A coalition of Mexican mayors has asked the United States to stop deporting illegal immigrants who have been convicted of serious crimes in the U.S. to Mexican border cities, saying the deportations are contributing to Mexican border violence.
The request was made at a recent San Diego conference in which the mayors of four Mexican border cities and one U.S. mayor, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, gathered to discuss cross-border issues.
Ciudad Juarez Mayor Jose Reyes blamed U.S. deportation policy for contributing to his city’s violence, saying that of the 80,000 people deported to Juarez in the past three years, 28,000 had U.S. criminal records — including 7,000 convicted rapists and 2,000 convicted murderers. Those criminal deportees, he said, have contributed to the violence in Juarez, which has reported more than 2,200 murders this year. Reyes and the other Mexican mayors said that when the U.S. deports criminals back to Mexico, it should fly them to their hometowns, not just bus them to the border.
But critics in America say the Mexican lawmakers are simply trying to pass the buck to the U.S. and its taxpayers. They say the Mexicans should take responsibility for their criminals, who are putting both Mexican and American lives in danger. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement transports a majority of Mexican criminal aliens back to Mexico on buses. Since they’re often held in U.S. detention centers near the border prior to deportation, busing them to Mexican border cities is much less expensive than flying them to the interior of the country.
Yeah, the nerve of us! I’m sure Obama and a handful of dopey Democrats will agree with Mexico.
I thought aliens convicted of serious crimes in the USA had to serve their term here before they got deported? The Mexicans may be wishing for what they won’t get but at least they are operating in their own self interest.
Given the majority of these criminals will return to the USA, it really is the USA that is being idiotic–if you accept the premise, which I don’t. “Convicted of serious crimes in the US?”
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Ha, ha.
“…of the 80,000 people deported to Juarez in the past three years, 28,000 had U.S. criminal records…”
Uhm, why don’t all 80K have criminal records in the US? Every one of them broke at least one federal statute and most of them probably violated several.
Let’s find out where the Mex gov’t dumps it’s deportees. Probably right on the border.
Whatever the idiotic comment was, I probably agree. I’m feeling exceptionally idiotic today…
I thought criminals were running Mexico?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Mexico#Corruption
Perhaps a certain buffer area in the north of Mexico should be occupied, to keep out illegals. Still remain Mexican territory, but US officials will consider it a free to travel zone.
How dare the US simply deport these “migrant criminals” across the border. Of course they should be flow home. And we should pay them damages. Blatant racism. They simply came here in search of opportunity.
#5 MickeyNouse – That’s a good idea! We can call it Texas or something familiar like “New” Mexico.
Fine, send the dbags a bill. If they don’t like that, landmine the entire border, place tanks and stryker patrols, and have snipers kill any shitbag making an illegal crossing.
McCullough–“Deleted, idiotic Comment.” Actually, the comment itself was quite germane, relevant, and insightful. A direct challenge to your summarization of the posted link.
I agree the imagery I chose was meant to be “inflammatory” but referring to Pedro’s Donkey in a post about Mexico seemed “fair enough.”
Given the many exchanges here between, Pedro, his donkey, and others and what is said in those posts, it appears you have a double standard.
Fair enough. Something to think about though.
McCullough: buying into American Exceptionalism as we circle the drain.
Same message, different donkey.
OK. Fine. In that case we will pull a boat 20 miles off shore, kick them overboard, and tell them to swim home to Mexico. That will thin the herd.
Hmmmm, time to dust off an “oldie but goodie”
CHAINGANGS… Have these wetback gangsters work on building the 2000 mile border fence. Kill two hotos with one tequila bottle. Really getting sick of living in a environment where being a law-abiding- taxpaying citizen is for suckers….
McCullough: I apologize. Maintaining decorum is a social good, violations should have more context than was present. Words vs Meaning. Image vs Content. Both are required and best presented in balance.
Pro’s and con’s to all we do.
Air Drop!
Hey! what happened to all of the prisoners?
A felony should mean a mandatory deportation for an illegal. Also jail time for employers who hire illegal immigrants.
Most illegal aliens want to work hard and get away from the corruption in Mexico. I can’t really fault them for that. However, illegal felons need to be rounded up and deported. Employers who hire illegals at slave wages ought to go to jail.
A job Americans won’t do is one that doesn’t pay a fair wage. It is racist to want illegals to be cheated by these employers who hire them.
#7 funny, but perhaps we should dust off the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and see if maybe we should renegotiate.
#12. Thank you.
IF the Mexican authorities are that concerned they should just shoot the criminals that are returned or, like a previous poster suggested, dump them in the Pacific … with a leg weight (concrete galoshes are cheap).
Talk about nerve
These guys look like no innocent babes in the world
Would you want them to take out your sister or even your brother
Send them back
Give them the treatment !
to Mexico;
Keep your criminals OUT OF THE US or we WILL send them back!
Lets ask a question.
Why dont the mex Gov. Pick them up as we DROP THEM OFF?? and ship them to S. mexico, or PRISON.
OR, insted of a FENCE..we could dig a 40′ deep River across the border. Hard rock is HARD. building a 20′ fence, isnt stopping anyone.
Don’t get pissed, get active!
http://numbersusa.com/content/
Death sentences baby, come on…we have it, now us them!
U.S. to Mexico, you first.
It may have reached the point that we need to dump them in the ocean and leave. Sad.
Absolutely incredible. Every time I think nothing can surprise me an article like this comes along.
To Mexico: Shut Up, Slave!
We could just drop them off at the US/Mexico border, and then Mexico could take them to the southern most areas and drop them off…
Dear mexico.
LOL
shut up
thanks.
He doesn’t respect us. He has no reason to. Were I President, I would give him reason to.
Now, several of you know me here. Especially my good friend Bobbolino.
I just want to say that to send these men back to that unruly country of Mexico is cruel and unusual punishment, and one unworthy of the United States. I propose we make them legal citizens immediately, issue them Social Security Cards, register them to vote, and let them become the men they aspire to be. Democrats.