Video: Calderon slams U.S. “persecution” of poor undocumented lawbreakers
posted at 10:02 am on September 3, 2007 by Allahpundit
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Sanctuary cities, college tuition breaks for illegals, fawning press coverage, the support of the president of the United States and the majority party in Congress, and this jackass has the titanium balls to whine about “persecution.” Here’s what persecution looks like. Utter, shameless, repulsive hypocrisy.
Update: Why does Calderon say stuff like this? He has his own political constituencies to gratify, granted, but he must have some sense of how poisonous his overweening sense of entitlement is to the amnesty movement in the U.S. He’s our best spokesman. You’d think someone would clue him in.
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Hey Calderon, do you ever wonder WHY they fled your corrupt POS country in the first place? If you focused more on fixing Mexico than making your primary export Mexican citizens, maybe we’d take you seriously.
BKennedy on September 3, 2007 at 10:05 AM
Hmmm… send him a bill for all the illegals getting free medical care in emergency rooms???
After all, he’s all about taking care of HIS people…
Romeo13 on September 3, 2007 at 10:10 AM
Here again, you can only be racist if you talk bad about ‘those people’. If you say ‘those people’ all work hard and contribute to society (by definition racist), it’s OK.
Lots of illegal aliens are hard working and good for the economy. But it isn’t ‘all’ by a long shot. Lots of them contribute to the overcrowded schools, jails, hospitals, and bankrupt social security system (kids born American to poor parents), morgues with deaths due to DUI, MS13. . . .
IF THEY WERE SO GOOD FOR SOCIETY, WHY CAN’T THEY HELP THE MEXICAN ECONOMY AND SOCIETY GET OUT OF 3RD WORLD STATUS?
ThackerAgency on September 3, 2007 at 10:16 AM
If you look at the faces in that room, the people clapping are the “upper-class” people. He’s preaching to the people who want the poor out of Mexico.
moonsbreath on September 3, 2007 at 10:17 AM
this dolt is the epitome of hot air. He can blow it out his ear.
rplat on September 3, 2007 at 10:23 AM
Is the freakin fence up yet? Put the national guard down there too.
Yeah, he basically wants the U.S. to be a Mexican sub-state, where their people can go, get jobs, and send money back. All of this talk about socialized health care has probably got him really salivating.
WisCon on September 3, 2007 at 10:27 AM
Build Fence.
Enforce Laws.
Repeat.
Rinse.
profitsbeard on September 3, 2007 at 10:30 AM
Hmmm… just struck me…
does mexico have an income tax on income generated in America?
I know we tax money once it enters the country from working in a foreign country… do they? Because if so, then they HAVE a list of those who are here in America…
Romeo13 on September 3, 2007 at 10:33 AM
‘unilateral’?? Umm- YEAH!! It’s OUR country.
Ex-tex on September 3, 2007 at 10:33 AM
Let us not forget who is courting this “voting” bloc. Oh, yeah, both sides of the aisle right here at home.
Not to sound moonbatty, but some big businesses need to take a huge hit before this will be resolved.The companies whose whole sorporate model depends on these workers are a big part of this problem.
bbz123 on September 3, 2007 at 10:35 AM
Go ahead Calderon, p*ss off the US majority a bit more.
# 1 export from Mexico is , um, Mexicans. Got to agree. Send a bill to this sack for medical, education, and law enforcement.
BobK on September 3, 2007 at 10:42 AM
I would be willing to be recalled to active duty to go down on the border with a weapon, ammunition, and realistic rules of engagement to finally stem the leak of their invasion force. Of course it will never happen because our political ruling class is in bed with the Mexican Government. The gumballs shown by this guy are incredible.
KC-135A on September 3, 2007 at 11:04 AM
STFU CALDERON !
sonnyspats1 on September 3, 2007 at 11:05 AM
If the majority of Americans want the fence, want our current laws enforced, want our immigration authorities to keep track of who’s here, then why can’t we get Washington to act?
