Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Fighting emigration from Mexico
More than 45,000 people fled Michoacan in 2004 alone, most of them from rural communities, lured to the United States by the prospect of an hourly minimum wage equivalent to a day's worth of work at home, or in the case of many women, by a marriage proposal from a young man who had established himself there.
US Senator Cornyn for work visas
Senate Republicans' new point man on immigration said that it is unrealistic to assume that the 10 million illegal aliens in the United States can be deported.
BLOGS..try this point Cornyn.... " We the people of the United States of America want to know just who do you work for and represent?
BLOGS..try this point Cornyn.... " We the people of the United States of America want to know just who do you work for and represent?
Record year for Tourism in Mexico
The perception of Mexico as a safe destination also helped the country attract US tourists, analysts said.
BLOGS...YES, THEY ARE STILL PUSHING TRAVEL TO MEXICO!!!
BLOGS...YES, THEY ARE STILL PUSHING TRAVEL TO MEXICO!!!
"THINGS COULD GET UGLY"
Mexican President Vicente Fox's four-year crackdown on drug traffickers has triggered a backlash marked by a gangland war, a rash of murders on the U.S. border and possible threats against his own life.
BLOGS...only El Fox would call uncontrolled violence, and Drug Cartel warfare, a personal success by his administration of Mexico. Let's send a message to El Fox ...get out of the the US, and Terrorize somewhere else...
BLOGS...only El Fox would call uncontrolled violence, and Drug Cartel warfare, a personal success by his administration of Mexico. Let's send a message to El Fox ...get out of the the US, and Terrorize somewhere else...
Drug Shootouts Kill 12 in Northern Mexico
More assault rifles were found scattered around the truck; they apparently belonged to the dead men, and large numbers of spent shells were found nearby, but it was not immediately clear whether the dead men had fired their weapons in self-defense.
More Killings Near Mexi Beach Resort
The bodies, all apparently shot at close range, turned up along an 80-mile stretch of highway between the state capital, Culiacan, and the beach resort of Mazatlan.
