It's ironic that despite Mexico's outrageous infringements on American sovereignty through the promotion of illegal immigration, Mexico has far more xenophobic laws than America would ever desire. (I thought I'd posted on this topic in the past, but I can't find the link, alas.)
Even as Mexico presses the United States to grant unrestricted citizenship to millions of undocumented Mexican migrants, its officials at times calling U.S. policies "xenophobic," Mexico places daunting limitations on anyone born outside its territory.In the United States, only two posts — the presidency and vice presidency — are reserved for the native born.
In Mexico, non-natives are banned from those and thousands of other jobs, even if they are legal, naturalized citizens.
Foreign-born Mexicans can't hold seats in either house of the congress. They're also banned from state legislatures, the Supreme Court and all governorships. Many states ban foreign-born Mexicans from spots on town councils. And Mexico's Constitution reserves almost all federal posts, and any position in the military and merchant marine, for "native-born Mexicans."
Recently the Mexican government has gone even further. Since at least 2003, it has encouraged cities to ban non-natives from such local jobs as firefighters, police and judges.
America needs to wake up and realize that cries of racism and xenophobia are nothing but lies that even the name-callers don't believe. Mexico's government is a third-world leech that wouldn't survive a year if it were unable to pass the bucks of poverty and oppression to America. Putting up a secure, impermeable border between our countries would not only be good for America, a wall would be even better for Mexico because it would force that country to deal with their corrupt, oppressive government.
Yes, but surely it goes without saying that reform of its corrupt political system is the last thing Mexican politicians would want.
that is pretty outrageous.