Mexican President Calderon Calls Vote Against Senate Amnesty Bill a 'Grave Error'

The president of Mexico says that the US Senate made a big mistake by not granting amnesty to some 12 million Mexicans who are living illegally in the USA:

MEXICO CITY — President Felipe Calderon of Mexico today blasted the U.S. Senate's rejection of the immigration bill, calling the senators' action "a grave error" that avoided a "sensible, rational and legal solution."
"It's a mistake," Calderon said. "First, because it's a problem that's not being confronted. And with this evasive action the U.S. Senate is making it worse.

Er, Felipe, what about the problem that you're not confronting? Why is it that somewhere between 10 to 20% of the entire population of your country finds it necessary to illegally enter another country in order to find work?

It gets even better:

"Secondly, by closing the door on legal immigration, the only thing the Senate does is open the door to illegal immigration."

First of all, we do have legal immigration. No one has suggested stopping that. Secondly, granting amnesty to some 12 million Mexicans who have illegally entered the USA is not going to decrease illegal immigration. It will increase it.

His logic is impeccable. Just apply it to another problem and see how it sounds. What do you do about the problem of all the people who are in prison for committing murder? Just legalize murder and let them go. Problem solved!