U.S. Opposes Wall
Along Mexico Border
NewsMax.com Wires
Friday, Nov. 11, 2005
MEXICO CITY -- U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza said Thursday that the Bush administration is against proposals to build a wall along the United States' entire southern border.
"The President (George W. Bush) is aware of the concerns of critics who would like to build a wall around the United States," Garza told a small group of foreign correspondents. "As the former Governor of Texas, he knows that such proposals are both unrealistic and undesirable."
Some lawmakers have proposed building a wall from California to the Gulf of Mexico to stop the millions of undocumented workers who sneak over the border with Mexico.
Garza said that the best way to regulate immigration is to approve Bush's proposals for a guest worker program.
He said building a wall also would not help the United States' relations with its Latin American neighbors, relations that appeared frayed in last weeks summit of the Americas.