Mexican ambassador to the UN suggests North American Union

(Via Diggers Realm) The Mexican ambassador to the United Nations, Enrique Berruga, suggested the United States, Mexico, and Canada form a partnership similar to the European Union. Story from MySA (San Antonio).

U.S.-Mexico relations could remain paralyzed unless leaders of the two nations and Canada formalize a North American partnership — akin to the European Union — before the U.S. baby boomer retirement wave hits in the next eight years, a ranking Mexican diplomat said here Tuesday.

Enrique Berruga, Mexico's ambassador to the United Nations, shared his perspectives on the current and future U.S.-Mexico relationship at a panel discussion at the University of Texas at San Antonio Downtown Campus.

It was organized by the UTSA Mexico Center and the San Antonio campus of Mexico's National Autonomous University.

Noting that both countries depend on each other economically, Berruga urged leaders to see the big picture and put petty politics aside for the region's benefit.

Instead of putting up fences or walls, U.S. policy would be better served by investing more in Mexico so the country can do a better job of standing on its own, keeping its work force employed instead of watching it flee north, he said.

"We will be together forever and we need to make the best out of it," Berruga said.

To be perfectly honest, I would rather see relations between the US and Mexico paralyzed than a North American Union. Last time I checked, national sovereignty is not a matter of petty politics. Sovereignty is at the core of the idea of the modern nationstate. Without that sovereignty, you do not have a nation. Americans must not allow their national sovereignty to be ceded to a foreign power. Look at what has happened in Europe, nations have ceded power to bureaucrats in Brussels and in return, got nothing. I do not want to see that scenario play itself out on our continent.

Again, Mexico seeks out US foreign aid as a way to solve problems between the two countries. However, the idea of giving the corrupt bribocracy of Mexico more foreign aid is utterly ridiculous. To invest in something, you need to have some confidence that you will get a return on your investment. I feel no confidence of a return in any investment in Mexico. The northern desert provinces of Mexico have become a literal "Gangsters Paradise" run by drug cartels, and fueled by the monies of that trade. The southern province of Oaxaca has erupted into violence, causing the death of an American journalist. The economy in Mexico is incredibly unbalanced, with the poverty rate estimated at 40% (CIA World Factbook: 2003 estimate). Does this sound like a perfect environment for American foreign aid? I would say no.

This article also exposes another tactic of the Mexican government and the illegal alien apologists in the United States. The tactic is the use of unstoppable inevitability. A common refrain out of the illegal alien lobby is that you cannot deport 12 million illegal aliens. That point was hammered in the spring and summer ad nauseam. It is also being used here. Read the last part of the article above. "We will be together forever and we need to make the best out of it." The language of this quote gives a theme of inevitability. However, I don't think making the best out of it includes ceding sovereignty to an organization similar to the European Union.

Want to know why Mexico resists any crackdown on illegal immigration so strongly? They received billions in remittances. Remittances are income illegal immigrants and illegal aliens make in the United States, and then send parts of it home to relatives in Mexico. According to a report by the Inter-American Development Bank, Mexico receives about $20 billion in remittances from the United States. Without that money, Mexico's economy would completely collapse. That is why they constantly obstruct any crackdown.

Western Hemisphere Policy Watch has a good post on the report.