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Candidate backs migration accord

Mexico's front-runner makes first appearance at border
By Sandra Dibble
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
January 27, 2006

TIJUANA – With the U.S. border fence just yards behind him, the leftist front-runner for Mexico's presidency yesterday said he favors a two-pronged migration accord that seeks both the creation of jobs in Mexico and the granting of legal status to undocumented Mexicans in the United States.

“Without economic growth and job creation in Mexico, we won't be able to confront the migratory phenomenon,â€