexico's bluff on its unwarranted interference in U.S. immigration policy. Let's propose, just to make a point, that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) member nations standardize their immigration laws by using Mexico's own law as a model.

This article was first posted at CenterforSecurityPolicy.org.

Sharp Reaction to Immigration Bill's Defeat

By Manuel Roig-Franzia

Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, June 30, 2007; Page A18

MEXICO CITY, June 29 -- Latin America reacted with sharp disappointment Friday to the U.S. Senate's defeat of an immigration bill, a decision that Mexican President Felipe Calderón called "a grave error" and Salvadoran President Elías Antonio Saca said was "a pity."

Latin American governments have long hoped for a comprehensive reform package that would include guest-worker provisions and a route to legal status for the estimated 12 million undocumented migrants in the United States -- half of whom are Mexican. At the same time, the Calderón administration has tried lately to lower expectations, in the belief that immigration reform is unlikely until after a new U.S. president is elected in November 2008.

In an editorial published Friday, the Mexico City newspaper El Universal said it is "highly hypocritical that the United States admits migrants as peasants, but does not accept them as citizens. A state that sends troops to the Middle East to try to implant democracy and respect for human rights does not practice such supreme values in its own territory."

But the paper also ascribed blame to Mexico, saying the country is itself guilty of hypocrisy for not creating enough employment to entice Mexicans to stay at home.

Calderón predicted that the Senate's decision would increase illegal migration and "generate worse conditions and insecurity on both sides of the border. The migration problem cannot be resolved simply with speeches; it requires concrete resolutions."

Calderón, speaking before departing Mexico City for a diplomatic visit to Belize, has been taking a more aggressive stance toward the United States than his predecessor, Vicente Fox, who had sought to parlay a personal friendship with President Bush into an immigration accord. Calderón and his top lieutenants were incensed this week after discovering that portions of the wall on the U.S.-Mexican border are in Mexican territory. Calderón said he complained to U.S. officials and received assurances that those parts of the wall would be removed before the end of the week.

Reaction to the immigration bill's failure might have been even more intense if not for concerns here that it put too heavy an emphasis on border security and involved overly complex provisions on granting citizenship to undocumented migrants, said Dan Lund, a Mexico City pollster.

Despite some heated comments from Mexican leaders, it appears the Calderón administration has adopted the philosophy that "no bill is better than a bad bill," Lund said in an interview.

"Life goes on," Lund said. "Here this is a hothouse issue for a few in the media and policy wonks, but everyone else will do what they have to do to get across the border."

In El Salvador, Saca said, "I lament what happened in the Senate. I hope that the senators consider this well, because there are 12 million people [in the United States] who are undocumented."

"What a pity, what a pity, but those are decisions of the legislators," Saca told reporters.

In Guatemala, the newspaper Prensa Libre described the Senate vote as "deplorable" in an editorial headlined "12 Million Victims." The vote, the paper said, showed that the United States is "a country hostile toward immigrants."

Prensa Libre predicted that the decision would hurt the economies of the United States and Guatemala by restricting the flow of people between the countries. But, the paper noted, there could be a subtler, even more damaging effect.

"Little by little, the number of people who lose their appreciation of [the United States] will grow," the paper said. "With what happened yesterday, everyone loses, sooner rather than later, and there are fewer possibilities of healing that wound."