Obama Takes Pro-Amnesty Road Show South of the Border

by ALLAN WALL May 15, 2013 * Family Security Matters

President Barack Obama took his pro-amnesty road show down south of the border, and guess what? They liked it there.

Well, not entirely. Some Mexicans are angry about the illegal aliens Obama has deported, and some are impatient that he hasn’t gotten amnesty enacted already.

You can’t please everybody. But, we know where his heart is – the amnesty proposal hasn’t even passed the Senate and Obama is already promoting it south of the border. You think that’s not going to encourage more immigration?                  

The Obama trip to the region lasted from May 2 to May 4. The president arrived to Mexico on the May 2, and departed on May 3 for Costa Rica in Central America, from whence he returned to the U.S. on May 4.  

The visit displayed a lot of PR and hot air, but it also displayed the growing integration between the U.S. and Mexico, of which immigration is an important part.

On May 2, Obama arrived to Mexico City, the country’s teeming capital. There, the U.S. president met with Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto, in the Palacio Nacional. This is Mexico’s capitol building, headquarters of its executive branch and a popular tourist attraction.(See photos 1,2,6 and 20 in the gallery here). There the two presidents held a joint press conference.

(The Palacio is located on one side of the city’s Zocalo plaza, frequently the site of protest camp-outs. So before Obama’s visit, the government made a deal with striking teachers camped out on the plaza to relocate until the Obama visit was over.)

In two previous articles (see here and here), I have mentioned the possibility of Obama’s signing agreements with other countries without the approval of Congress. It just seems the way things are done now.

Mexico’s Excelsior newspaper reported that, shortly before Obama’s arrival, Mexican congressman Alejandro Montano Guzman of the PRI(same party as the Mexican president) called for the U.S. and Mexico to sign agreements, including a migratory accord.

At the Palacio Nacional press conference, the Mexican president announced several bilateral agreements that his government and the U.S. government had, at some point with our government. That’s nice to know.

 Let’s see, what have the two amigos agreed to? One thing is the formation of a high-level   group including the Mexican economic cabinet, its American government counterparts, and other officials including Joe Biden (presumably for comic relief). The goal – “stronger economic integration”.

The two governments plan to work together for a “safer border.” (Hmm, wouldn’t a serious fence along the whole border do a lot to make it safer?)    

Then there’s the new bilateral group is to be created to “support entrepreneurs” in both the U.S. and Mexico. Why is that necessary?      

 And they’ve agreed to form a “bilateral forum on higher education, innovation and research.” So apparently, sending all those young and not-so-young Dream Act recipients to college in the U.S. isn’t doing enough.              

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