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UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 000192 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR INR/R/MR, WHA/CEN, WHA/PDA 
AMEMBASSIES FOR PAS, POL, DHS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KMDR ES KPAO IMMIGRATION
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - PROPOSED WALL ON U.S. BORDER 
 
 
THE JANUARY 25 EDITION OF MODERATE DAILY LA PRENSA GRAFICA 
(CIRC. 110,000), PUBLISHED AN OP ED ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION 
OF THE WALL IN THE US BY JOAQUIN SAMAYOA ENTITLED "WALLS, 
HEDGES AND OTHER DIVISIONS."  EXCERPTS FROM THE ARTICLE 
FOLLOW: 
"I CAN SEE A DOUBLE STANDARD IN SOME OF THE CRITICISM THAT 
THE IDEA HAS PROVOKED. NO ONE WOULD SAY THAT THE WALLS AND 
INNER DOORS WITH WHICH WE PROTECT OUR HOUSES CONSTITUTE AN 
AGGRESSIVE GESTURE TOWARDS OUR NEIGHBORS. 
THE WALL IS NEITHER THE PROBLEM NOR THE SOLUTION. THE ONLY 
THING THAT IT WILL ACCOMPLISH IS THAT OUR PEOPLE WILL HAVE 
TO THINK OF NEW WAYS AND DEVELOP NEW SKILLS IN DIGGING 
TUNNELS. THE ONES THAT MANAGE TO CROSS WILL BE CALLED MOLES 
INSTEAD OF WETBACKS.  THAT IS SOMETHING OUR FRIENDS IN THE 
NORTH SHOULD KNOW. 
THE REAL PROBLEM IS THE MORE AND MORE WORRISOME SENSATION OF 
INSECURITY AND FEAR THAT HAS SEIZED A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE 
IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A SENSATION THAT DOUBTLESSLY HAS 
ITS COMPONENT OF RACISM, BUT ALSO IT HAS A LEGITIMATE 
FOUNDATION. 
OVERFLOWING IMMIGRATION IS CAUSING TENSIONS AND DIVISIONS 
AMONG THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PARTIES BUT ALSO WITHIN 
THEM. MANY SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN SEE THEMSELVES PRESSURED 
BY THEIR OWN ELECTORAL BASES TO ADOPT EXTREME MEASURES OF 
CONTROL. 
WE CAN PROTEST IN FRONT OF THE WALL, BUT WE WOULD ACCOMPLISH 
MUCH MORE BY HELPING TO CONTROL IMMIGRATION FROM OUR 
COUNTRIES AS WELL AS MAKING BETTER EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE 
BEHAVIOR AND THE IMAGE OF OUR BROTHERS IN THE UNITED 
STATES." 
BARCLAY