Yeah, Right, Whatever

Earlier today, I ranted a bit about the Border Patrol being told to "stand down" along the stretch of border in Arizona where the Minutemen had patroled during the month of April. Well... fasten your seatbelts... I'm about to go off again on the subject of illegal immigration...

This time, Vincente Fox (and the rest of Mexican government) is my target.

Mexico has reacted furiously to a bill signed into law by the US this week that would fund a border wall and prevent illegal Mexican migrants from obtaining US driving licences.

I'm sorry, but... what right does the Mexican government have to respond to any legislation that the United States government passes? But, wait... let me let them dig themselves a deeper hole before I completely lose it.

Santiago Creel, Mexico's interior secretary, said the “Real ID” law was “negative, inconvenient, and obstructionist”.

Negative? Not from a US security point of view? Inconvenient? Only to legal immigrants who have to jump through a hoop or two in order to get their driver's license. Obstructionist? Hmmm... the only thing it's obstructing is people who are in our country illegally from reaping the benefits of our great nation.

“Building walls doesn't help anyone build a good neighbourhood,” he said. “Taking away the possibility of obtaining driving licences for people who are working in legal jobs, who pay their taxes there, who send remittances home here, seems to us to be an extreme measure, particularly given the new understanding that we thought we had after the re-election of President Bush.”

No, it doesn't prevent legal immigrants from getting licenses... just the illegal ones. But he does point out their real problem with this legislation. Without a license to drive in the US, those illegal aliens might not be able to make enough money to "send remittances home" and prop up their failing economy. And that whole new understanding you thought you had? That was with W., not Congress. Sorry 'bout that, Sparky.

Then the article points out one way illegals are able to "legally" get licenses:

Since 2002, Mexico has adopted a popular policy of issuing undocumented labourers with consular identity cards, which are accepted as proof of identity by many US states for issuing driving licences, and for opening bank accounts. Under the new law, this would no longer be possible.

So... someone makes it across the border. They contact the Mexican consulate closest to them, they then issue consular ID, and they can get a license. How... sneaky. How... utterly and completely wrong.

I'm sorry. I'm my never-to-be-accused-of-being-modest opinion, by providing fraudulent credentials to Mexican nationals, those people should be picked up on suspicion of espionage, the consular offices closed, everyone deported, and war declared on Mexico (because of an invasion encouraged and some would say sanctioned by the Mexican government, up to the highest levels.) If North Korea was sneaking in extra people, providing fraudulent consular creds to them, and then they were sending resourses back to North Korea, wouldn't we do all of that to them? And why is Mexico any different? I would argue that what Mexico is doing is even worse, because they're supposed to be our friends.

With friends like that... eh... you know the saying...