Embassy of Mexico: 1,200 U.S. troops should do anything except stop illegals

Statement yesterday by the Embassy of Mexico in Washington:

Regarding the Administration’s decision to send 1,200 National Guard servicemen to the US Southern border, the Government of Mexico trusts that this decision will help to channel additional US resources to enhance efforts to prevent the illegal flows of weapons and bulk cash into Mexico, which provide organized crime with its firepower and its ability to corrupt.

Additionally, the Government of Mexico expects that National Guard personnel will strengthen US operations in the fight against transnational organized crime that operates on both sides of our common border and that it will not, in accordance to its legal obligations, conduct activities directly linked to the enforcement of immigration laws.

In other words, the Mexican government insists that those 1,200 U.S. troops do nothing to stop the illegal flow of foreigners into the United States.

And now we're hearing that the troops won't actually be standing at the Mexican border. According to Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, most of the soldiers will be given "desk jobs."

Frank Warner

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