1. Business wants cheap labor
2. Democrats want votes by making illegals legal
3. Bush/Rove didn’t want to lose votes by alienating Hispanics.
4. Maybe Bush really is a Globalist and wants the United States of North America? (not sure about that one, but sometimes I wonder)
So we end up paying the medical care and education for people who shouldn’t even be here. Some of our citizens are raped and killed by people who shouldn’t be here. And still Washington drags it’s feet! We have to stay on Washington to do the right thing. We defeated Shamnisty, so we know it can be done, but the pressure needs to be applied and reapplied. Calderon’s comments help if people will listen to what he is saying. Our immigration department is corrupt and/or broken. Tear it down and build a new one the right way! After 9/11 how can we still not know who is here? and still allow people to cross the southern border in the numbers they do? BUILD THE FENCE! ENFORCE THE LAW! Is that so tough? Apparently it is. Go figure.
Ordinary1 on September 3, 2007 at 11:13 AM
Again with the … “it just doesn’t make sense” bit.
Keep scratching your head and insisting that they simply enjoy making themselves look like brain dead morons. Keep insisting the only plausible explanation is the work of nutjobs. It’s not just Calderon who’s looking ignorant.
Gregor on September 3, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Screw Calderone.
thacker wrote: “IF THEY WERE SO GOOD FOR SOCIETY, WHY CAN’T THEY HELP THE MEXICAN ECONOMY AND SOCIETY GET OUT OF 3RD WORLD STATUS?”
The right question!
georgej on September 3, 2007 at 11:26 AM
I know I am gonna get negative reaction to this comment but I’ll just say it anyway.
Do you guys really believe that more law enforcement, deportation, and more fences are going to solve the whole immigration issue. Do you all not see that maybe there is an issue that people are willing to risk their lives to come here because their country is so bad.
Perhaps, we should talk more about how the United States can help Mexico improve their economy and government instead of just talking about fences because it would benefit us and not just Mexico if actually cared what was going in with our neighbors.
Attacks start in 1,2,3…
terryannonline on September 3, 2007 at 11:29 AM
I’m curious. Does anyone know how the lefties are reacting to this little speech by Calderon? I glanced around at a few of the lefty blogs, but didn’t see anything on this topic on their front pages. I know a lot of libs are actually with us on immigration, but for different reasons. I’m just curious how they’re taking Calderon’s statement that anywhere there’s a Mexican is Mexico.
aero on September 3, 2007 at 11:32 AM
The scarest thing about this, it’s only important to 1% of us, who actually pay any attention to any of this stuff. The other 99% are too busy either consuming the cartel drugs, out looking for the cartel drugs, or being indoctrined into their culture,(ok so the %’s are mine, its a gut feeling). Get out of your well groomed upper middleclass neighborhoods, and see the carnage
being waged on the smaller towns around. The big cities are allready gone. Just ask Richie Daly(i don’t know nothing about nothing). Or Rudy (santuary Mayor of the century) for that matter. The only reason crime is down in New York City is because they have all ready conquered, and divided the loot. Camera’s are rolling in the Big Rotten Apple, time to move on to the smaller communities where the picken is easy. Less camera’s,under paid and under staffed police force and small town mayors who are easier to make your town into Horror Town USA. Just have to look at the SW burbs of Chicago, its spreading out here and the towns elite love the new influx of money $$$$ and thats what its all about. Their (the town elites) kids are well protected and the cartels actually know who they are, and are protecting them from gettin involved as much as they can.
Legions on September 3, 2007 at 11:32 AM
What would you suggest? Should we send our military in and topple their corrupt government? Or do we just write them a check with US taxpayer money to make that corrupt government richer?
The Mexican people have to want to help themselves before we have any chance of helping them. Any money or assistance we provide is simply going to be swallowed up by the drug cartels, and the massive corruption.
Gregor on September 3, 2007 at 11:40 AM
Why not just declare all out war on the US? C’mon Calderoni … have some cajones. This crap was settled once before and you guys lost … let’s do it again and settle it for good. Game?
darwin on September 3, 2007 at 11:40 AM
No attack… just this. Just like Mexico doesn’t run our country (although apparently they are trying!), we don’t run theirs. Mexico is oil rich, but very corrupt. Unless we send our military down there to clean up their corruption… They are going to have to clean up their own act. We can provide incentives, but we can’t do it for them. Mexico is letting it’s own citizens down big time. It’s too sad for words.
