In a very unwise move, the GOP shelved plans to address immigration reform before Election Day, in spite of Mexico's continued disputed Presidential Election and growing threat of political violence across Mexico.
This decision may come back and bite them hard.
Mexico's Supreme Court upheld the election results this morning, but Mr. Obrador has vowed to disregard the decision if it didn't go his way.
He's also said that he would form a rival government and attempt to run Mexico, while disrupting the legitimate leadership of Mr. Caulderon. This can only go so far. With President Fox vowing to install the winner by any means necessary, this escalates the possibility of violence.
The GOP is trying to focus attention on their political strengths in order to reinforce their election campaigns, but securing the border will quickly become a national security issue if Mexico erupts in violence. This is not a problem that they should sweep under the carpet. Immigration reform includes securing the border, which is also a national security matter, but they're choosing to ignore it because it doesn't help them win their elections.
People will start to come across the border in force if violence does begin in earnest and our immigration problem will be ten times worse in very short order. And in a worse-case scenario, Mexicans already living here take up arms against other Mexicans living here who support the opposite side.
We don't need this. Like I said before, Mexico's problems have to stay south of the Rio Grande.
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