Mexico must end abuse of illegal migrants (immigrants, Mexican, reconquista)

[antireconquista]

According to the report, the conditions under which immigrants are kept are appalling. In warehouses, hotel rooms, detention camps, safe houses or even inside vehicles, immigrants are tied up, blindfolded, in some cases fed only once a day. Some are forced to sleep on the floor, naked. Nine out of 10 said their life was threatened, many were tortured and some even were raped while waiting for their ransom to be paid.

However, in at least 91 of the documented cases, it was Mexican law-enforcement agents who held the immigrants captive; others say that police either looked the other way or covered up the kidnappings in exchange for money and/or alcohol.

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And the Mexican government has the audacity to claim that our country is mistreating its illegal people?

[macmeal]

Originally Posted by antireconquista

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And the Mexican government has the audacity to claim that our country is mistreating its illegal people?

Yes, as a matter of fact. That's the way MOST of the world works...particularly in Third World societies. You "don't apologize, you don't back down, and you NEVER admit ANYTHING". What the Mexican government is doing is perfectly normal in most of the world. What they're saying, in essence, is "Never MIND what I'm doing wrong....we're talking about what YOU'RE doing wrong"....and they have good reason to do this, because, as you can see, we're listening.

"Bluster" is a big part of negotiation in most societies....as long as you 'bluster' louder than your opponent, you have the upper hand.