"Obama supports that plan, known as the Merida Initiative.... a multimillion-dollar antidrug aid package from Washington"
Great. MORE TYRANNY and WASTED MONEY thrown away at the "drug war."
I guess we got nothing better to do with the money, like roads, bridges, schools, health care, mortgages, etc, etc.
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"Calderon to focus talks with Obama on Mexican drug war; Immigration issue also on his agenda" by Alexandra Olson, Associated Press | January 12, 2009
MEXICO CITY - With violence spilling over the Mexican border into the United States, President Felipe Calderon should have little trouble securing support for his battle against drugs when he meets President-elect Barack Obama today.
But as wars and economic crisis take center stage in the United States, Calderon may have a tougher time persuading Obama to make immigration reform a top priority.
Gee, what a "coincidence" that Bush is pushing the immigration issue in his interview, huh?
Calderon's office said yesterday in a statement that he will press for "better conditions for Mexicans in the United States, based on respect for their rights," and may express concerns over stepped-up migrant raids. He might expect a friendly reception from Obama, who last year supported an unsuccessful immigration reform bill that would have given millions of undocumented migrants a path to citizenship.
Yup, he SUPPORTED the VERY UNPOPULAR AMNESTY and BAILOUT BILLS -- but SOMEHOW gets a PASS from the press and the public!
Yet Obama's administration won't likely rush to overhaul immigration law while joblessness and foreclosures climb in the United States, said George Grayson, a Mexico analyst at the College of William & Mary in Virginia. If anything, the flagging US economy will pile pressure on Obama to emphasize border security and keep illegal immigrants out.
Yeah, right; keep dreamin'!
"The chance of having immigration reform is like having it snow in the desert," Grayson said.
The guy obviously isn't familiar with climate change, 'eh?
"With the unemployment rate surging in the United States and the economy expected to shrink this year, it is not a hospitable time to invite more workers into the country."
That never stopped 'em before!
Obama's pick for homeland security chief, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, has backed tough immigration policies in the past, including sending National Guard troops to the border and punishing employers for hiring illegal immigrants. But both she and Obama have supported giving driver's licenses to undocumented migrants.
While Calderon's predecessor, Vicente Fox, pressed for profound US immigration reform, including giving undocumented workers legal status - which became known as "the whole enchilada" - Calderon may have to settle for smaller, piecemeal measures.
Translation: the GLOBALISTS are reaching for the INCREMENTAL STICK again!
"Calderon continues to emphasize the contribution that Mexican workers make to the US economy," Grayson said. "He hopes that while there may not be an opportunity for the whole enchilada, there may be some tacos coming Mexico's way."
How? By DRIVING DOWN WAGES and STEALING JOBS from Americans?
Also complicating immigration reform is the war on drugs, which has increasingly defined US-Mexico relations. Drug-related homicides doubled in Mexico last year, led by rising murder rates in cities across the border from the United States.
Some Mexicans, especially police officers, have fled north seeking safe haven from death threats. Last month, the US Justice Department called Mexican cartels the biggest organized crime threat to the United States, saying they are increasingly pairing up with the Italian Mafia and other gangs to control distribution in American cities.
Ever notice there is always ONE GANG of CRIMINALS that are NEVER DISCUSSED in Amerika's Zionist papers?
See: The Russian-Israeli Mafia: Off-limits to FBI, US intelligence
Another "coincidence," I guess.
Calderon also meets President Bush tomorrow to discuss anticrime partnerships, the White House press office said Saturday. He also plans to visit financial experts, academics, and congressional leaders.
Why? Why meet with him when HE IS LEAVING?
Calderon, who has been praised by US officials for deploying troops to fight cartels and capturing top drug kingpins, already won a multimillion-dollar antidrug aid package from Washington last year. Obama supports that plan, known as the Merida Initiative, and promises to take up another cause that Calderon champions: stopping the smuggling of guns from the United States to Mexico, which the Washington-based Brookings Institute says has reached a volume of 2,000 weapons a day.
Unless it's CIA-approved and transported.
Obama has said that "southbound" strategy will complement the "northbound" crackdown on drug trafficking. Still, Calderon will have to battle for Obama's attention as the new president grapples with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the worst economic crisis in decades.
"Deficits, two wars - Obama is coming in with a full plate," said Riordan Roett, a Johns Hopkins University professor who advised the Obama campaign on Latin American policy.
Translation: the borders will remain wide open.
