Thread: Mexico to keep pressing US on immigration despite delays

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Mexico to keep pressing US on immigration despite delays


Mexico City.– The Mexican government said Friday that it will continue to urge Washington to enact a "comprehensive" immigration reform law and to not be deterred by a U.S. House of Representatives move that could delay the process.

Mexican presidential spokesman Ruben Aguilar told a press conference that the government "will continue striving until the last day" to press Washington for an immigration overhaul that improves the lives of more than 11 million undocumented foreigners, most of whom hail from Mexico.

President Vicente Fox's administration, which will hand over power on Dec. 1 to the winner of the July 2 elections, hopes U.S.

lawmakers will act quickly to approve a compromise bill, although "he does not feel defeated or frustrated" by the delays in passing the legislation, said Aguilar.

He added that the Fox government's position remains the same and that it hopes that there is "still the chance that a space for negotiation opens up among the U.S. political forces."

"The possibility for an immigration accord would benefit the two countries and, above all, the citizens who are already in the United States illegally and those who could cross the border over the next few years," Fox's spokesman said.

Mexican analysts say the enactment of immigration overhaul on the terms that Mexico has proposed – the legalization of the status of undocumented immigrants and a guest worker program, among other changes – would represent a victory for Fox at the end of his six-year term.

President George W. Bush, who has urged lawmakers to quickly approve a comprehensive immigration bill, last month announced an initiative to deploy thousands of National Guard troops to the border. Those soldiers have assisted the Border Patrol in duties such as building additional fences along the 2,000-mile frontier.

Bush, however, has said the idea of fencing the entire border is impractical and has expressed support for a Senate bill that would put millions on a track toward legalization and create a guest-worker program.

The news sure is slow getting to Mexico these days. What, are they still using ox carts ?

Vicente, you MUST have heard the news by now. Your best friend said it CLEARLY last week......"IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN!"

Do US a favor, pay more attention.

Bush's brother Fox needs to keep his oversized nose out of our affairs. At least one branch of our government is doing something called listening to the will of the people which is a concept that is alien to Fox just like all the poverty cases he sends to us. In case you aren't aware Mr Fox we still have a document called a constitution which states that both houses must be in agreement for a bill to pass. Maybe in Mexico with your completely corrupt, inept and inefficient drug cartel run government you ignore your constitution and do what you desire but in this country you can't bypass one chamber to get a bill passed. You should be more worried about your country's upcoming elections and try to spend some of those billions that you and your political cronies receive in the form of payoffs from drug cartels to improve the quality of life in that third world crime and poverty infested cesspool you call a country. We Americans are a generous people but our generosity comes with limits. We are sick and tired of being the world's employment, welfare, healthcare and education system for a never ending stream of third world ILLEGAL alien immigrant poverty cases. Comprende?

Mexico City.– The Mexican government said Friday that it will continue to urge Washington to enact a "comprehensive" immigration reform law and to not be deterred by a U.S. House of Representatives move that could delay the process.

Mexican presidential spokesman Ruben Aguilar told a press conference that the government "will continue striving until the last day" to press Washington for an immigration overhaul that improves the lives of more than 11 million undocumented foreigners, most of whom hail from Mexico.

How about we send them all the illegals back to you and you can improve the lives "of more than 11 million undocumented foreigners, most of whom hail from Mexico".