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WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! How Mexico Handles Illegals – Oops, Mexican Indians! By Allan Wall The Mexican government demands that Americans grant amnesty and government benefits to Mexican illegal aliens in the United States. But for years Mexican immigration officials have detained, imprisoned and deported Central American illegal aliens. Somehow, Mexico's immigration policy is not on the negotiating table. Check this out: on January 4th, in Sonora, Mexico, seven Mexican Indians—Mexican citizens of non-European, indigenous origin—were mistaken for Guatemalans, detained by the INM (Mexican INS), then imprisoned for ten days and almost deported to Guatemala! The detainees were from the state of Chiapas (which borders Guatemala). They had traveled by plane to Sonora (which borders Arizona) in order to work at a job they had already been contracted for. They were mistaken for Guatemalans by INM officials in the Hermosillo, Sonora airport. To be sure, there are great differences between northern and southern Mexico—cultural differences, economic differences and yes—racial differences. On the other hand, Chiapans and Guatemalans do share a number of similarities. So it's entirely understandable that INM inspectors in Sonora would confuse them. But hey, isn't that racial profiling? And besides, the Chiapans had ID—it just wasn't accepted. Adriana Ventura, one of the detained Chiapans, described the situation thusly: "our destination was Caborca, Sonora, where we were contracted as laborers, but in Hermosillo....migration agents in the airport....detained and imprisoned us....under the argument that we were Guatemalans and that our ID's were false." The detainees were taken to Chiapas, and their Mexican citizenship was not discovered until they were on the Mexican-Guatemalan border, on the verge of being deported to Guatemala, after ten days of imprisonment. The seven detainees reported being "....ill-treated, insulted and threatened by Migration agents, who provided them with neither water nor food ...." which, to add insult to injury, they had to pay for themselves. There are several pertinent questions one could ask in response to this incident: Was it an isolated incident, or does it occur more frequently? What does it indicate about racial profiling and Mexican race relations in general? Since the Mexican government provides consular cards to Mexican illegal aliens in the U.S. (to prevent their deportation to Mexico), what can the same government do for Mexican citizens in Mexico to prevent their deportation to Guatemala? *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
