The omission: As U.S. Guns Turn Up in Mexico, Justice Dept. Under Fire for Flubbing Anti-Smuggling Program
Heard about it on the radio.
So the U.S. government looks the other way while arming drug gangs?
Good way to keep a war going, huh?
"Railroad fights fines over Mexican drugs" by Associated Press / June 16, 2011
EL PASO — A border security program to X-ray every train rolling into the US has prompted as much as $400 million in fines against US railroads, which are held responsible for bales of marijuana, bundles of cocaine, and anything else criminals cram into the boxcars as they roll through Mexico.
But let the guns sail right through.
Union Pacific, the largest rail shipper on the US-Mexico border and the largest recipient of fines, refuses to pay more than $388 million in fines, up from $37.5 million three years ago when the screening began. In federal litigation the railroad argues that it is being punished for something it cannot control: criminals stashing illegal drugs in railcars in Mexico....
Given the gun-running the government seems damn hypocritical. Time to decriminalize and let UP haul the stuff legally.
The railroad’s argument may be gaining traction: The federal government recently signed a partial settlement with the railroad, releasing 10 seized railcars in exchange for $40,000, and agreed to return to negotiations with the railroad, according to court records.
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No omission for division:
"Mexico, others fight new Ga. law" by Greg Bluestein, Associated Press / June 17, 2011
ATLANTA — Mexico and 10 other countries have joined the legal fight against Georgia’s tough new immigration law, warning that the strict crackdown could jeopardize close ties between the United States and its Latin American neighbors.
Without even touching the issue of immigration I object to other countries insinuating them into state affairs. So we are not off to a good start here.
The nations filed briefs late Wednesday in support of civil liberties groups that asked a federal judge to declare Georgia’s new law unconstitutional and block it from taking effect. The filing marks a new phase in the legal showdown that has pitted Georgia’s lawyers against groups that had threatened to challenge the law even before it was adopted by lawmakers.
Mexico’s move also echoes the legal strategy it pursued to challenge tough new immigration rules enacted by other states....
The measure, Mexico said, would strain diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexico, “interfering with the strategic diplomatic interests of the two countries and encouraging an imminent threat of state-sanctioned bias.’’
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Peru also filed briefs in support of the plaintiffs....
Meaning they don't want you back, illegals.
The Anti-Defamation League filed an amicus brief this week warning that the law could deter Latinos from reporting crimes and create an underclass vulnerable to increased hate crimes and violence....
Kind of the what Israel has done to Palestinians, 'eh?
ADL - America's Most Powerful Hate Group
ADL - World's Largest Hate Group
The ADL's hate crimes legislation
The ADL Hates Our Freedoms
Yeah, turns out the supremacist civil rights group is one of the biggest haters on the planet.
Why are they even involving themselves if they were not pushing an agenda?
The filing from Mexico said top officials were closely watching the debate surrounding the Georgia measure. It said Mexican officials were dismayed when Georgia passed the law, which they said could impact millions of Mexican workers, tourists, and students in the United States, and millions more whose jobs depend on international trade....
Yeah, this globalist system of economics that created the immigration problem has really worked out great, huh?
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Related:
Clear the Court: Boning Immigrants
Immigration Incarceration
The Illegal Immigrant Imprisonment Industry
Wasn't exactly in the brochure, was it?
Also see: Suspect in Texas sect killings admits a role
