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By: gekster (Diary)  |  May 5th, 2010 at 06:27 PM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

This does seem timely.
Thanks to my friend Mike:

Just a comment on how things appear.  Not a political statement!

 Dear President Obama:

I’m planning to move my family and extended family into Mexico for my health, and I would like to ask you to assist me.
We’re planning to simply walk across the border from the U.S. Into Mexico, and we’ll need your help to make a few  arrangements.
We plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws.
I’m sure they handle those things the same way you do here. So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Calderon, that I’m on my way over?

Please let him know that I will be expecting the following:

1. Free medical care for my entire family.

2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not.

3. Please print all Mexican government forms in English.

4. I want my grandkids to be taught Spanish by English-speaking (bi-lingual) teachers.

5. Tell their schools they need to include classes on American culture and history.

6. I want my grandkids to see the American flag on one of the flag poles at their school.

7. Please plan to feed my grandkids at school for both breakfast and lunch.

 8. I will need a local Mexican driver’s license so I can get easy access to government services.

9. I do plan to get a car and drive in Mexico, but, I don’t plan to purchase car insurance,
    and I probably won’t make any special effort to learn local traffic laws.

 10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the memo from their president to
     leave me alone, please be sure that every patrol car has at least one English-speaking officer.

 11. I plan to fly the U.S. Flag from my house top, put U S. Flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals.

 12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, or have any labor or tax laws enforced on any business I may start.

 13. Please have the president tell all the Mexican people to be extremely nice and never
     say critical things about me or my family, or about the strain we might place on their economy.

 14. I want to receive free food stamps.

 15. Naturally, I’ll expect free rent subsidies.

 16. I’ll need Income tax credits so although I don’t pay Mexican Taxes,
       I’ll receive money from the government.

 17. Please arrange it so that the Mexican Gov’t pays $4,500 to help me buy a new car.

 18. Oh yes, I almost forgot, please enroll me free into the Mexican Social Security program so that I’ll get
       a monthly income in retirement.

 I know this is an easy request because you already do all these things for all his people who walk over to  the U..S. From  Mexico. I am sure that President Calderon won’t mind returning the favor if you ask him  nicely.                                                                                                                                                              Thank you so much for your kind help. You’re the man!!!
Have a nice day

 

I was going to post this on an open thread, but thought it should stand alone.

COMMENTS

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  • Swamp_Yankee

    but point taken,

    • gekster
      • Common_Cents

        Is there a country in the world that comes close to the lack of immigration policy/enforcement that the US stoops?

  • izoneguy

    Turn about is fair play….

    This letter does need to get to the Presidents desk.

    I think I will ask the same when I move to the South of France.

  • Scope

    I posted something similar as a comment on a diary recently. Of course my list of demands didn’t include as many areas of using the US Gov. as yours does. I also began my comment with “If I didn’t want to get my head cut off.” The US military could take the drug cartels out in no time, if the US really wanted to see that happen. Many in the federal government rely on the drugs to continue the dumbing down, and brain frying of Americans, so they can push this country into “fundamentally transforming America.”

  • Susannah

    Great job! :-)

  • carolyn2009

    how many residents of Mexico legally immigrate to the U.S.A. per year ?
    and

    If being in the U.S.A. illegally, isn’t really illegal, why does anyone bother to immigrate legally?

    Immigrants from EVERY country may as well just walk over the southern border and wait for amnesty.

    signed,
    a legal Permanent Resident

  • texasgalt

    Why do they bother? Because it is hell to live like a ghost.

  • Richard Mullins

    Because most good people respect the rule of law and want to do things legally. I’m wondering how many would try to do it the legal way if had them apply in their home countries first?

  • texasgalt

    the rule of law still means something. . . for some people.

    Now, if we could get the Country of Mexico to buy in . . .

  • carolyn2009

    I was being sarcastic.
    imo, if you don’t show respect for immigration laws, you don’t show respect for the country.

    I met my husband during a cross-border bar stop : )
    One year later we married.
    Unfortunately, we did not realize that if we did not inform the DHS 3 months in advance of our marriage, that I would not be allowed to reside in the U.S.A. until all immigration papers were completed and forwarded from Canada. [even though we were married in the U.S.A.]
    My immigration interview was held in Montreal.
    So, in some cases, immigrants do have to apply from their own country, if they don’t research the laws first….like us ; )

  • schooky

    I am an American living and working in central Mexico. Many of the things you are asking for may actually be available for you here gekster.

    As for crossing the border. It typically costs an immigrant $2K usd to have someone bring them across the border. Then, many are stopped by the gang members sitting at the border, who kindly request more money, at gunpoint, to let them pass. Then, hoping not to get stopped by our border agents as they cross they enter our country to WORK. Their reason for risking their lives is to make a better life for them and their families. Sound familiar.

    Our govt. needs to expand the H2B worker program, so these people can enter and exit our country to work, without fear of death. This will allow them to pay our taxes, have ids, be able to open bank accounts, etc. and be legitimate parts of our society. And, our employers will only ask for H2B permits if they need workers.

    JMO

  • gekster

    sorry for the late reply:
    With some help from my friend Mike, I was trying to show the satirical irony of our policy toward immigration as to Mexico’s policy.

    From:
    http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/lillpop022707.htm

    John Lillpop wrote this in 2/27/07.
    “If the United States adopted such statutes, Mexico no doubt would denounce it as a manifestation of American racism and bigotry.”

    In it he points out Mexican immigration policy, tracking of forieghners, and punishments for such, according to Mexican law.
    We know about American law.

    A few excerpts:
    “A penalty of up to two years in prison and a fine of three hundred to five thousand pesos will be imposed on the foreigner who enters the country illegally.” (Article 123)

    “A Mexican who marries a foreigner with the sole objective of helping the foreigner live in the country is subject to up to five years in prison.” (Article 127)

    It’s an interesting read.

    oops
    allmost forgot,
    Thanks for the reco’s.