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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: thames_sider who wrote (16960)	3/7/2003 10:36:25 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

>>do you not concede that the US would see significantly higher immigration from the south if the border patrols were stopped and Mexicans given full leave to travel or settle in the US, without visas or other immigration controls?<< No, the whole purpose of the initial discussions between Fox and Bush was to develop some controlled way for allowing SOME workers into the U.S. Fox (Mexico's president) badly needed some agreement to help in his own political situation, particularly with the problems he was having in the southern parts of the country. Bush gave him nothing and broke off all discussions, mainly, I believe, because he had no idea of how to handle this problem. It's also indicative of a certain, in-your-face attitude towards solving problems that can best be described as pure Texas--a combination of arrogance and narrow focus on only one policy, and no interest whatsoever in considering alternatives. As President Johnson said when advised he should negotiate a withdrawal from VietNam, "That ain't the way we do it in Texas." Art