Mexican President Calderon Sets the Rules for National Guard Troops on the Border
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 5:29 AM
The White House released a statement yesterday following their decision to deploy 1,200 National Guard troops to the border to target illicit trafficking networks:
The President is committed to a strategic approach, consisting of a requirements-based, temporary utilization of up to 1,200 additional National Guard troops to bridge to longer-term enhancements in border protection and law enforcement personnel from the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice to target illicit networks’ trafficking in people, drugs, illegal weapons, money, and the violence associated with these illegal activities.
Later in the day Mexican President Calderon set the rules for the troops.
From the Mexican Foreign Ministry, via Michelle Malkin:
Regarding the Administration’s decision to send 1,200 National Guard servicemen to the US Southern border, the Government of Mexico trusts that this decision will help to channel additional US resources to enhance efforts to prevent the illegal flows of weapons and bulk cash into Mexico, which provide organized crime with its firepower and its ability to corrupt.
Additionally, the Government of Mexico expects that National Guard personnel will strengthen US operations in the fight against transnational organized crime that operates on both sides of our common border and that it will not, in accordance to its legal obligations, conduct activities directly linked to the enforcement of immigration laws.
At least we know who the boss is.
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Published May 24, 2012 at 8:46 pm - 87 Comments
Tom63010 commented:
Is there no greater proof that we have the weakest President in the history of America?
Stan25 commented:
I still think that the regular army needs to be returned to the border area. They did that 100 years ago and they had orders to shoot to kill anyone that crossed illegally. That is until Woodrow Wilson changed that policy.
SeniorD commented:
Of COURSE the corruptocrat Mexican King is taking control of the borders! Our sterling, ever-incompetent, spineless and inept el Presidente, Soetoro-Hussein ZERO knows who butters his bread.
1,200 National Guardsmen/Guardswomen to control a front some 800 miles long? Need more than a brigade to make a difference.
yessus commented:
Forget about it El Presidente’. These troops are not warrior enforcers but pseudo military bureaucrats. Lawyers and keyboard commandos.What a farce.
Dennis Petty aka MUD commented:
The biggest problem with sending the US Army to the border is the Posse Commitatus law that keeps the Active Military from doing law enforcement duties. The National Guard can perform those duties when they are in State Duty Status and then paid for by Federal Dollars. This another case where the US Government doesn’t have the will to stand up and be counted. By the way, this is not something that started on Obama’s watch. It might need to end here but like everything else, it won’t.
Pro-Lifer commented:
Will law enforcement — including enforcement of our immigration laws — return under a Palin Administration?
I believe she deserves the chance.
J - Just J commented:
I thought I had a pretty good handle on this, but what the hell is Calderon talking about? Is there some international treaty or something that says we can’t use military personnel to enforce our borders?
If he is refering to the Posse Comitatus Act, border security SHOULD be a federal issue, so the NG is totally within their right to help. Even if there was some technicallity off with that, why the hell is it his concern?
Can someone explain what I am missing?
Opus #6 commented:
So Calderon is OK with the additional troops as long as they protect HIS country and fail to protect OURS?
Chip Bennett commented:
Wait, Posse Comitatus? How does that apply?
On one hand, States cannot enforce Federal immigration law (or did anyone forget the furor over the AZ law)? On the other hand, Posse Comitatus prevents the Federal government from using the military to enforce State law.
Oh, and let us not forget a real Posse Comitatus: the Minutemen – who were all but made personae non grata by the Federal government (Thanks, Dubya!) for attempting to exercise their common-law right merely to patrol the border and report to Federal authorities any illegal border-crossers they found.
The Federal government has the responsibility to protect our national borders – from all manner of criminals, including illegal border-crossers and not merely the violently criminal.
Calderon can go pound sand. Clean up Juarez and Monterrey, and then maybe we’ll talk.
jmm commented:
Notice neither one of them said ANYTHING about the reported Mexican militarys incursion into our country? I am sure “The One” will be making a trip to Mexico to bow to him to and say he is sorry.
When is enough going to be enough?
Militant Conservative commented:
Did the govenor of Arizona request the NG to come in? IF she did not then the NG/Obama is in violation of the constitution (again).
Dave In Houston commented:
Hey, Calderone, Fuffff, um, flip off.
Hey, folks, is it me or are things really starting to spin out of control at home and everywhere?
PCM commented:
We need to just say, “To hell with it,” and declare war on Mexico. Put troops on the border with shoot-to-kill orders. Then we’ll see how quickly Calderon reins in his military and gets control of the narcoterrorists and illegal alien wannabes.
Joanne commented:
I swear, certain short little men have big psychological problems when they are put in positions of leadership.
This little man blames America for its problems, instead of taking blame himself…..unbelievable. This guy thinks there is a one way into America for Mexicans, but not the other way around. Unreal.
