Mexico withdraws illegal alien maps; AP calls them on lies?

Mexico has apparently decided not to give maps to their citizens showing them the best routes to cross illegally into the U.S., the AP reports. We also learn the DHS head Michael Chertoff condemned the maps.

While the Mark Stevenson report contains questionable language ("anti-immigrant groups") it also has what appears to be an attempt to call Mexico on their BS:

Miguel Angel Paredes, spokesman for the federal Human Rights Commission, said the government wanted to "rethink" its plan because human rights officials in border states expressed concern that the maps would show anti-immigrant groups _ like the Minutemen civilian patrols _ where migrants likely would gather.

"This would be practically like telling the Minutemen where the migrants are going to be," Paredes said. "We are going to rethink this, so that we wouldn't almost be handing them over to groups that attack migrants."

...Mexico is angry about U.S. civilian groups that have organized patrols along the border and has accused them of attacking migrants.

However, there is little evidence of that and the groups seldom _ if ever _ target water tanks or rescue beacons.

One of the most well-known groups, the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, placed a link to the maps on its Web site but did not advocate using them to find illegal migrants...

Also see "U.S. opposes Mexico giving maps to migrants: Chertoff".

Immigration · Thu, 01/26/2006 - 11:32 · Importance: 1