Thread: Mexico says it may go to the United Nations

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Don't fence me in: Mexico lashes border plan

October 6, 2006

MEXICO CITY: Mexico says it may go to the United Nations to challenge US plans to build hundreds of kilometres of fences on its southern border.
The Foreign Secretary, Luis Ernesto Derbez, said the plan was offensive.
Asked if he would take up the issue with the UN, a step some Mexican politicians have called for, Mr Derbez replied: "Without a doubt, we are examining, with the foreign relations legal team, what options are open at an international level and we will take them."
The US President, George Bush, yesterday signed a homeland security funding bill that includes $US1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) for fencing along the US-Mexico border to stop illegal immigrants and criminals sneaking over.
The outgoing Mexican President, Vicente Fox, has called the plan "shameful" and compared it to the Berlin Wall. Mr Fox has spent his six-year term lobbying for a new guest worker program and an amnesty for Mexicans working illegally in the US.
On Thursday, all eight parties in Mexico's Congress joined forces to exhort Mr Fox to use all diplomatic means to try to stop the construction of the fence.
Mr Fox's spokesman, Ruben Aguilar, said the US Congress was unlikely to approve enough funding to finish the project, despite the $US1.2 billion approved.
"There is no money to build it, so it won't be built," he said.
Although some say the whole project could be finished at a cost of $US2.2 billion, others say it could be much higher.
The president-elect, Felipe Calderon, who takes office on December 1, has also attacked the plans.
"One could stop more migrants with a kilometre of new roads and development than with a wall," he said.
There are an estimated 11 million Mexicans in the US.
Associated Press

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