John Gargano commented:
Mr. Obama was poised to become an historic president. He cold have unified the nation politically, racially, ethnically and amongst the various religions. He could have used the Democratic majorities in both the House and the Senate to accomplish goals the majority of Americans have been frustrated about for quite some time. He could have conducted foreign policy in a manner that brought sanity to the unstable economic outlook across the globe.
I didn’t expect he would do these things, however, in light of the historic nature of being the first Black President elected in the USA, I had hopes that he might transcend the petty politics of party power and reach a higher ground and place himself in the annals of history as leader who made the world a better place when we were right on the brink.
Suffice it to say, Mr. Obama totally squandered his political capital one year after being elected, and he has done an abysmal job on nearly every front. Now he is openly siding with leaders of foreign nations against the USA.
Amazing, isn’t it? I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
The Triguy commented:
John, it sounds like you voted for him. That was the same logic I heard from others who believed what he said and not what he did. Glad your eyes have finally been opened.
Truthmaster commented:
John – As with buying anything, product or person – “If something looks too good to be true, it usually is.”
Be careful when you “buy” anything.. or anyone. Listen carefully to the sales pitch.. if you hear anything “off” (Obama’s words to Joe the Plumber, his associates like Ayers, and Jeremiah Wright and their views ie ‘Goddamn America’ and blowing up cops/places), do listen to the alarm bells next time. It’ll save us all some grief later.
John Gargano commented:
I most certainly DID NOT vote for Obama! I voted for Sara Palin first and foremost. I should also mention that I wrote to Sara Palin weeks before she was selected to say that I thought she would be the best candidate for the job.
I am an unaffiliated CONSERVATIVE!
I never believed Obama was anything other then a charlatan. That said, I hoped I was going to be proved wrong. I thought he might raise to the occasion.
So much for that. My post above is about the tragedy of his lost potential.
Chip Bennett commented:
@John Gargano:
If you ever thought any of that about Obama, then you clearly weren’t paying attention.
Sadly, too many people failed to have either the intellectual curiosity or sense of due diligence to look past the stump speeches. If they had, they would have seen Obama for exactly who and what he is: a dyed-in-the-wool, statist liberal who has conducted his political career in the precise manner of a Chicago politician.
If you voted for him, then I hold you (and everyone else like you) accountable for the mess we’re in under the Obama regime.
Fortunately, you have 2010 and 2012 to atone for the grave mistake.
Chip Bennett commented:
@ John:
Glad to hear that you didn’t vote for him!
I just don’t understand, even with a conservative’s typical sense of optimism, that you could have ever held such hope for Obama.
Even Mary Poppins had her limits!
ice commented:
The National Guard will be on the border fulfilling Obama’s normal job description of voting ‘present’.
John Gargano commented:
To reiterate, I never believed Obama was anything other then a charlatan. It did, however, occur to me that once he had actually occupied the office and found himself surrounded by the trappings of the presidency, that he MIGHT come to comprehend the gravity of his position and transcend (a basic tenet of Christianity) his propensity to be petty and narrow-minded.
MIA CULPA! It was just a thought from which I do not believe anyone has derived any harm.
It seems my hunch that Obama was a charlatan was right on. Every aspect of his behavior seems to be based upon his deficiencies. He clearly has a chip on his shoulder, and is resentful of people of accomplishment.
His interest in redistribution is never presented as taking away from those who were raised right, applied themselves, embraced education and diligently worked towards their goals. It is instead presented as taking from the greedy to give to those who didn’t have self discipline, didn’t embrace education, didn’t focus on long-term goals and may have frittered away their lives.
He NEVER acknowledges that people who have accomplished certain objectives EARNED THEM. This is a character disorder from which Obama suffers.
eaglewingz08 commented:
I have an idea, if the President of Mexico wants to stop the transmission of bulk cash to Mexico, how about Congress passing a law that if you want to send wire transfers of money grams to Mexico from the US you need a valid soc security no.
Stuart commented:
We have 1200 troops divided into four companies, (three eight hour shifts plus one shift in reserve).
This amounts to 300 on patrol at any one time to cover an eight hundred mile area, or about one guard every 1.7 miles. Even as a back up to the Border Patrol this is an absurdly pitiful response.
I suppose that Obama would fight a forest fire with a squirt gun as well.
Opaobie commented:
OK, new game…sorta like dodge ball or football or golf, or better yet, since Obama likes basketball, we’ll call it “Border Ball”. Here’s how it’s played: We “shoot”, and you guys “catch”…great, now, do you want to be shirts or skins?
bg commented:
++
Mexico’s Immigration Law: Let’s Try It Here at Home
[.] Now let’s look at Mexico’s main immigration law.
