U.S. $1.4 Billion South Border Security Pkg - For Mexican South Border!
Pictured: Mexican/Guatemala border.
Michelle Malkin has an article today focusing on a $1.4 billion aid package for Mexico to secure their southern border.
Here is an excerpt:
The plan is called “The Merida Initiative.” Seems that the White House has had this plan in the works for nearly a year with little congressional input on either side of the border.
We can’t finish our own border fence, properly supply our immigration agents and border patrol with all the equipment and resources they need, or get our house in order. Yet, the Bush administration wants to fork over $1.4 billion to Mexico and Central America–with much of it going into the hands of corrupt law enforcement officials and government bureaucrats who have worked tirelessly to undermine our immigration laws. The funding is tucked into the 2008 supplemental budget.
Naturally, the State Department has taken a lead role. They’ve held meetings in secret and cut out members of Congress from discussion. You’ll love the explanation for the secrecy: Mexico is “sensitive,” you see. Also, according to one expert, “Mexico is very protective of its sovereignty and very worried about any incursion of U.S. security forces or private contractors—like Blackwater—coming in to train Mexicans.” Yeah, they’re worried about incursions and sovereignty.
Read the rest at Michelle’s blog here.
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Sheer ludicracy.
February 11th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
I quit…..
February 11th, 2008 at 1:36 pmMcCain will straighten all of this out. tic
February 11th, 2008 at 1:37 pmConnecting the dots … Chavez is threatening to cut us off of oil … Mexico has oil and is one of our top 4 exporters. Is the $1.4 billion in aid a payoff that they will pick up the slack if good ‘ol Hugo actually stems the flow of black gold?
Not making excuses but the world sucks people and deals like this seem to fly in our faces and on initially reading this story I felt betrayed just like the above people. I think sometimes there are things we need to look deeper at.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:26 pmSo, it’s not enough that we pay inflated prices for their oil and send them a buttload of jobs via NAFTA when our corporations discovered they could save money by sending the work and building plants south of the border.
February 11th, 2008 at 3:06 pmThank you President Bush.
February 11th, 2008 at 3:35 pmMy head is going to explode from the irony.
February 11th, 2008 at 5:20 pmMake. The. Hurting. Stop.
February 11th, 2008 at 6:48 pm