Mexico Condemns U.S. Border Protection -- Move May Be Short-Sighted

Mexico Condemns U.S. Border Protection
Move May Be Short-Sighted

American Patrol Report -- February 7

Mexico to declare war if U.S. doesn't drop border defenses?

    Translation of a Mexico City news story by the reveals that the Mexican Senate wants President Felipe Calderon to send a message to the U.S. asking that plans to continue to protect its border against illegal immigration be dropped. ()
    According to the report, Barack Obama's plan to finish part of the virtual fence displeased the Mexicans, as did his failure to cut the number of Border Patrol agents. The Mexicans say that Obama "went back on his promise he made to all Hispanic groups that supported him..." The Mexican Senate claims he is "closing the border," and is asking the Mexican president to manifest "an estrangement" because U.S. border enforcement is a violation of human rights. (This action by the Mexican Senate went unreported in the U.S.)
Short-Sighted?
    While for this session of Congress, the border protection issue could loom large as fears that drug-related violence in Mexico could spill over into the U.S. "While I am aware Mexicans are trying to retake the Southwest, If they knew what was good for them they would applaud better border protection," said Glenn Spencer of . Spencer has argued that the Mexican drug war was set off by new border fence construction and that finishing the job would give the cartels nothing to fight over.