Michael Chertoff, the homeland security secretary, waived several environmental laws to resume building the Mexico border fence; meanwhile President Bush announced he will ask Congress to approve a $500 million package to help Mexico fight drug cartels, the largest international anti-drug effort by the United States in nearly a decade.
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Archive for the ‘mexico’ Category
Chertoff waives environmental laws to build Mexico border fence
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007Virtual border fence delayed
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007The Department of Homeland Security announced that the completion of a $20 million “virtual fence†pilot project along the Mexican border near Tucson would be delayed because its cameras and radar were unable to distinguish people and vehicles from bushes and cows.
[not a mexican]
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Watchdog group predicts border fence will cost up to $30 billion
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007The Bush administration’s proposal to secure the nation’s borders with a high-tech “virtual fence” is likely to cost far more than the $2 billion that industry analysts initially estimated, possibly up to $30 billion, a government watchdog agency warned yesterday.
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Delay speaks on abortion, illegal immigrants
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007Former congressman Tom DeLay gave a speech about abortion to a gathering of college Republicans in Washington, D.C. “If we had those 40 million children that were killed over the last 30 years,†said DeLay, “we wouldn’t need the illegal immigrants to fill the jobs that they are doing today.â€
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Mexican wins world fattest after losing 440 lbs
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007A Mexican man was awarded Guinness Book of Record of the world’s fattest man at 1,234 pounds after losing 440 pounds. “I’m glad to be in the Guinness Book as the fattest man. I am also happy to have lost 200 kilos,” Manuel Uribe, 41, told AFP.
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New Orleans bans taco trucks in apparent racial discrimination
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007New Orleans banned taco trucks.
[on the road again]
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Skilled immigrants sue over visa mishap
Saturday, July 7th, 2007A national association of immigration lawyers is suing the federal immigration agency for refusing to accept thousands of applications for work-based permanent visas from highly skilled immigrants who were encouraged by the government to apply.
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US withdraws offer of 60,000 job-based visas
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007The State Department and the immigration service abruptly withdrew tens of thousands of job-based visas they had offered last month to foreign professionals hoping to become permanent residents in the United States.
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Poll: Government mishandling immigration
Saturday, June 23rd, 20073% of Americans approve of Congress’s handling of the immigration issue.
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Mexico’s Obrador launches “parallel government”
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006In Mexico, at least 100,000 people packed Mexico City’s central square Monday to mark the launch of a parallel government led by defeated Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
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State Dept: U.S. Won’t Press Mexico Over Death of American journalist
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006The State Department has indicated it is not going to press the Mexican government over the murder of American journalist Brad Will. He was shot dead on Friday by Mexican gunmen tied to the government.
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3 killed in Oaxaca; Fox sends in troops
Sunday, October 29th, 2006Hundreds of federal riot police officers and soldiers took up positions outside this besieged tourist city in southern Mexico over the weekend. President Vicente Fox, in his final month in office, on Saturday ordered federal troops in after three people, including a New York photographer, were killed in Oaxaca the evening before.
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Bush signs bill to build Mexico-border fence
Thursday, October 5th, 2006President Bush signed a law to build a border fence along the US-Mexico border. The fence will be hundreds of miles long and cost about 6 billion dollars. “It’s what the people of this country want,” Bush said.
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Judges rule Mexican election results hold
Tuesday, September 5th, 2006Felipe Calderon was declared president-elect Tuesday after two months of uncertainty, but his ability to rule effectively remained in doubt as Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador refused to recognize the victory and vowed to lead a parallel leftist government from the streets.
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Schwarzenegger refuses Bush admin’s request for border troops
Saturday, June 24th, 2006Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office said Friday that he turned down a White House request to more than double the number of California National Guard troops that will be deployed to the border.
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Senate votes to build fence along Mexican border
Thursday, May 18th, 2006The Senate has voted to build a 370 mile fence along parts of the Mexico border to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the country.
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Bush calls for border deployment
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006President Bush has called for 6,000 National Guard troops to be deployed to the U.S.-Mexican border.
“The United States must secure its borders,” he said.
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Mexico to reconsider drug decriminalization
Thursday, May 4th, 2006Mexico is to reconsider a drug law that would have permitted the possession of small quantities of hard drugs, after the US called it stupid.
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Bush urges end to immigration stalemate
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006President George W. Bush urged U.S. senators on Wednesday to break a stalemate over an immigration law overhaul and pass legislation that includes a temporary worker program but avoids amnesty for an estimated 11 million illegal migrants.
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Poll: 79% Support Guest Worker Program
Saturday, April 1st, 2006A new Time poll shows 79% support a guest worker program while only 47% support the Republican House bill. A substantial majority, 75%, say they should not be allowed to have government services, such as health care or food stamps, and 69% say they shouldn’t be able to get a driver’s license. A slight majority, 51%, think public schools ought to be off-limits.
[no school for you]
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