Rob AllynDallasBlog ran a story last Friday on Mexico’s hiring of Rob Allyn’s firm to help improve its image in the United States (link here for story). Today, both the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times have major stories on Mexico’s decision to retain a Dallas-based PR firm to improve its image in the U.S.

Allyn is taking heat from critics of U.S. immigration policy who don’t like the idea of a Dallasite lobbying for an open borders policy (see comments to our original DallasBlog article) as well as Mexican-American groups unhappy that a Hispanic company did not get the contract with the government of Mexico. Dallas businessman Carlos Quintanillo is quoted in The New York Times piece as saying, "You don’t need an Anglo to advance Mexico’s interests in the United States. It’s a regression and a disconnect." As Allyn put it to The New York Times reporter on the controversy over the contract, "I’ve had friends say … should I congratulate you or extend condolences?"

Clearly "The Politics of Immigration" is heating up as a major issue in 2006.

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