(2005-03-20) — Mexican President Vicente Fox today called on the Bush administration to increase patrols along the U.S.-Mexican border in order to halt the immigration of so-called ‘greenbacks’ into his country.

“Good fences make good neighbors,” said Mr. Fox. “And our people have become increasingly troubled by bordering-crossing greenbacks. They’re diluting our culture, devaluing our currency and transforming Mexico into little more than a U.S. territory rather than a sovereign nation.”

Mr. Fox said he plans to push for U.S. currency emigration reform during a meeting with President George Bush in Texas next week.

Meanwhile, an ad hoc group of Mexican citizens has begun to patrol the border in order to report illegal greenback crossings to Mexican authorities.

“If these greenbacks can’t find anything to do in the United States, why would we want them in Mexico?” Mr. Fox asked. “Our pesos go unemployed while illegal, alien money does their job.”