[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9722]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           MEXICO'S HYPOCRISY

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Madam Speaker, Cox News Service reported last week that 
the Mexican government threatened to file lawsuits against the United 
States if the National Guard troops detain aliens at the border trying 
to cross illegally into this country.
  Mexico's liberals, the liberal party, called President Bush's 
decision unjustified, unacceptable and implies a serious aggression 
toward a sovereign nation. That is simply because we are defending our 
borders.
  Let's talk about Mexico. What is striking here is that foreign born 
Mexicans can't even hold office in either house of their congress. They 
are also banned from state legislatures, The supreme court and all 
governorships.
  We don't do that here in America. We allow immigrants to participate 
in the process.
  In fact, they are even encouraging a ban on firefighters, police and 
judges from being non-natives. It is amazing to me what Mexico is 
doing.
  Madam Speaker, we are a Nation that respects immigrants and embraces 
them, unlike Mexico, and I just ask their respect of their immigrants 
as well.

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