Most of the stories posted on this blog are from American mainstream media sources. I thought it’d be interesting to look at the other side and examine how Mexican media covers the growing immigration problem.
This is a rather old article, but important none the less. The Guadalajara Reporter released an article back in August examining the talks held by President Obama, Calderon and PM Harper. The article basically discusses the growing problem behind immigration, corruption on the side of drug cartels and Mexican government.
But, this newspaper quotes an AP article arguing that America is too soft on corrupt officials who are involved with drug cartels. At one point in the AP article Calderon says, ” to get drugs into the United States the one you need to corrupt is the American authority, the American customs, the American police – not the Mexican, and that’s a subject … which hasn’t been addressed with sincerity.” Calderon added, “I’m waging my battle against corruption among Mexican authorities … we’re risking everything to clean our house, but I think there also needs to be a good cleaning on the other side of the border.”
It is interesting to see that the other side think that America isn’t doing enough to help the underlying problem of immigration. Lets face it, the current economic policies of Mexico and a corrupt government force many to migrate to the US. But, according to this article, the US doesn’t do much to help solve the problem we complain so much about.
Katy Johnson
