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Access to U.S. jobs a must, Mexico says
AZStarnet.com ^ | May 18, 2003

Posted on 05/18/2003 8:29:28 AM PDT by Sweet_Sunflower29

Mexico is committed to reducing migrant deaths and improving security on the border, but the flow of illegal immigrants will continue so long as there is no organized and legal way to seek temporary work in the United States, Mexico's deputy foreign minister said Saturday.

Geronimo Gutierrez toured the border Friday and Saturday on behalf of Mexico's President Vicente Fox.

"Having mechanisms for migration that are legal, secure and orderly creates the security that is so much a concern to the United States," Gutierrez said.

Gutierrez also issued a warning to "coyotes," people smugglers, who, he said, bear the greatest blame for the border's annual harvest of death.

"It is high priority of President Fox to put an end to these bands of people traffickers who lie to the migrants, lead them into the desert, then abandon them," he said. "They will be pursued; they will be prosecuted."

Gutierrez spoke at a press conference here after a two-day tour of the Arizona-Sonora border. He said border consulates will redouble their campaign to warn migrants of the dangers they face.

But he repeated his government's position that it can do nothing to stop its citizens from traveling freely.

About 350 Mexican immigrants die every year trying to cross the border.

According to the U.S. Border Patrol, at least 145 people died trying to enter the United States through Arizona last year, although an Arizona Daily Star analysis of law enforcement, medical examiner, and Mexican Consulate records found more than 160 deaths.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: borderpatrol; illegalimmigration; trafficking
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To: livius
Maybe if Mexico became a real capitalist democracy, there'd be changes down there. I think Fox tried, but he's weak, and I think he tried for about two weeks after his election and gave up immediately thereafter.

Fox probably realized that if he tried to buck the system there too hard, his lifespan would be measured in hours, or a few days, at best.

83 posted on 05/19/2003 11:40:39 AM PDT by adx (Will produce tag lines for beer)
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To: HitlerySux_Go_BUSH
Very Well Said. I agree with all your points.
84 posted on 05/19/2003 12:56:18 PM PDT by WRhine
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To: freekitty
They have too many people and not enough jobs. They aren't interested in helping their people because they don't have to. We provide a safety valve for them.
86 posted on 05/19/2003 1:55:34 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: WRhine
Dumbed down for a reason. The plan is for the U.S., Canada and Mexico to become one region.
87 posted on 05/19/2003 1:58:03 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: dennisw
That's the propaganda game the Mexis play...

Look who's talking. You forgot to add you Nazi terms.

88 posted on 05/19/2003 9:06:43 PM PDT by PRND21
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