In the meantime, our Government has a CONSTITUTIONAL obligation to protect us and control our borders. It doesn’t get any more fundamental than that.
Ordinary1 on September 3, 2007 at 11:43 AM
Drug cartel that mostly American drug users help fund.
terryannonline on September 3, 2007 at 11:47 AM
Doesn’t mean we look the other way. All the more reason to seal the border and stop the supply at the source!!! And you can also donate to Teen Challenge.
Ordinary1 on September 3, 2007 at 11:51 AM
Terry, with all due respect (and I mean that because I think you are only trying to explore the issue), that’s exactly the kind of liberal moral relativism we’ve suffered from for decades, and which kept people like me shut-up for so long.
Here’s the answer. Yes we suck, We’ve been hearing that forever now. But we suck way way less than other nations. For me this is no longer discussion-worthy. I refuse to accept that I or my nation is inherently bad, no matter how many individual examples you show. Call me narrow minded if you must. Go USA!
JiangxiDad on September 3, 2007 at 11:53 AM
In the meantime, our Government has a CONSTITUTIONAL obligation to protect us and control our borders. It doesn’t get any more fundamental than that.
Ordinary1 on September 3, 2007 at 11:43 AM
It’s hard to not come to the conclusion that our government is deep in bed with the mexican “government”. And now that mexican truckers will have unlimited access to our country, I very much fear another 9/11 is imminent. Bush is banking on us being able to win all the cat-and-mouse games, rather than give up the nonsense with mexico by securing our border…
JWS on September 3, 2007 at 11:56 AM
LOL! You just answered your own question about why we should seal the borders. Thanks.
Gregor on September 3, 2007 at 12:00 PM
How can Mexico ever build a strong economy when so many of its able-bodied workers are leaving to come here?
And they are leaving b/c the government there is corrupt. We can’t make the Mexicans want a better government, they have to do it themselves…and the only thing that seems to work is if their lives become so miserable that they have no choice but to fight for their country. Else, they will just come here, send money back, and the Mexican government can become more corrupt and continue leeching off us.
WisCon on September 3, 2007 at 12:01 PM
You are so right. This whole conversation is ticking me off. As a Christian, I am not to worry and I put my trust in Jesus because He IS in control. Still, I am getting agitated that people I respect(ed) (President Bush) and others I’m supposed to count on to uphold their OATH to uphold the Constitution, are letting this country down BIG TIME. Don’t they see where their nonsense is leading?? It’s enough to make me angry.
I think I’m gonna go hiking and then watch Texas Tech beat SMU. Maybe that’ll cheer me up :-) some…
Ordinary1 on September 3, 2007 at 12:05 PM
I’ll be there’s a certain mustache wet with crocodile tears over this moving speech.
Dave Shay on September 3, 2007 at 12:11 PM
I’ll bet, even.
Haven’t had enough coffee this morning! Guess I need to refrain from posting a little while longer.
Dave Shay on September 3, 2007 at 12:11 PM
He smells victory. Of course, nobody told him about Howard Dean’s little pilgrimage to the annual Islamic Society of North America convention (thank JammieWearingFool for that find).
steveegg on September 3, 2007 at 12:13 PM
Yes, I am trying to explore the issue. Of course I believe that our immigration laws should be enforced but I’m not totally positive that would get to the heart of the issue, which is poverty.
terryannonline on September 3, 2007 at 12:17 PM
There must not be a word in the Mexican language for “clue”.
I’m just sayin….
