McCain's Immigration Adviser is Vicente Fox's Emigration Adviser

[William Hyde]

McCain's 'Immigration Adviser' is Vicente Fox's 'Emigration Adviser': Dual U.S. Citizen of Mexico Juan Hernandez
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:42:41 -0800


Hernandez has appeared on various cable news talk shows aggressively>arguing against building any fence on the Mexican border, insisting>the frontier need to remain wide open so illegal immigrants can easily>cross into the U.S.

Don Gabacho wrote, The function of the Mexican Government's "Mexicans Abroad Program">was (and continues under different names) to place functionaries of>Mexican Governent (particularly from the Mexican Government's>notorious FONATUR), as Dual U.S. Citizens of Mexico, to both issue>Mexico's---second---Matricular IDs plus Register Hispanics in U.S.>elections]

WND Exclusive ELECTION 2008>McCain aide touts 'Mexico first' policy>Skeptics of candidate's immigration stance highlight appointment>Posted: January 25, 2008>12:45 p.m. Eastern>>By Jerome R. Corsi>© 2008 WorldNetDaily.com>>The Hispanic outreach director for Sen. John McCain's presidential>campaign is a dual American-Mexican citizen known for his "Mexico>first" declarations to immigrants in the U.S., WND has confirmed.>>Word of the appointment, made in November, spread across the Internet>last night, sparking reaction from secure-border activists who charge>Juan Hernandez's position in the campaign belies the Republican>candidate's attempt to position himself as an advocate of border>security.

>>McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers emphasized to WND that>Hernandez is "a non-paid volunteer to the campaign, and he does not>play a policy role.">>"Juan works with us to reach out to the Hispanic community to meet>with the folks in the various states," Rogers said.>>Asked if the McCain campaign has repudiated Hernandez's "Mexico first">declarations, Rogers did not give a direct answer.>>Twice he referred WND to McCain's immigration position on the campaign>presidential website arguing for border security.

In an appearance on ABC's Nightline in 2001, Hernandez said, referring>to Mexican immigrants in the U.S., "I want the third generation, the>seventh generation, I want them all to think 'Mexico first.'">>Hernandez told the Associated Press the same year, "I never knew the>border as a limitation. I'd be delighted if all of us could come and>go between these two marvelous countries."

Last August, Hernandez published a book entitled "The New American>Pioneers: Why Are We Afraid of Mexican Immigrants?" in which he argued>Mexican immigrants, both legal and illegal, were at the forefront of>establishing a new North American market combining the U.S. with>Mexico.

Sen. John McCain>>Mark Krikorian, director for the Center for Immigration Studies, asked>last night on a National Review Online blog, "Has McCain offered>Hernandez, a former high-level foreign government official who>presumably swore an oath to uphold the Mexican constitution, a place>on a future McCain Administration? That's not a rhetorical question."

Columnist Michelle Malkin posted equally critical comments this>morning on her blog HotAir.com.>>Noting that McCain has attempted to distance himself from the>comprehensive immigration reform bill he co-sponsored with Democratic>Sen. Ted Kennedy, Malkin said the appointment of Hernandez "tells me>that John McCain is as weak on border security now as he ever was."

While McCain is now emphasizing border security, the policy posted on>his website repeats many of the "flexible labor market" arguments>advanced in the Kennedy-McCain comprehensive immigration reform bills,>arguing for the necessity of a guest-worker program.

No fence>>Hernandez has appeared on various cable news talk shows aggressively>arguing against building any fence on the Mexican border, insisting>the frontier need to remain wide open so illegal immigrants can easily>cross into the U.S.

Hernandez was the first U.S.-born cabinet member to serve President>Vicente Fox, operating from Los Pinos, the Mexican White House.>Hernandez represented the 24 million Mexicans living abroad whom Fox>then called "heroes" for representing Mexico in the foreign nations in>which they lived.>>In 1996, Hernandez was responsible for inviting Fox, then governor of>the Mexican state of Guanajuanto, to speak at the University of Texas,>Dallas, where he met George W. Bush, then governor of Texas, for the>first time.