Vicente Fox visit Iowa - Campaigning for our primary??

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http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/10/27/news/top/9fab672fc0a7bd2d86257380007eadba.txt

Fox urges immigration reform, not a wall 
 
By Tim Gallagher Journal staff writer

STORM LAKE, Iowa  Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, said fear is guiding U.S. policy makers, specifically in the charge to build a wall between the two countries.

"People are using fear to confuse immigrants with terrorists," said Fox, who was elected in 2000. "Immigrants are not terrorists. It's false. Immigrants built this country.  I agree - LEGAL immigrants did build this country!  If we don't know what ILLEGAL immigrants are coming into America, how do we know they are not terrorists?

"Congress should take the bull by the horns. It is a federal issue," Fox continued. "If they don't deal with it, then it will be left to local authorities, some who are extremely violent and aggressive."  Somebody needs to be aggressive!

Fox spoke about relations between Mexico and the U.S. at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, where he appeared as the 18th lecturer in the annual William W. Siebens American Heritage Lecture.

Buena Vista student Tara Runghee opened her question by quoting a member of Congress, presidential candidate Tom Tancredo, who has said that as president he would eliminate benefits and job prospects so illegal immigrants would not stay. Tancredo, a Colorado Republican, is a proponent of building a wall between the two nations.

Fox snorted at the name Tancredo, adding, "He should not have a Spanish name."  He doesn't, educated one - it is ITALIAN!

Fox added that he's not for open borders, either. He does not support illegality or disorder.  So which?  What did he do to stop illegality or disorder?

"Figure which of the 12 million (undocumented workers ILLEGAL immigrants) have a job, and the rest should be sent back," said Fox. If we can find the 12 million, we can send them back!  He added a caveat: "There is a human side. Families cannot be divided. To see a 2- or 3-year-old here alone while their parents are sent back to Mexico is not compassionate."  They can take the kids with them!  Duh!

When Fox was elected in 2000, he broke a seven-decade hold the Revolutionary Institutional Party had had on the country. The former trucker driver who rose to president for Coca-Cola in Mexico and Latin America promised reform and democratization. Some argue he delivered, as the per capita income rose in Mexico while the country's debt level was reduced.

Mexico shows its buying power north of the border, he said, by purchasing more from the U.S. than Italy, France and Germany combined. And was that bought from us with the BILLIONS of $$$ the illegals send back to Mexico?  Years ago, he noted, there were 85 different car models offered in Mexico. There are 850 now.

Why, then, are Mexicans still risking their lives to get out of Mexico?

"Today the Mexican average income is one-sixth of what it is in the U.S.," he said. "As long as there is that gap, people will look for a better life."  So, how 'bout Mexico takes better care of its citizens instead of expecting the U.S. to do it???

The U.S., he said, relies on Latin American labor. The U.S. needs 400,000 to 500,000 more workers each year to keep pace with job growth. The domestic working population, he added, isn't growing that rapidly here. Immigrant labor is filling the void, allowing the economy in the U.S. to expand.  Not if the employers of ILLEGALS were held to our laws!

"It (U.S. growth) would not be sustainable were it not for the injection of this talent," he said.  Manual labor is TALENT??

Storm Lake, in fact, is one Northwest Iowa community that has grown thanks in large part to a surge in immigration. The public school district educated a handful of minorities in the late 1980s. Caucasians are now in the minority in the schools.  Wonder what the majority is?

Fox asked Northwest Iowans to plead with their lawmakers to spend billions not on a fence but on education and job creation.  I have a better idea - why doesn't Mexico do that?  His presumptiousness and entitlement mentality are unbelievable!

Fox said he and President Bush were very close to reaching an immigration reform package in September 2001. The terrorist attacks on the U.S. changed everything.  AH, but in America it takes more than one person to make that happen!

"And for the past six years, all that I have heard is 'manana, manana, manana,'" said Fox, using the Spanish word for "tomorrow."  And hopefully you will continue to hear that!

Immigration reform has waited while U.S. leaders dealt with elections at home and violence in the Middle East.  Excuse me - I think again that's OUR BUSINESS - Not YOURS!

To that end, Fox said he believes U.S. troops should be pulled out of Iraq as soon as possible, a line that earned applause from the audience gathered in Schaller Memorial Chapel. Oh great, now he's going to run our foreign policy, too?  NOT!!  Now that Saddam Hussein is dead, the Iraqi people, he said, should determine their own fate.

And the U.S. should return to what made it a world leader.  We are the WORLD LEADER!

"The U.S. must recuperate its core values (we plan to - it's called regaining our SOVEREIGNTY) and must come back to be a leader again in the world," Fox said. "We must build bridges of communication, bridges of technology and bridges of education (AND THE BORDER FENCE)."

Fox, who gave another lecture Friday evening at Buena Vista, will entertain questions from the public today from 9:15 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Siebens Fieldhouse. Since leaving office in December, he has been speaking throughout the world. His memoir, "Revolution of Hope," was published this year.

Vicente Fox joins a distinguished list of speakers who have visited Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, for the William W. Siebens American Heritage Lecture. Past speakers include Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and F.W. de Klerk; and Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher, Shimon Peres, Benazir Bhutto and John Major.