The Discerning Texan

All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Insult to Injury

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon is not making any friends in the US. If only President Bush would act insulted:

Mexico's President Calderon has delivered a slap in the face to the United States, and provided what amounts to an endorsement for his citizens violating the laws of the United States. Steve Gilbert of Sweetness & Light caught the significance of an official photo appearing on Mexico's Presidencia website, showing El Presidente meeting with Elvira Arellano, who illegally entered our country and who illegally used a fake social security number.

There can be no denying that this is a high honor for the citizen of any country. To confer such a distinction on someone who very publicly flouted the laws of a neighbor implies official endorsement of lawlessness.

Steve asks the important question of how Mexico would regard a neighboring nation encouraging its citizens to flout Mexico's laws, such as its strict immigration laws.

This is not the behavior of an amigo.

Of all the things that have happened with our inability to enforce our borders, I do not know why I find this one in particular to be so infuriating--but I really do. This is a knife in the back from a supposed "friend."

Labels: Border Protection, Illegal Immigration, Mexico