Because he had an overall law on immigration one of its priorities

The decision, adopted the weekend last by the US Congress, to build a wall on more than a third of the border with the Mexico or about 1.120 km made waves on the Mexican side. "The Government of the Mexico expresses its strong rejection to the construction of walls, said this week the Presidency spokesman in Mexico City. This decision affects the overall bilateral relationship and it is contrary to the spirit of cooperation which must prevail to ensure border security. "President Vicente Fox, who will assign the place December 1-Felipe Calderon after a hectic and contested by the left, election completes its mandate in terrible conditions. Because he had an overall law on immigration one of its priorities. His administration has long worked with Bush teams in the development of this project, which included regularize the present illegal for more than five years. Of the 11 million undocumented migrants present on American soil, almost 7 million are of Mexican origin and each year, 500,000 immigrants illegally cross the border. This wall, the major part of which will be built in the desert area of Arizona, does not deter illegal immigrants, said in Mexico City, but will grow to try their luck in even more desert areas, thus more dangerous.

"Electoral panic."

The elected President, Felipe Calderon, has, he also denounced the decision "lamentable, contrary to a positive relationship between the two countries." As Luis Ernesto Derbez, Minister for Foreign Affairs, he sent this week to Washington a diplomatic note which asked President Bush not to enact this legislation. But what should be done in a few days. This note considers the vote of the Act "violates the bilateral relationship" and stressed the importance of the principle of "shared responsibility" of the two countries on immigration.

That the relationship between the two countries is altered by this brutal decision, this is no doubt, while the two countries are closely linked in NAFTA (North American free trade agreement) and the American market absorbs some 90 of total exports of the Mexico. Even if business seem scarcely to move, it is difficult to believe that this diplomatic slap at Mexico City will not impact on the trade dispute between the two neighbours.

The former Minister of economy, Luiz de la Calle explained this decision by the "electoral panic" which brought Republicans to some weeks of mid-term legislative elections (November 7) that could deprive them of their majority in the House of representatives.

Commission, this security measure is clearly, even if it is also the time of poker. Because if it hard right, it could also regimen traditionally democratic Hispanic community but that George w. Bush's dream of conquering. Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy, also noted the absurdity of this wall, illegal immigration due to almost 50 of expired residence permit. Was "Sacrifice a good migration policy for political reasons and hate rhetoric is not only disgraceful, it is loose", launched.

Of course, the Pharaonic project seems not prepared to see the day: Congress has budgeted an advance of $ 1.2 billion for the financing of 1.120 km of separation. However, a 23 km stretch of wall in work near San Diego will cost him only more than 126 million...