I'm left with the distinct impression that the New York Times is a Mexican newspaper after reading "Way North of the Border" by Eduardo Porter and Elisabeth Malkin.

Here's the paragraph on which they construct the rest of their story:

The location of Mexico's latest American consulate [in St. Paul] provides a stark illustration of how economically improving groups of Mexican immigrants are establishing themselves across the country, in ways that experts say point to the futility of current attempts to plug the border and stem the flow of illegal migrants in search of a better life.

Rather than respond directly to the NYT's propaganda, let's think up some questions they could have asked but did not:

1. Aren't they misleading their readers into thinking that the only way to "stem the flow of illegal aliens" is by "plugging the border"? There's nothing in the article about cracking down on employers or reducing public benefits. Wouldn't those stem the flow? Why didn't the NYT discuss those?

2. Could the NYT tell us more about those "hometown associations" they mention? Don't they result in "Americans" who also represent Mexicans? Don't they result in people with divided loyalties? Why didn't the NYT discuss that issue? (To see the Las Vegas Sun ignoring this issue, read up on Alan Torrez).

3. What exactly do those hometown associations have to do with the emergency declarations of Napolitano and Richardson?

4. The NYT seems to be implying that it's good that those declarations didn't stop Mexico. Why is that? Are they confused about something or other?

5. When "J. Edward Taylor, a professor at the University of California, Davis" refers to "too big to be counteracted by enforcement", isn't he only referring to "border enforcement"? Why didn't the NYT point that out in order to avoid misleading their readers?

And, that's just from the first screen! Here's two final questions:

6. Even if the NYT doesn't think massive illegal immigration is bad public policy, shouldn't it give at least a paragraph near the end of the article to those who don't share its views?

7. Is the New York Times in effect supporting the Mexican government rather than the wishes of the vast majority of Americans and what's best for this country? Is the NYT confused about something or other?

Please send an email to public *at* nytimes.com and suggest that, at the very least, they reconsider assigning these two reporters to the immigration beat.