PRESS CONFERENCE
  "We want them to eventually become U.S. citizens. We want to regularize this. We want to make it less dangerous, less threatening, and to let them become citizens if that is where your destiny takes you. And so we are looking at ways that both of us can work together to solve this problem. We are very pleased that the Mexicans have said clearly that this is something both of us have to work on. It is not just an American problem.
  "I will be discussing possible recommendations with Foreign Minister Castañeda on the ninth of August."

New York Times, February 4, 2001
"Our common border is no longer a line that divides us, but a region that unites our nations, reflecting our common aspirations, values and culture," said Colin Powell last Tuesday in Washington at his first news conference as secretary of state, held jointly with the new Mexican foreign minister, Jorge Casteneda.

American Patrol, July 18, 2001
"Mexico is one of the most corrupt nations on earth," said Glenn Spencer of American Patrol, " It has a tradition of lying and of little respect for education, the law or science. Mexico and the United States could not be more different. We do not share common values or a common culture. Any attempt to merge the two nations will be catastrophic for America. America is a sovereign state and can determine its immigration policies unilaterally. Colin Powell should be fired."