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Memo From Mexico, By Allan Wall
Mexico Gloats While Washington Cowers

It's a great time for those advancing of Mexican hegemony over U.S. immigration policy. (No�make that over the U.S.)

Mexican public relations victories on the streets of America's cities and in the U.S. Senate have been very well-received here in Mexico. Everyone believes that Mexico is winning.

There are plenty of people eager to take credit. Vicente Fox brags about the open border agitation which has characterized his entire presidential term.

SRE, the Mexican foreign ministry is boasting as well. SRE spokesman Geronimo Gutierrez credits the SRE's successful policy of putting U.S. immigration on the bilateral agenda of U.S.-Mexican relations. [SRE exito en agenda bilateral]

It�s true. U.S. immigration has become a bilateral issue-to be decided upon by both the U.S. and Mexico. (Mexican immigration policy, on the other hand, is an internal matter only to be decided upon by Mexico.)

Another Mexican government agency claiming credit is the IME (Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior), Institute of Mexicans Abroad. After all, some of the IME'S American-based agents were involved in the protests. [El Instituto de los Mexicanos en el exterior elogia las marchas contra la ley anti-inmigrantes, Yahoo News,(Mexico) March 29, 2006]

So they deserve credit too.

The most blatant comment was probably that of Alberto Tinoco, a reporter on the Televisa broadcast. Speaking of the LA " megamarcha", he remarked that

"With all due respect to Uncle Sam, this shows that Los Angeles has never stopped being ours".

Influential Mexicans are clearly excited, but they're still vigilant, still watching U.S. immigration policy closely.
http://vdare.com/awall/060411_gloat.htm