Yet there's no other way to explain a how-to comic book that the Mexican government is passing out. Called the Guide for the Mexican Migrant, its stated purpose is to give would-be undocumented immigrants "some practical advice."
The book offers no information on applying for a U.S. visa. But it does offer tips on what to wear for a clandestine crossing and how to find one's way through the desert.
With this book, Mexican President Vicente Fox has unwittingly produced a powerful tool to undermine efforts by President Bush and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., to win congressional support for a guest-worker program.
Mexico's booklet on how to sneak into the United States will be distributed free south of the border. Around the Potomac, it will be priceless to those opposed to a guest-worker program because it raises serious doubts about whether Mexico will ever help curb illegal migration - even if the United States creates a legal mechanism for large numbers of workers to obtain temporary work visas.
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