With friends like these…
…who needs enemies? Mexico is now providing satellite navigation systems so that illegal immigrants from Mexico can safely find their way across the U.S. border.
Would-be illegal immigrants planning to cross the desert and enter the United States on foot are to be given hand-held satellite devices by the Mexican authorities to ensure they arrive safely. Those who get lost or fall sick during the dangerous four-day crossing will be able to activate the device, to alert frontier police on both sides of the border.
The satellite tracking service will require would-be illegals to register their intentions before setting off – a paradoxical move, given that secrecy is necessary for success – but Mexican authorities are predicting that about 200,000 devices will be handed out when the project is launched formally in the coming year.
“Our intention is to save lives,” said Jaime Obregon, the coordinator for the state commission for migrants in Puebla, the Mexican state which is behind the project. “There are lots of people looking to cross and we are working with the US authorities to make sure they do not die on the way.”
Between 20 and 30 migrants succumb to hellish temperatures and insect bites while trying to cross into Arizona every year. Heat exhaustion sometimes causes short-term memory loss, with trekkers wandering into the desert.
Hey look, I don’t want these people to die. And, I certainly understand why they’re trying to come here. But, for the Mexican government to be abetting this illegal behavior stinks to high heaven.
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Well, from Mexico’s point of view, Give a man an open border, and he might be successful, give him a GPS, and he can outrun the U.S. border patrols and know where to hide.
This idea of enabling your citizens to break foreign laws while they are visiting a foreign country is so close to an act of aggression without being an actual attack.
No nation would stand for such an outright disregard for their legal system. Only the U.S. would consider turning the other cheek on this.
I think that we should put serious sanctions on any nation that has more than 3,000 of their citizens being caught as illegal aliens in our nation.
I guess president Bush will have to congradulate Mexico and big business for this great accomplishment.
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I’m thinking those 0.30 caliber insect bites must be a REAL problem!
Why not spend the money on something more applicable.. like… oh…. I donno… maybe getting LEGAL citizenship in the USA?
OH, wait, that would make too much damned sense!
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It seems to me that the amount of money being spent on this would be better spent on improving the economic conditions in Mexico.
On the plus side, It should be easy to pick up a GPS device really cheap in pawn shops across the southwest.
Will they be available with Arabic and Farsi language sets for the Other than Mexican crossers?