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Aug. 14, 2007
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Gibbons, Mexican officials confer

Health care, border security top agenda

By SEAN WHALEY
REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU

CARSON CITY -- Gov. Jim Gibbons said Monday he had a productive day in Mexico City, meeting with top government officials to discuss border security, enhanced tourism opportunities and a new program that might provide financial assistance to Nevada for providing medical care to Mexican nationals.

Speaking to the media by telephone conference call, Gibbons said he had a full day of meetings with Mexican ministers but was unable to meet with President Felipe Calderón due to scheduling conflicts.

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    • "I think we made a lot of progress," Gibbons said.

    The meetings produced several potential partnerships with Mexico, including discussions about how to help bring qualified professionals to Nevada to provide assistance in the areas of health care and teaching, he said.

    There was also a discussion about a potential sharing of law enforcement training and techniques between Mexican police who work in tourist areas such as Cancun and Nevada state and local police who have expertise in the large Las Vegas tourism market, Gibbons said.

    One of the most intriguing possibilities for Nevada is whether the state can participate in a program run now as a pilot project in New York in which the Mexican government provides compensation to Mexican nationals, including those in the country illegally, to obtain needed medical care, he said.

    Called Health Windows in English, the program is run through a Mexican consular office, and provides compensation to Mexican residents who need health care, Gibbons said. Implementing the program here could help Nevada taxpayers with the cost of providing health care to nonresidents, he said.

    Asked if such a program might be viewed as supportive of illegal immigration, Gibbons said his interest is in saving state tax dollars.

    Any program that would subsidize the cost of heath care treatment for nonresidents is "a win for the people of Nevada," he said.

    State officials will work with Mexican authorities over the coming months to see if a program can be developed in Nevada, Gibbons said.

    Gibbons and the three staff members traveling with him on the brief visit to Mexico will be in Guadalajara today to discuss ways of partnering with educators to help meet Nevada's needs in the area of health care professionals.

    Brent Boynton, communications director for Gibbons, said there are no plans by the governor to call a special session of the Legislature in order to comply with a request from the Bush administration to provide Department of Motor Vehicles data to check for illegal immigrants.

    Under the request, DMV information would be shared with employers to determine if their workers were non-citizens who have acquired phony licenses.

    But a DMV official said Friday that state law does not allow such information sharing and the law would have to be changed to do so. Doing that would require action by the Legislature, which does not meet again until 2009.



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    An American wrote on August 16, 2007 12:12 PM: Did I move to Mexico or is Mexico being allowed to force their nation into America via our uneducated officials who don't have a clue about what they are forcing on their own nation?

    Gibbone? You are an idiot! Not the only idioit in our government ranks, which is sad to say because there was a time when the majority of America's officials "were Americans", and not just acting as Americans.

    You do this and it will live with you forever, as you live out your life as an enemy of America.

    God Bless America from all against us.


    IL LUPO wrote on August 15, 2007 05:34 AM: WELL WILLY, I GUESS YOUR NAME FITS YOUR MENTALITY.

    ILLEGALS ARE A PROBLEM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY..WE DON'T NEED A GOVERNOR THAT IS BACKING ILLEGAL ENTRY AND SPENDING THE MONEY OF HARD WORKING AMERICANS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO SPEAK ENGLISH AND FEEL THEY ARE OWED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

    WHEN MY GRANDPARENTS CAME TO THE USA, THAY HAD TO WORK TO LIVE, TO LEARN ENGLISH AND BECOME LEGAL CITIZENS.

    THEY RAISED THEIR CHILDREN TO LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND BE PROUD TO BE AMERICAN.. THEY SPOKE THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE HOME ONLY, BUT DEMANDED THEIR CHILDREN TO SPEAK ENGLISH OUT OF THE HOME..AS THEY DID ALSO..I WAS TAUGHT BY MY PARENTS TO LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND BE PROUD OF AMERICA, THE FLAG AND PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN..

    NOT TO FLY THE AMERICAN FLAG UPSIDE DOWN OR UNDER ANY OTHER FLAG(AS WAS DONE BY A BUNCH OF IDIOT KIDS IN CALIFORNIA. WHO WERE IN SCHOOL AND WALKED OUT THAT DAY. WHICH GOES TO PROVE YOU CAN NOT EDUCATE IDIOTS)...

