Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Today's Most Amazing Story---Mexico Threatens to Sue National Guard

The following has to be one of the most incredible stories we have read in a very long time.

The AP reported today that:

Mexico said Tuesday that it would file lawsuits in U.S. courts if National Guard troops on the border become directly involved in detaining migrants.

Mexican border officials also said they worried that sending troops to heavily trafficked regions would push illegal migrants into more perilous areas of the U.S.-Mexican border to avoid detection.

Bush announced Monday that he would send 6,000 National Guard troops to the 2,000-mile border, but they would provide intelligence and surveillance support to Border Patrol agents, not catch and detain illegal immigrants.

"If there is a real wave of rights abuses, if we see the National Guard starting to directly participate in detaining people ... we would immediately start filing lawsuits through our consulates," Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez told a Mexico City radio station. He did not offer further details.

The complete story may be found here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060516/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_us_immigration_6;_ylt=Avusqz5XDUMdeTzGudwskaxQuk0A;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

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