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From "Building a North American Community"

North America is different from other regions of the world and must find its own cooperative route forward. A new NorthAmerican community should rely more on the market and less on bureaucracy, more on pragmatic solutions to shared problems than on grand schemes of confederation or union, such as those in Europe. We must maintain respect for each other’s national sovereignty.

Although they "claim" they "must maintain respect for each other's national sovereignty," it appears that's not really what they MEAN. For example, that statement contradicts Mexico's actions in this excerpt:

Document translated from Mexican Government website, using Babelfish:

Press release Not. 071

Mexico, D.F., April 29, 2005

THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO REJECTS THE STATEMENTS OF THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, AROUND THE MINUTEMAN PROJECT

The Government of Mexico rejects the statements of the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, around the activities that groups of civilians carry out to stop undocumented people [illegal aliens] on the border between United States and Mexico. It is not through this type of unfortunate pronouncements that a better understanding between our country and the state of California will be achieved.

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Though it is sovereign right of any country to take the necessary measures to assure the protection of their borders, Mexico has maintained in repeated occasions that these activities correspond uniquely and exclusively to the competent authorities of the countries. The actions by means of which groups of individuals carry out detentions of Mexican migrants are unacceptable.

It's fitting to emphasize that this year, by initiative of Mexico, the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations Organization approved by consensus a resolution on the rights of migrants [illegal aliens], in which, among others things, presses to the [United] States to adopt effective measures to punish any form of deprivation of the liberty of the migrants [illegal aliens] on the part of individuals [such as the Minutemen] and to prosecute and to punish violations of the law that result from these conducts,.

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As has been expressed in previous occasions, Mexico reiterates its commitment to continue working with the authorities of different levels within the U.S. in search of mechanisms that assure that the migration of Mexicans toward United States is legal, sure, ordinate and respectful of their rights.

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Here is another pro integration piece:

Mapping the New North America[1]
Western Washington University
February 28, 2005
Stephen Blank
http://www.cbe.wwu.edu/cib/events/..%5Cblanktalk.htm
It is vital to identify key leadership constituencies that drive efforts to maintain open borders and to increase the efficient operation of the North American economy

The impetus for making the political decisions that are needed to build a more open, efficient and representative North American system must come from constituencies that feel directly the impact of economic integration.

Jean Monnet, the “father of the European Community”, felt that people could only unite behind a vision they shared. Monnet also understood the importance of building informed and committed constituencies, groups that would press governments to realize the vision. Through the Action Committee, Monnet sought to mobilize constituencies that would support a European Community. He describes the “constant outside pressure” that the Action Committee brought to bear, and “the moral influence the Committee exerted on the established authorities in each country”.[13]

In North America, constituencies already exist. They consist of companies that run continental production, supply and marketing systems; cities where jobs depend upon efficient North American transportation and logistics networks; and communities living on the borders. Most of their leaders understand how these systems and networks operate.

The task is to mobilize these groups to educate their representatives in state and national capitals about the impact of North American economic integration on jobs and economic development in their own communities. To apply the “constant outside pressure” and “moral influence” Monnet described—to create a true voice for North American integration in our government. To create a voice in our governments that enunciates the goals of North America integration and inclusion and presses for new policies to achieve these objectives.

I am sure the author is speaking about the mass demonstrations we just witnessed.