    MY UNCLES, COUSINS AND I SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN THE ARMED FORCES..MANY GOOD MEN AND WOMEN HAVE GIVEN UP THEIR LIVES TO GIVE US OUR FREEDOM HERE IN THE USA. THE GOVERNMENT GIVES MORE TO THESE ILLEGAL'S THEN TAKING CARE OF OUR BRAVE MILITARY VETS. WHO HAVE LOST ARMS, LEGS,AND ALOT MORE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES TO KEEP OUR FREEDOM..THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THE HELP.. NOT SOME BUNCH OF IDIOTS WHO SNEAK ACROSS THE BORDER OR THE RIO GRANDE WHEN IT IS LOW TIDE..

    BUT YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF JACKASSES IN U.S. GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHO FEEL BY BACKING THESE ILLEGALS IT WILL GET THEM MORE VOTES..

    A PROUD AMERICAN...WHO SPEAKS, READS AND WRITES ENGLISH..


    willy wrote on August 15, 2007 12:48 AM: RJ readers have to be some of the most insufferable people in the world. When did the state change the title of the job from Governor to Chief Illegal Alien Deporter? Thank goodness our Governor realizes there is more to life than obsessing over illegal immigration 24/7 like you losers do.


    IL LUPO wrote on August 14, 2007 07:16 PM: HEY GOV. HOW ABOUT KEEPING THEM BACK IN MEXICO WHERE THEY BELONG AND SEND THE ONES HERE THAT ARE ILLEGAL BACK..

    WHY BRING TEACHERS HERE THAT ARE JUST GOING TO KEEP THEM SPEAKING MEXICAN. I SAY MEXICAN BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE NOT SPEAKING TRUE SPANISH. MAKE NEVADA A STATE WHERE ENGLISH IS THE ONLY LANGUAGE ALLOWED OUT OF THE HOMES..ALSO STOP THE FREE RIDES FOR THEM AND THE OTHERS LIVING OFF THE STATE..


    Brian wrote on August 14, 2007 04:21 PM: Do you know what a gibbon is? It is an ape that howls. That is what our governor is--a gibbon. Perfect name for him.

    I still cannot believe anyone voted for him!!!!


    Angry Taxpayer wrote on August 14, 2007 01:40 PM: That does it Las Vegas!

    I have a host of other places in which to vacation and spend my money. You can continue to encourage your barrios but don't expect us to ever return.


    Americanmade wrote on August 14, 2007 12:44 PM: WTF? Traitor! This guy has got to be taken down. We want all illegals out of America! We want Americans taken care of! Send the illegals back and let their countries take care of them there! Get rid of the stupid anchor baby law! I'm tired of the illegals crying racist. We aren't racist, we are Americans and we want to keep it that way!
    This guy has got to go people. Start calling. And he sounds so proud of this. Would he be so dang happy and fool hearty if his daugher was raped and murdered by illegals? How about if his child was executed? It won't hit home til it hits close to home for these jerks that took an oath to office that they either lied about or just didn't understand.
    Hold him responsible. Get your representatives to get off their asses and start to do something about the mess they have made in our country.
    Illegals, GO HOME! WE DON'T WANT YOU. WE ARE GOING TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE. AND TAKE YOUR ANCHOR BABIES WITH YOU. WE DON'T WANT OR NEED THEM OR YOU! FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS IN YOUR OWN DAMN COUNTRY!
    No more federal money for illegals or their anchor babies!
    THIS IN AMERICA! WE SPEAK ENGLISH!


    bc wrote on August 14, 2007 10:34 AM: We need to use this "creeping incrementalism" that is slowly but surely sapping our liberties against this problem of illegal aliens. We can make it impossible for somebody to exist here in any capacity other than a legal one. Here's a start:

    Make it PROHIBITIVELY expensive to send ill-gotten monies from of our community to another country. Unless you can prove you're present in this country legally, you can't send money south. A 100% tax on all wire transfers to another country if you no la tengo una tarjeta verde.

    That won't solve the entire problem, but implementing many, many small solutions will eventually make it impossible to be here illegally. Its a start-otherwise the problem gets so bad that the individual citizen has to take action in the place of the void that is our government.
    Let's hear some more solutions instead of just all the recall or this guy's a bum rhetoric. Let's toss out the ideas, people, and then lewt's implement them when we throw the bums out of office and replace them with representatives.


    TB wrote on August 14, 2007 10:06 AM: i do not even no why he is in mexico. he is a friggin governor of NV his time should be spen on fixing NV issues and not dealing with Mexico. The only time he should be near the border is when he drops a bus load of illegals from NV off at the border.

    maybe his time is better spent groping cocktail waitresses from las vegas when his wife is not looking.


    say what wrote on August 14, 2007 09:55 AM: get this man out of office...and did gibbons discuss open borders????


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