U.S. plans to ship illegal immigrants deep into Mexico

From the AJC:

MEXICO CITY -- U.S. and Mexican officials agreed Friday to tighten security along their border and devise a plan to repatriate illegal immigrants to their home states in the interior of Mexico rather than deporting them to cities along the border...

U.S. agents deport thousands of illegal immigrants a month to Mexican cities just across the U.S. border. From there, migrants usually try to cross again. Repeat attempts are often part of the deal migrants cut with smugglers...

It's a good first step if they follow through on it. Perhaps this is a test balloon to see if racial activists will squeak loud enough to get it stopped.

The headline uses the phrase "illegal immigrants," which is better than what other papers might do: use the phrase "immigrants" and mislead people into thinking we're going to be deporting non-illegal-aliens. However, the headline also says "deep into Mexico" rather than "deep into Mexico, where they originally came from."

Also, it bears repeating that in FY 2002, only 13 employers were fined for hiring illegal aliens. Let me know when America's favorite corporatist starts putting some of his buddies in federal prison for violating our immigration laws.

Immigration2003 · Sat, 02/21/2004 - 12:52 · · Importance: 1