The situation in Mexico has serious consequences for our Rights, and even our lives here in AZ and all along the Mexican border. We cannot emphasize enough how much it is in our interest to have a free, safe and prosperous Mexico as our neighbor. Many of us have family, friends there and they are our neighbor.

We strongly support the Human Rights of the Mexican people to be able to defend themselves. That means the Mexican people should once again have the rights and resources to possess, bear and use modern and effective firearms. As over 70 years of corrupt federal government and it's attending gun control have shown, the bumper sticker is so true. "If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns". Mexico is a textbook example of the failures of gun control. While some very limited firearms are permitted on paper, and in practice, the real effect has been to disarm the good people of Mexico.
That was done by the very corrupt political party that ran a country rich in natural resources and people, into the ground to prevent a revolution, not to "control crime" as was the pretense.

As the archived reports will show, the defenseless people of Mexico have suffered way too much. They deserve much better. We need to help.

Given the gravity of the ongoing drug war in Mexico our neighbor to the south, ASR&PA has been working to monitor the border situation and it's many effects on our state and our members:

Including drug and human trafficking, with related issues of murders, kidnappings, home invasions, extortion, destruction of wildlife habitat, illegal immigration, white slavery, money laundering, expenses of incarceration and medical treatments, the list goes on and on. Also de facto cession of areas of the state to the DTO's; fugitives, cash, firearms and ammunition running south. Most of these issues could be significantly reduced by simply securing the border.

To get it out of the way, ASR&PA does support legal immigration, trade, and travel between our countries. Especially so that we and our Mexican neighbors can once again freely and safely travel to our neighboring countries for competition, training, hunting and just enjoy good company.

Friday, April 15, 2011

AZMEX UPDATE 11 OCT 2007

AZMEX UPDATE 11 OCT 2007

Mexican diplomat hails police chiefs for immigration policy

PHOENIX (AP) - A Mexican diplomat on Wednesday lauded Phoenix area
police departments for sending out what he says is a message of peace
to the immigrant community.

Carlos Flores Vizcarra, Mexican consul general for Phoenix, applauded
area chiefs of police who voiced their opposition to suggestions that
local officers conduct day-to-day immigration enforcement.

Flores said the chiefs' message, issued at a news conference earlier
this week, is a welcome one for the immigrant community, which he
described as completely overwhelmed and restless because of an anti-
immigrant climate in the state.

``This message that was put out by the chiefs of police has been
something that comes to revitalize the trust of those who are in the
shadows, those who are undocumented and who are willing to cooperate
and contribute to the community's safety,'' Flores said at a news
conference organized by immigrant-rights activists who wanted to
voice their support of the chiefs of police.

Flores said the chiefs' message is a welcome one for the immigrant
community.

He pointed to the state's new employer-sanctions law and to Maricopa
County authorities who are arresting illegal immigrants under a
controversial interpretation of a human smuggling law.
``Employers ... have already begun the process of streamlining their
own work force, and in some cases they have let off some people,''
Flores said. ``People without a job who are heads of families are
very concerned, and some of them have come to my office and said,
'This is it, I'm out of work for three weeks, this is the time to go.'''

Flores said he did not have statistics showing how many people have
left, but that there have been at least a few cases.

However, not all law enforcement officers agree with what the chiefs
announced earlier this week.

On Monday, a union for police officers called for an end to an
immigration policy that prevents officers from asking federal
immigration authorities for assistance in situations where illegal
immigrants commit civil traffic violations.

The union says the policy makes the streets of Phoenix more dangerous.

On the Net:
Mexican Consulate of Phoenix:
http://www.sre.gob.mx/phoenix/

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