Galt's Gulch

Mexican Embassy says that illegal migration not a crime

Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 6 months ago to News
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Yet, when I lived there, I could be asked for my "papers" at any time and deported if not provided. Seems to be a bit of a double standard there.
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  • Posted by Technocracy 10 years, 6 months ago
    Since if the flow was in the other direction they would be screaming bloody murder, they are obviously so full of crap their eyes are brown.
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    • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 6 months ago
      Well, it must be, in one sense. How are these Central and South American "refugees" passing through the US/Mexico border if they didn't first pass into Mexico? Having lived there, I know that Mexico takes its border control pretty seriously (if manned by corrupt border agents). They know full well that these people are transients and are either giving them transportation or are at least allowing them to enter and telling them that they have x days to exit or if they are picked up they will be deported back to their homeland.
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  • Posted by ShruginArgentina 10 years, 6 months ago
    The first thing a tourist who has overstayed a 90 day visa is told at the airport when they want to leave (voluntarily) is, "You are a criminal." Then they pay a fine and are allowed to leave.

    I anyone thinking of "Going Galt" in Mexico would be wise to read the Mexican Constitution first. What is "says" about foreigners will open their eyes.

    I lived in Mexico from 2000-2006 and have no desire to return for any reason. (I left soon after selling my house, which had been on the market for four years.)

    BTW: Overstaying a tourist visa in Argentina is not a crime and, as a permanent resident, I have the same rights as a citizen except that I cannot vote in Presidential elections.



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    • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 6 months ago
      I'm surprised that you could even own property as a non-citizen. When I lived there in the mid 90s, foreign ownership was prohibited.
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      • Posted by ShruginArgentina 10 years, 6 months ago
        I believe the law still says a foreigner cannot own property within 50 KM of the coast but it is possible to have a property in that zone if the title is held in trust by a Mexican bank. That is only possible if the land has been "regularized" by the Federal government.

        My home in Sayulita was on ejido land and the "papers" were in the name of a Mexican woman who was married to a good friend of mine. She was the "presta nombre" for dozens of Americans and Canadians who "bought" ejido property and built homes there. She was a member of the ejido and highly respected in Sayulita by the Mexcians and foreigners alike.

        The customary fee for "borrowing" her name was $100 USD per year and no one ever lost a penny or a moment of sleep doing business with her.
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 10 years, 6 months ago
    I've experienced Embassy politicians first-hand here in Phoenix - rabid hypocritical bottom feeders.
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    • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 6 months ago
      AJ, you really need to stop holding back. ;-)

      In all seriousness, politicians seem to be the same all over.
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      • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 10 years, 6 months ago
        This twerp had the audacity to talk down to me when I was there with a group protesting their distribution of Matrícula Consular card to illegal aliens who made it their facility in downtown Phoenix. These cards are illegitimate ID here in the US but are used to established bank accounts, mortgages and credit cards.

        If US embassy's did this they would be shutdown.
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