Mcguyver on September 3, 2007 at 12:18 PM
Trick of the Trade. Get them to try the drugs at a very, very early age.(so according to you its the young minors fault) That will usually do a couple things. For one, I know for sure, it take’s a good amer. kid out of the job market and give’s the job to one of your anchorbabies..or illegals with false ID’s. Second you have another steady inflow of money till the amer. kids death. Also when given properly to the young ladies you can have your way with them. And thats the saddest part I see out here. When they are finished with these young girls they end up on the ghetto streets of Chicago looking of death..I like to think of it almost like the Arabs sitting back relaxing watching that easy oil money coming in and doing little work. Same with most of the mexicans who are planted up here by the cartels. Well financed, although you will never know it or see it until the end is near. Can’t pull this over on me, I live for this. And I’ve wanted that border shut down for over 20 years now. I’m no newcomer to this mess, just glad others are finally starting to see the light.
Legions on September 3, 2007 at 12:23 PM
Just to clarify I wasn’t saying that I believe America is bad because there is no other country I would rather live in.
terryannonline on September 3, 2007 at 12:31 PM
Poverty is not the heart of the issue. Mexico is not a poor impoverished nation (Ranked 11th by GDP worldwide). It has all the same natural resources that the United States has. Corruption is the heart of the issue. So long as it remains controlled by the corrupt wealthy elite upper class it does not matter what natural resources it has nor what its GDP is the poor will remain poor and continue to illegally enter the United States.
doriangrey on September 3, 2007 at 12:34 PM
If they are so good for the U.S. economy why aren’t they good for the Mexican economy?
Seems like he’d want them to come home.
By saying that our enforcing our own laws is a unilateral act, assumes that we don’t have the right of self rule.
Is he smokin’ some bad chichrones, or what?
TheSitRep on September 3, 2007 at 12:34 PM
If you really want to help mexico, secure the damn border. Throw out every illegal piece of garbage in America. Stop vacationing in mexico. Boycott anything mexican. In other words, force mexico to grow up and stop behaving like the third world POS that it is…
JWS on September 3, 2007 at 12:37 PM
Do you mean chicharrónes?
If so that’s pork rind and you don’t smoke it, you eat it.
terryannonline on September 3, 2007 at 12:38 PM
LOL! Classic
Gregor on September 3, 2007 at 12:51 PM
We used to vacation in Cancun 2, sometimes 3 times a year. It’s my favorite place on the planet, so far, but we won’t be going back and haven’t been back since ‘04.
I’m through rewarding Mexico and am using the only real influence I have; my hard-earned American dollars.
I encourage all Americans to do the same.
techno_barbarian on September 3, 2007 at 12:56 PM
I dunno… smoked pork is delicious! ;)
Your heart’s in the right place, terryann, but America can’t fix the corruption in Mexico. Only Mexico can fix that.
techno_barbarian on September 3, 2007 at 1:00 PM
“Mexico is our friend”
- George W. Bush
Bullshit. By the time this putz leaves office there won’t be a border left to defend.
Militarize the border now.
infidel4life on September 3, 2007 at 1:06 PM
Ah Ha!!! A George H.W. Bush connection. This is more serious than I thought :-)
Ordinary1 on September 3, 2007 at 1:09 PM
What are you saying Terry Ann? Are Mexico’s woes our responsibility?
Fences, deportation, and removing all incentives for illegals to come here is our responsibility.
Mexico has a responsibility to its own citizens which it has completely refused to own. What is the United States supposed to do about that?
Similar questions were posed in another post that you did not answer. It seems you would like to shift the responsibility for solving the “immigration issue” to the U.S. when it is obvious that Hispanics flee to the United States because their own countries are so poorly run. That is the heart of the problem.
Theworldisnotenough on September 3, 2007 at 1:11 PM
Our border with Mexico needs to be seriously militarized (I think we all know what that means) so that Mexico understands what the situation really is.
On top of that, Mexico should be presented with a HUGE bill for the cost of taking care of THEIR citizens – all as they are deported back to Mexico.
Many are far too soft on Mexico over this issue, and the level of Mexican rhetoric ought to be a clear sign that the US is not being taken seriously by the pipsqueaks south of the border. That is a situation that cannot be sustained – not during a time of war.
Militarize the southern border. Seriously militarize it. Bill Mexico for every Mexican illegally here. This isn’t funny any more and people need to get much more serious in how we deal with Mexico. Much more serious.
progressoverpeace on September 3, 2007 at 1:21 PM
time to level a tax on all money wired to any nation that has more then 10k of it’s nationals in “OUR” country illegally.
