The Mexican Congress has just passed a resolution calling upon the United States to facilitate the granting of asylum to Mexican citizens who claim they are escaping from violence. Due to widespread killings and attacks in the country, primarily due to drug trafficking, the Mexican Congress is admitting officially that they cannot protect their own citizens from other Mexicans. It figures, therefore, that the responsibility must now fall to the United States. Now, a cynic would naturally first react with the comment, "I missed the part where this was my problem." Unfortunately, it will become our problem one way or another. Of the immigrants released on bond of their own recognizance, a whopping 66 percent failed to appear in immigration court. Only a fraction of those who did make it to court were found to have worthy claims. Who are these immigrants exactly? How many are truly innocent victims and how many are competing drug dealers who lost the local narcotics war? Whatever the...(Read Full Post)