"Good fences make good neighbors."

NapaNews.com | Mexican officials, criticize U.S. immigration control bill :
"'We're against building any wall between our two countries because they are walls that increase our differences. And, above all, the walls don't stop the migration flow[,]'" said Mexican interior secretary Santiago Creel.

I would say to Sr. Creel that a wall does not increase our differences, but it may help to preserve them. Now, from the perspective of an American, there may be some value in preserving what makes America different from Mexico. It appears from all available evidence that it is the policy of the Mexican government to make America more like Mexico. What remains in doubt is which side of this debate the US government will take.

The House vote of 261-161 in favor of finishing the San Diego wall and other minimal border control actions is only a very feeble start and it remains to be seen where the Bush administration will come down on this issue. The president's continued devotion to his back-door amnesty plan is not an encouraging sign.