Mexico attacks America over crackdown on illegal immigrants!
Posted on Tuesday, September 04 @ 13:58:09 EDT
Topic: Mexican Mexico Border illegal immigratio
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 President Felipe Calderon blasted the United States for immigration policies that have divided families and slowed the amount of money sent home by Mexicans living north of the border.
Mexico president Felipe Calderon accuses the United States of persecuted and mistreatment of Mexican undocumented workers,
and the insensitivity toward those who support the U.S. economy and
society has only served as an impetus to reinforce the battle for their
rights.
He also reached out to the millions of Mexicans living in the United States, many illegally, saying: Mexico does not end at its borders. Where there is a Mexican, there is Mexico.
Calderon called on the country to create a foreign policy that
ensured there was more Mexico in the world, and more of the world in
Mexico. And he said the United States and Mexico need to work together
to develop the region's enormous potential.
"We need to create a strong, winning Mexico that is sure of
itself," he said. "Mexico's challenge is being able to strengthen its
international position."
Since taking office in December, Calderon has maintained strong
ties with the United States, but he also has not shied away from
criticizing his powerful neighbor.
He has often denounced U.S. immigration policy, including stepped
up deportations that have divided many families, sometimes forcing
U.S.-born children to build new lives in Mexico.
n one of the most high-profile cases, illegal
immigrant Elvira Arellano was deported recently to Mexico after
spending a year in a Chicago church to avoid being sent home. Her
9-year-old son Saul, who is a U.S. citizen, flew to Mexico on Friday to
be reunited with his mother and plans to stay indefinitely, helping her
fight to return to the United States.
Calderon addressed the nation Sunday from the National Palace,
avoiding a showdown with lawmakers who had vowed to prevent him from
making the speech in Congress, as Mexican tradition dictates.
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Mexico Blasts U.S. Immigration Policies
By TRACI CARL 09.02.07, 7:18 PM ET
MEXICO CITY - President
Felipe Calderon blasted U.S. immigration policies on Sunday and
promised to fight harder to protect the rights of Mexicans in the U.S.,
saying "Mexico does not end at its borders."
The criticism earned Calderon a standing ovation during his first state-of-the nation address.
"We strongly protest the unilateral measures taken by the U.S. Congress
and government that have only persecuted and exacerbated the
mistreatment of Mexican undocumented workers," he said. "The
insensitivity toward those who support the U.S. economy and society has
only served as an impetus to reinforce the battle ... for their
rights."
He also
reached out to the millions of Mexicans living in the United States,
many illegally, saying: "Where there is a Mexican, there is Mexico."
Since taking office in December, Calderon has maintained strong ties
with the United States, but he has often denounced U.S. immigration
policy, including more deportations that have divided many families,
sometimes forcing U.S.-born children to build new lives in Mexico.
In one of the most high-profile cases, illegal immigrant Elvira
Arellano was deported recently to Mexico after spending a year in a
Chicago church to avoid being sent home. Her 8-year-old son Saul, who
is a U.S. citizen, flew to Mexico on Friday to be reunited with his
mother and said he plans to stay indefinitely, helping her fight to
return to the United States.
Calderon addressed the nation Sunday from the National Palace,
avoiding a showdown with leftist opposition lawmakers who had vowed to
prevent him from making the speech in Congress, as Mexican tradition
dictates.
Mexico's Federal Electoral Tribunal declared Calderon the winner of
the July 2006 race nearly a year ago, rejecting leftist candidate
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador claims that Calderon's narrow victory was
fraudulent.
Calderon's predecessor, Vicente Fox, was also blocked last year
from making his state-of-the-nation address in Congress after leftist
lawmakers stormed the stage and refused to give him passage. The
lawmakers claimed Fox unfairly aided Calderon's win, which Fox denied.
Both are members of the conservative National Action Party.
Lopez Obrador refused to recognize Calderon's eventual victory and
declared himself leader of a parallel government. But he has largely
disappeared from the public eye amid sharp divisions within his leftist
Democratic Revolutionary Party.
Calderon, meanwhile, has garnered some of the highest approval ratings in Mexico's history.
He said Sunday that Mexico has created 618,000 new jobs since
January and needs to do more to close the giant gap between the rich
and the poor. He also promised not to let up in his nationwide
crackdown on drug gangs who control large swaths of Mexican territory.
"We can close our eyes to the reality, and because we are afraid or
irresponsible, let organized crime take over our streets," he said. "Or
we can decide to fight and defeat crime with all the risks and costs
that implies."
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