Mexico says Texas Governor Perry's border deployment politically motivated
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) - The Mexican government has condemned the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border, saying Governor Rick Perry authorized the move for political purposes.
"Mexico underscores that it is irresponsible to manipulate border security for political reasons," said the statement from the Mexican government and sent by its embassy in Washington on Thursday.
Perry, seen as a possible contender for the 2016 U.S. Republican presidential nomination, said he was sending up to 1,000 troops to the Mexican border to deter criminal activity caused by drug cartels, and accused President Barack Obama of not doing enough to secure the border.
"The unilateral measure taken by the government of Texas is undoubtedly mistaken and does not contribute to the efforts in which our two countries are engaged to build a safe border and create a solution to the phenomenon of migration," the Mexican statement said.
Perry said the deployment, which started in mid-August and is expected to cost at least $12 million a month, was needed because U.S. Border Patrol resources were being strained in managing a surge of children from Central America illegally crossing into the United States.
The Texas National Guard troops are working with the state's law enforcement in support roles, he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/mexico-says-texas-governor-perrys-border-deployment-politically-164056535.html;_ylt=AwrSyCTX0xFUV0QAH0XQtDMD
onlooker wrote:Well where to start, Mexico has been exploited and abused first by Spain and then by the US for a long time already. Starting with annexing lots of it's former territory by the US.
Sixstrings wrote:They're trying to bring their system to here, and that's what we do not want.
yellowcanoe wrote:Forgive me for not have any sympathy whatsoever for Mexico and NAFTA. We're seeing a significant loss of manufacturing jobs here in Ontario and Mexico is where a lot of those jobs are moving to. This wasn't the case when NAFTA was first created. While Mexico did have cheaper labour I don't think the skill level and reliability of Mexican workers was high enough to attract much manufacturing. That has clearly changed over time and companies are now quite willing to move manufacturing to Mexico.
yellowcanoe wrote:Forgive me for not have any sympathy whatsoever for Mexico and NAFTA. We're seeing a significant loss of manufacturing jobs here in Ontario and Mexico is where a lot of those jobs are moving to. This wasn't the case when NAFTA was first created.
Deputy Barnes wrote:Bottom line: Mexico sucks because of Mexicans. It does not suck because of the United States, Canada, Spain or NAFTA. Indeed Mexico would be even worse off than it already is without the generous contributions of these parties.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29858652
A US marine imprisoned in Mexico for driving a vehicle loaded with firearms across the border has been released.
The family of retired Marine Sgt Andrew Tahmooressi expressed their "overwhelming and humbling feeling of relief" in a statement.
A judge in Tijuana ordered his immediate release on Friday, eight months after he was jailed.
The 26-year-old from Florida had said he got lost on a California motorway and accidentally crossed the border.
dolanbaker wrote:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29858652
A US marine imprisoned in Mexico for driving a vehicle loaded with firearms across the border has been released.
The family of retired Marine Sgt Andrew Tahmooressi expressed their "overwhelming and humbling feeling of relief" in a statement.
A judge in Tijuana ordered his immediate release on Friday, eight months after he was jailed.
The 26-year-old from Florida had said he got lost on a California motorway and accidentally crossed the border.
How the Fúck did he "accidentally cross the border!
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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