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Guatemala Nixes US Anti-Migrant Measure

Guatemala, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Guatemalan civilian and government representatives reacted strongly Wednesday to the US deployment of 6,000 US National Guardsman along the border with Mexico to crackdown on immigrants.

President George W. Bush announced the measure Monday and insisted on the construction of walls with movement detectors, infrared cameras and airplanes to keep people without documents back.

For Victor Cristales, of the Research and Popular Education Center, there is no doubt of the risks for all people trying to enter US soil and that human rights violations will increase.

In addition, Cristales considered it contradictory for Washington to push free trade agreements with Central America while stymieing immigrants, a very important labor force in the US.

In his speech, Bush declared: “Our goal is simple, the border should be opened to trade and closed to criminals, drug dealers and terrorists.”

In that context, Guatemalan Vice President Eduardo Stein expressed puzzlement and brought to mind that the attacks on New York and Washington did not arrive through the border with Mexico.