I would say a 99.9% tax would be just about right.
how dose that sound to you Mr Craperon
Mojack420 on September 3, 2007 at 1:37 PM
No, they are not our responsibility but they do affect us.
terryannonline on September 3, 2007 at 1:39 PM
All these solutions, though well meant, ignore the fact that Bush is actively keeping the present situation alive. He is slowly creating our own EU. It is beyond disgusting. Calderon’s comments are not for Bush, they are for us. He is acting as though he is part of our power structure, and telling his citizens (that would be Americans) to STFU, go about your businesss, and let us (that would be he and Bush) handle “our” border…
JWS on September 3, 2007 at 1:50 PM
I love Cancun but I’m not going back there again. I’ve had it with the Mexican government, it is shameless and repulsive.
Illegal immigrants and the drug runners from Mexico are the best reason I can think of for the Fair Tax.
CCRWM on September 3, 2007 at 1:56 PM
You are 100% correct, JWS. And the fact that Bush is pursuing this surrender of our sovereignty in the face of such obnoxious rhetoric (and actions) by Mexico makes it all 1000 x’s worse.
progressoverpeace on September 3, 2007 at 2:10 PM
Why do we need a border fence when we’re going to be building a super-highway between Mexico and the US? I just hope this is axed by the next president.
Read “Bush refuses to deny that there is a North American agenda” by Phyllis Schlafly at Townhall. You can find the link on the homepage here at Hotair – “Fear the North American Union!”
moonsbreath on September 3, 2007 at 2:11 PM
And 5, Unions, especially government Unions are so out of control and because they are actually threatening the economy, that importing cheap labor could be seen as an antidote or as an alternative to ever more demanding communist/autocratic Unions.
Speakup on September 3, 2007 at 2:12 PM
Read “Bush refuses to deny that there is a North American agenda” by Phyllis Schlafly at Townhall. You can find the link on the homepage here at Hotair – “Fear the North American Union!”
moonsbreath on September 3, 2007 at 2:11 PM
Read it. Excellent piece. I used to be one of those who said that would never happen. The recent meeting discussed in Schlafly’s story makes it obvious that I was wrong…
JWS on September 3, 2007 at 2:15 PM
1. So what is the heart of the problem?
2. Whose responsibility is it to fix?
Theworldisnotenough on September 3, 2007 at 2:41 PM
Being 5th generation Texan I am well in the know. I speak Spanish pretty well and not by choice but from too much exposure here and having to travel to the sh*tholes in Mex. CA and SA.
What chaps my ass more than anything is a Hispanic with and American accent that insists on pronouncing his name and Spanish words with a thick Spanish accent..
esp. a Castilian type accent which isn’t even the way his grand parents spoke.
So long story short, La Raza can Chupa mi chorizo.
TheSitRep on September 3, 2007 at 2:47 PM
Sorry, I just thought it was kind of funny. No hard feelings my fellow Texas:)
terryannonline on September 3, 2007 at 2:49 PM
Sorry I meant Texan
terryannonline on September 3, 2007 at 2:49 PM
Calderon, what an expected dissapointment. Does the “Republic of Mexico” ever get tired of being a third world, straw hat, joke of a false-pride nation?
So if we all steal cars, will they have comprehensive car theft reform, they can’t arrest all of us? As the current law concerning car theft is broken, we need a more humane approach to borrowing a vehicle that doesn’t belong to the borrower. To deny a non-car-owner use of a currently parked car is “car race-ist”. The tradition of American car theft is in our spirit.
Please excuse sarcasm, this issue is as frustrating as they come. To honor this great nation I wish to enter, my first act is to break the law.
christophercube on September 3, 2007 at 2:58 PM
No problem Bro.
“Remember Goliad and Remember The Alamo!”
TheSitRep on September 3, 2007 at 3:00 PM
I hate Mexico’s persecution of Guatemalans! They need to quit raping, torturing and robbing their immigrants.
