Tue 28 Nov 2006
Some have blamed the Republican congressional election defeat on their ‘position’ on immigration. Interesting to see it pop up as a “Presidential” topic… from the Democratic side.
Of course, Senator Biden has an interesting voting history on immigration issues - votes both for and against the border fence, etc. But it’s interesting to hear it come into play already this early as a ‘campaign issue’.
Biden blames illegal immigration on Mexico’s ‘corrupt system’:
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Senator Joe Biden says the government should get tough with Mexico, blaming what he calls its “corrupt system'’ for illegal immigration and drug problems in the U.S.
The Delaware Democrat is the incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and is considering a presidential run in 2008. He spoke Monday in South Carolina, scheduled to be the first southern state to hold a primary.
In a question and answer session in Columbia, Biden described Mexico as an “erstwhile democracy'’ and criticized the country’s “disparity of wealth.'’ He said unless political dynamics change in Mexico and U-S employers who hire illegal immigrants are punished, the problem won’t stop.
He called illegal drugs entering the country from Mexico an even bigger problem, and again blamed Mexican corruption.
