Fox Praises Bush's U.S. Immigration Plan (But Wants More)

AP ^ | January 8, 2004

[sarcasm]

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- President Vicente Fox on Thursday praised the immigration reform proposed by President Bush and claimed it as an achievement for his own administration.

But Fox and other Mexican officials indicated the new American proposal did not meet all their goals. ``We're going for more. We're going for more,'' he told reporters during a visit to a shelter for street children.

Fox has repeatedly urged Bush to legalize the millions of Mexicans who cross the border illegally to work in the United States. The money they send home is Mexico's second-largest source of foreign income, behind oil.

Bush's plan, unveiled Wednesday, would create a temporary worker program for illegal migrants now in the United States and those in other countries who have been offered employment in America.

Migrants would be able to obtain renewable three-year labor visas, but Bush said they would not receive special consideration for permanent residence or citizenship.

The plan would help ease a situation in which major U.S. industries depend on illegal workers while giving the workers legal protection and making it easier for them to keep up ties with Mexico.

Fox said the immigration proposal ``is a great step forward. It is an achievement of the measures we have been taking during these three years'' since taking office in 2000.

``It is going to allow millions of Mexicans who are there, undocumented and with problems, to be able to work with full legality, with full respect for their labor and human rights,'' Fox added.

During his speech at the shelter on Thursday, Fox said the Bush proposal ``is the response to the effort and work that we as a government have carried out to defend the human rights, the labor rights, the rights of citizens of our compatriots.''

``It is a demonstration of collaboration which we appreciate,'' Fox said, adding: ``We will continue working for an integral immigration treaty.''

Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said officials from both countries had already begun studying the proposal and would discuss it at a Summit of the Americas conference next week in the northern city of Monterrey.

[OXENinFLA]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/?P=2&Orden=Leer&Tipo=Pe&Art=7192

Press release - 07/01/2004
President Fox discussed migration reform with President Bush

040107/02


January 7, 2004, Los Pinos. Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada this morning held a fifteen minute telephone conversation with United States President George W. Bush.

President Bush confirmed his administration's interest in progressing toward the establishment of facilities that will enable legal, safe, and orderly migration between both countries, and today will present the general outline of a proposal.

President Bush told Mr. Fox of the important role played by Mexico and its government in the debate on immigration reform.

Mexico's leader gave information on his telephone call with the United States President during the ceremony to restart the 2003-2004 school year, held at the No. 1 "Social Participation" primary school:

"Of course, first he sent me warm greetings for all Mexicans, especially all Mexicans who are there, in the United States, and acknowledging the effective and enormous contribution made by these Mexicans there, in the United States.

And that is why he wants and is going to make the proposal, the proposal of a migration plan to clearly acknowledge the value of these Mexicans working there, in the United states.

And he is going to acknowledge (them) ensuring that everyone working there -and that is what Mexican men and women are doing- are legally recognized. So that they -then- can have all the rights all workers in that country have, even if they are not American nationals or lack documentation at this time.

So that all their labor and human rights can be respected, but so that they can also come and go to Mexico, so they can be near their families.

As you know, they can't do so now because afterwards, when they want to return, they face serious difficulties. So, it is a highly interesting program, we are going to wait for details. It is a program that we -President Bush and President Fox- have been working on since before we were formally presidents of our respective countries.

We have been working on it since he was governor and President Vicente Fox was governor; we have been working on it since he was president-elect and I was president-elect; and we have continued to work on it over these three years; it has been the main item in bilateral relations."

[OXENinFLA]

orderly migration between both countries,

How can this be between BOTH countries???

Oh, that's rights there's mobs of Americans pushing to get into Mexico!!!

MIGRATION?!?!?!??

[hotpotato]

Fox is using the US in the same way the Arabs do... as a scapegoat to prevent a melt down in their own countries by redirecting and encouraging hostilities towards the US. They are too incompetent to fix their own problems.

[OXENinFLA]

http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/?P=2&Orden=Leer&Tipo=Pe&Art=7196

He {Fox} said that President Bush's proposal falls short of our expectations but that it is a good initiative.

[sarcasm]

Oh, that's rights there's mobs of Americans pushing to get into Mexico!!!

To do the jobs that Mexicans don't want to do?

[livius]

Agreed. There's no reason for Mexico to be so poor that its main export is its own citizens - no reason except corruption and incompetency and socialism, that is.

[sarcasm]

Mexico is engaging in ethnic cleansing of its Indigenous and Mestizo populations.

[freeangel]

I guess that's one way UPS and FED-EX will be able to keep down their rates.

[Mr. Mojo]

This may well turn out to be "Bush's Box"

This whole strategy goes against Bush's/Rove's usual pandering to the center. In this case the majority of the center is strongly against this policy, as are the overwhelming majority of conservatives. This could backfire on the administration bigtime.

[Mr. Mojo]

Fox is using the US in the same way the Arabs do... as a scapegoat to prevent a melt down in their own countries by redirecting and encouraging hostilities towards the US.

Accurate observation. Anything to keep the masses from blaming the true culprits. And with the U.S. being the sole superpower these days (with all the third-world envy that goes along with it), it's quite easy to pull off.

[Happy2BMe]

"He's dreaming."

But it's OUR nightmare.

Can you say, "STEPPED IN IT!"

[hunter112]

I hope Bush, who is meeting with Fox next week, uses this to get some real cooperation from Mexico. It would be a first, if he does.

Not gonna happen, GWB sucks up to Mexico the way his father used to suck up to the ChiComms.

Want a change in immigration policy? Bring home ALL the troops from Afghanistan, Iraq, and whatever used to be Yugoslavia, let them wallow in their own crap, and go for regime change in Mexico. If we pissed away $87 billion in Mexico, more of the wetbacks would stay there.

I'd love to see Vicente Fox as the ace of spades in a deck of cards, with all of his corrupt military and police leaders as the rest of a whole "shoe" of decks!

[Kay Soze]

25% of the Mexican GDP is from illegal here sending money there.

That’s a number worth fighting for politically and even militarily!


No doubt their military and even police are helping to dig the tunnels!

Fox is the batter man.

[Kay Soze]

"batter" should read "better".

[jagrmeister]

>``We're going for more. We're going for more,''

Give an inch, they take a yard. When you rely on the approval of those who don't share your agenda for approval, you will never get the satisfaction you seek.

[jagrmeister]

>``We're going for more. We're going for more,''

Give an inch, they take a yard. When you rely on those who don't share your agenda for approval, you will never get the satisfaction you seek.

[MeekOneGOP]

[Happy2BMe]

BUMP

[kingu]

Mexico deports arrests, fines, jails, then deports illegal aliens.