A Viewpoint That Few People Are Considering...

I've often wondered why Mexican President Vicente Fox seems to be getting off scot-free for outsourcing his country's massive unemployment problem.

Illegal immigration to the United States is "Mexico's disgrace," caused by the government's failure to create enough jobs, the country's leftist presidential candidate said on Tuesday.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who trails conservative Felipe Calderon in polls ahead of July 2 elections, accused President Vicente Fox's administration of causing the flight of millions of Mexicans to the north, which prompted President Bush to order National Guard troops to the border.

"They are the ones mostly responsible for what is going on because there is no employment, there are no jobs in Mexico so people need to emigrate," Lopez Obrador said on his morning television show."

Put simply: Any true solution to immigration issues cannot be one-sided.

As it stands, President Fox has done nothing to stem the flow of his people to the United States, and has been more than happy to turn a blind eye to the exodus of his fellow countrymen...
- posted by Brian @ 3:16 PM