Where Guatemalans are, that is Guatemala!*
Void in the United States
Tim Burton on September 3, 2007 at 3:01 PM
It’s easier to complain about someone else’s problems when you ignore your own.
Where’s Geraldo to explain this?
Kini on September 3, 2007 at 3:13 PM
hiding under his desk trying to figure out how he is going to back peddle to save his ass on his comments about spitting on MM .
Mojack420 on September 3, 2007 at 3:23 PM
In 2001, before 9/11, it appeared that this issue was going to be in the spotlight. Vicente Fox was making appearances, addressing us directly to explain what he thought the problem was and how it could be solved. If the standard of living in Mexico were raised close enough to that of the US, as with Canada, then people wouldn’t feel the need to cross illegally into the US. IIRC, it was sounding thoughtful, reasonable–though I don’t quite remember what solution he’d proposed (if anything beyond “increasing US-Mexico economic cooperation”) because my attention was then drawn, like everyone else, to 9/11 and Afghanistan.
So the issue was put on the back burner until recently, and now when we look at it, we see quite clearly that on top of all the other problems, this porous border is a threat to our security. No one is failing to acknowledge the issue of poverty as a driver for much of this migration, but neglecting border enforcement and ignoring the illegals here is not a solution and never has been. If anything, it has made it worse by subsidizing Mexican failure and neglect.
VerbumSap on September 3, 2007 at 4:26 PM
We’re helping Mexico out more than anyone can imagine.
http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/bp173
I know stats can lie, but from this report, over 1,000,000 jobs have been lost from 1993-2004. Most of those are in manufacturing. A lot of people claim that NAFTA creates more high paying jobs for Americans. That doesn’t do the guy who worked in a factory for 20 years much good though. You have at least 1,000,000 less jobs, and how many million illegals competing for whatever jobs are left?
Those 1,000,000 jobs didn’t go to Canada either, they headed south. So not only is Mexico gaining jobs and exports, they are essentially sending their own burdens across the border. And then complaining about it….
reaganaut on September 3, 2007 at 5:09 PM
Heh.
Jaibones on September 3, 2007 at 5:57 PM
Calderon is quite the arrogant ass isn’t he? Why doesn’t he fix HIS country? What does it say about Mexico that the best hope for Mexicans is to LEAVE that nation?
Oh, and he might want to address how Mexico enforces ITS borders and treats ITS illegal immigrants.
Gatordoug on September 3, 2007 at 6:56 PM
How about it. As for the notion from the visiting nitwit (farming for web site hits by coming to a successful site and saying something stupid – interesting business plan) that we simply don’t talk enough here about the root causes of illegal immigration … nah. We do that plenty here, and if you were an actual reader of HotAir and not just (see above), then you’d know that.
Good bye and good luck.
Jaibones on September 4, 2007 at 12:09 AM
But for all the harsh words over our nearly non existent border, globalist politicians selling out the US one job at a time and multinational corporations gladly killing US jobs for huge profits one big question needs to be asked. Are we going to nominate a candidate who is weak on illegal immigration?
Buzzy on September 4, 2007 at 8:55 AM
I recognize that your malignant cancer of a government caused low skill, low education workers to flee to America, and that their contribution to you is in the form of remittances which you recieve through taxation. After all Cauldron, why have a working economy of an adult nation when, like an infant, you can just suckle on your neighbor to the north.
There are only three realistic solutions, all of which might be too unilateral for Calderon’s tastes.
1: Absorb Mexico into the United States. This basically involves a military takeover of Mexico and forming the 51-60th states.
2: Forcefully remove Calderon and the Mexican aristocracy from power. This is less overt than war but has the same effect. Essentially what you’d want to do is make all the illegals protest working from their jobs thanks to the evil Americans they had been leeching off, and get them to either go back or expose themselves. Deport them back to Mexico and build a giant brick wall.
3: Embargo Mexico and block the processing of any remittance checks back there. Starve the beast. I imagine Mexico will have a much different view of cooperation when we remove his best sources of income.
BKennedy on September 4, 2007 at 11:58 AM
Ahhhh, there’s the AP we know and love.
shooter on September 4, 2007 at 2:39 PM
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