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To: longnshort who wrote (62214)9/4/2007 12:29:35 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Respond to of 90947
 
US responsible for deaths of hundreds of thousands of Guatemalans!
counterpunch.org
Apparently our prosperity causes them to commit suicide, and
"If arrested, the undocumented often suffer mistreatment by Mexican border officials who bypass the proper judicial procedures, denying migrants their rights. In some cases, Mexican officials have assaulted their captives or held them indefinitely in detention centers with notoriously horrid conditions.

Struggle to Escape Poverty

Yet despite these obstacles, Central Americans continue to cross the border at ever-increasing rates. Last year Mexico deported 147,000 illegal immigrants, some 20 percent more than in 2002. Most hailed from just three Central American nations: Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua."
the Mexicans are not as nice to THEIR illegal immigrants as they think we should be to Mexican illegal immigrants here.