State of Mexico Addressed, by Invitation Only: Calderon Delivers Speech At Ceremonial Palace (emphasis added),
The Mexican government, he said, would continue to “energetically protest unilateral actions” of the U.S. Congress on the immigration front that he said “exacerbate the persecution of undocumented Mexicans in the U.S.” He boasted that Mexican consulates in the United States have been buttressed to protect the rights of millions of Mexicans living there illegally.
“Wherever there is a Mexican,” he said, “that is Mexico.”
Going by that logic, Australia is Mexico.
Can’t wait for the Mexican government to start handing out how-to manuals on how to sneak illegally into the Land Down Under.
But then, who can blame the guy. It’s a heck of a lot easier to claim the whole world is yours to do as you please than it is to clean up the centuries-long endemic problems affecting a country you lead, isn’t it?
Flopping Aces, Hot Air, Blue Crab Boulevard, Irish Spy, and Cop the Truth also posted on this (h/t Larwyn).
Not so easy to get into Australia, at least compared with other countries. Having lived in Australia for some time (on a long-term working visa), I would say that it pays for your country to be an island. No one can just walk across the boarder, and the boat ride is not measured in hours (for the most part).
And anyway, are Mexicans really a scattered, wandering tribe? I think not.