Mexico welcomes only foreigners who
will be useful to Mexican society:
* Foreigners are admitted into Mexico “according to their
possibilities of contributing to national progress.” (Article 32)
* Immigration officials must “ensure” that “immigrants will be useful elements for the country and that they have the necessary funds for their sustenance” and for their dependents. (Article 34)
* Foreigners may be barred from the country if their presence upsets “the equilibrium of the national demographics,” when foreigners are deemed detrimental to “economic or national interests,” when they do not behave
like good citizens in their own country, when they have broken Mexican
laws, and when “they are not found to be physically or mentally healthy.” (Article 37)
* The Secretary of Governance may “suspend or prohibit the admission of foreigners when he determines it to be in the national interest.” (Article 38)
Mexican authorities must keep track of every single person in the country:
* Federal, local and municipal police must cooperate with federal immigration authorities upon request, i.e., to assist in the arrests
of illegal immigrants. (Article 73)
* A National Population Registry keeps track of “every single individual who comprises the population of the country,” and verifies each individual’s identity. (Articles 85 and 86)
* A national Catalog of Foreigners tracks foreign tourists and immigrants (Article 87), and assigns each individual with a unique tracking number (Article 91).
Foreigners with fake papers, or who enter the
country under false pretenses, may be imprisoned:
* Foreigners with fake immigration papers
may be fined or imprisoned. (Article 116)
* Foreigners who sign government documents “with a signature that is
false or different from that which he normally uses” are subject to fine
and imprisonment. (Article 116)
Foreigners who fail to obey the rules will be
fined, deported, and/or imprisoned as felons:
* Foreigners who fail to obey a deportation
order are to be punished. (Article 117)
* Foreigners who are deported from Mexico and attempt to re-enter the country without authorization can be imprisoned for up to 10 years.
(Article 118)
* Foreigners who violate the terms of their visa may be sentenced to up to six years in prison (Articles 119, 120 and 121). Foreigners who misrepresent the terms of their visa while in Mexico — such as working with out a permit — can also be imprisoned.
Under Mexican law, illegal immigration is a
felony. The General Law on Population says,
* “A penalty of up to two years in prison and a fine of three hundred to five thousand pesos will be imposed on the foreigner who enters the country illegally.” (Article 123)
* Foreigners with legal immigration problems may be deported
from Mexico instead of being imprisoned. (Article 125)
* Foreigners who “attempt against national sovereignty
or security” will be deported. (Article 126)
Mexicans who help illegal aliens enter the country
are themselves considered criminals under the law:
* A Mexican who marries a foreigner with the sole objective of helping the foreigner live in the country is subject to up to five years in prison. (Article 127)
* Shipping and airline companies that bring undocumented
foreigners into Mexico will be fined. (Article 132)
All of the above runs contrary to what Mexican leaders are demanding of the United States. The stark contrast between Mexico’s immigration practices versus its American immigration preachings is telling. It gives a clear picture of the Mexican government’s agenda: to have a one-way immigration relationship with the United States.
Mexico bars immigrants from thousands of jobs
no question a about it..
[As tough as the United States can be for workers who slip in from south of the border, Mexico is in a poor position to criticize. The problem goes far beyond the predatory gantlet of thugs and crooked cops facing defenseless transients like Moisés. There’s ample precedent in Mexico for just about everything the United States is—or isn’t—doing. Calling out the military? Mexicans may hate the new U.S. plan to deploy 6,000 National Guard troops on the border, but five years ago they cheered President Vicente Fox for sending thousands of Mexican soldiers to crack down on their southern frontier. Tougher laws? Hispanic-rights groups are enraged over U.S. efforts to criminalize undocumented aliens—yet since 1974, sneaking into Mexico has been punishable by up to two years in prison. Foot-dragging on amnesty? Fox has spent the past five years urging the United States to upgrade the status of millions of illegals from Mexico. Meanwhile, his own government has given legal status to only 15,000 foreigners without papers.]
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Sandy commented:
These 1,200 troops will have desk jobs and not petrol the border. So Obama thinks he’s skunked us once again. Calderon is going to set the rules for this. How about getting his own troops to patrol the Mexican side of the border?
Rose commented:
For the entire history of Mexico, Mexico has JEALOUSLY guarded their side of the border, even to their own detriment, i.e. letting American Armies or Posse cross to catch the bad guys, the Mexicans didn’t like any better than we did, and couldn’t catch them, by themselves.
And Obama lets them dictate to HIM about OUR border?
That is Treason. It is in Mexico’s book about a Mexico official taking orders from ALIENS, about THEIR border.
And it is the intent of Odrama Queen’s heart.
Rose commented:
Doesn’t matter who voted for what in ’08 – they had us already drawn and quartered – nobody was paying any attention to those of us on the border screaming about John McCain telling Mexico and South America IN SPANISH on the UNIVISION Spanish language Mexico TV station, whose owner was a dual citizen who worked on McCain’s campaign staff – telling Mexico IN SPANISH all through ’08 til DAYS before the Election that he would sign SHAMNESTY by January 31, 2009 if he were elected.
We would have been strung out either way.
So anybody falling for gaff from GOP RINOS OR DIMS is ENABLING the enemies of America!
IF we cannot draw a line they cannot cross, we are done for – PERIOD! We have to stop the Bugs Bunny/Yosemite Sam games.
This is down to the line in the sand at the Alamo – you are either for us, for AMERICA, or NOT! PERIOD!