More Mexican meddling. More American abasement. (Its too bad we are not in charge. — Ed)
Last week saw yet another Mexican presidential visit (March 2-3) It was blessedly short. Felipe Calderon was in Washington less than 24 hours. He met with President Obama, they held a press conference, he had a luncheon with corporate CEOs and another with Obama, and a meeting with Speaker of the House Boehner.
In recent years, Mexican presidents have been making regular triumphal tours of the United States, where they boldly attack our sovereignty and demand amnesty and other benefits for their countrymen who are in our country illegally….
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Later, Calderon gave aspeech at the Woodrow Wilson Center. There he also discussed immigration:
“Sooner or later we will need a reform of the immigrations….the migration is a natural phenomenon between both countries. In fact, it has been occurring throughout all the history of the United States and Mexico. And now the lack of a judicial framework, comprehensive and effective, has caused some states of the Union to propose their own laws.”[Spanish text and YouTube]
Of course, it’s preposterous for a visiting Mexican president to say we don’t have a “judicial framework” for immigration. We do have one—he just doesn’t like it because, as open as it is, it’s not quite open enough.
Calderon employed a common routine of Mexican politicians by saying that it’s too bad that Mexicans have to emigrate but there’s no way to stop it…
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