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MEXICO CITY -- President Vicente Fox refused to apologize Monday for saying Mexicans in the United States do the work that blacks won't — a comment widely viewed as acceptable in a country where blackface comedy is still considered funny and nicknames often reflect skin color. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City had raised the issue with the Mexican government. "That's a very insensitive and inappropriate way to phrase this and we would hope that (the Mexicans) would clarify the remarks if they have a chance," Boucher said. Fox's spokesman, Ruben Aguilar, said Mexican...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Vicente Fox refused to apologize Monday for saying that Mexicans in the United States do the work that blacks won't, and many Mexicans - stung by a new U.S. crackdown on illegal immigrants - said Fox was just stating a fact. Fox's spokesman, Ruben Aguilar, said Fox's comments were in defense of Mexican migrants as they come under attack by the new U.S. immigration measures that include a wall along the U.S.-California border. While the statement has come under sharp criticism in the Mexican and foreign news media, many Mexicans don't see it as offensive....

Updated: 10:58 AM EDT Mexican President Under Fire for Remark About Blacks By MORGAN LEE, AP Getty Images Vicente Fox made his comments at a meeting of the Texas-Mexico Frozen Food Council. Watch Broadband Video: Fox Makes Comments Talk About It: Post | Chat MEXICO CITY (May 15) - President Vicente Fox came under criticism Saturday after saying Mexicans were willing to take jobs ''that not even blacks want to do in the United States.'' Fox's remark Friday came a day after Mexico announced it would formally protest recent U.S. immigration reforms, including the decision to extend walls along the...

Mexican president criticized for racial remark By Morgan Lee The Associated Press MEXICO CITY - President Vicente Fox came under criticism Saturday after saying Mexicans were willing to take jobs "that not even blacks want to do in the United States." Fox's remark on Friday came a day after Mexico announced it would formally protest recent U.S. immigration overhauls, including extending walls along the border and making it harder for illegal migrants to get driver's licenses. "There's no doubt that the Mexican men and women -- full of dignity, willpower and a capacity for work -- are doing the work...

Mexican President Vicente Fox came under fire yesterday for saying Mexicans were willing to take jobs "that not even blacks want to do........" "There's no doubt that the Mexican men and women — full of dignity, willpower and a capacity for work — are doing the work that not even blacks want to do in the United States," Fox told a meeting of the Texas-Mexico Frozen Food Council in Puerto Vallarta........ Fox's remark came a day after Mexico announced it would formally protest recent U.S. immigration reforms, including the decision to extend walls along the border and make it harder...

Cuba's government is repressive. Its latest crackdown targets so-called ''anti-social'' youths, most of them black. Since January more than 400 people have been imprisoned, almost every one of them black. The rationale for the arrests is that this is a ''pre-offense security measure,'' for not complying with the ''norms of socialist morality.'' This explains why there are no charges filed. Even the Cuban government can't file a charge for a crime that has not been committed -- but they can and do arrest you just in case. The presumed crime is ''dangerousness.'' Kids are being jailed because they didn't attend...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Vicente Fox called recent U.S. measures to stem illegal immigration a step back for bilateral relations on Friday and said Mexican migrants do jobs "that not even blacks want to do." In comments likely to raise the temperature of the immigration debate, Fox defended the role of undocumented Mexican workers in the United States to a group of Texas business people meeting in Mexico. "There is no doubt that Mexicans, filled with dignity, willingness and ability to work are doing jobs that not even blacks want to do there in the United States," he...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Vicente Fox called recent U.S. measures to stem illegal immigration a step back for bilateral relations on Friday and said Mexican migrants do jobs "that not even blacks want to do." In comments likely to raise the temperature of the immigration debate, Fox defended the role of undocumented Mexican workers in the United States to a group of Texas business people meeting in Mexico. "There is no doubt that Mexicans, filled with dignity, willingness and ability to work are doing jobs that not even blacks want to do there in the United States," he...

MEXICAN VICENTE FOX TOUGHENS TALK ON US IMMIGRATION. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Vicente Fox called recent U.S. measures to stem illegal immigration a step back for bilateral relations on Friday and said Mexican migrants do jobs "that not even blacks want to do...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Vicente Fox called recent U.S. measures to stem illegal immigration a step back for bilateral relations on Friday and said Mexican migrants do jobs "that not even blacks want to do." In comments likely to raise the temperature of the immigration debate, Fox defended the role of undocumented Mexican workers in the United States to a group of Texas business people meeting in Mexico. "There is no doubt that Mexicans, filled with dignity, willingness and ability to work are doing jobs that not even blacks want to do there in the United States," he...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Vicente Fox said Thursday his government will formally protest recent U.S. immigration reforms, including the decision to extend walls along the border and make it harder for illegal migrants to get driver's licenses. Fox didn't give details of Mexico's plan, but officials in his administration have raised the possibility of taking their case to the United Nations or other international organizations. "We think it is useless to pursue walls, barriers, the use of force and violence," he said. Speaking to foreign reporters later Thursday, Interior Minister Santiago Creel said Mexican officials would meet with the...

MEXICO CITY - A top Mexican official said Thursday "there is no wall that can stop" the flow of undocumented workers from Mexico to the United States and that money spent on such measures would be better used to "regularize" immigration and fight terrorism.Interior Minister Santiago Creel, a likely presedential candidate next year, said U.S. attempts to halt migration over the last 100 years have failed. And so will new measures approved by the U.S. Senate this week that are expected to be signed into law by President Bush, he said."We see this as bad because building walls in no...

Immigration: While California's governor is accused of racism for advocating a secure border with Mexico, a Los Angeles billboard provides a revealing glimpse into the mind-set of those advocating open borders. In a recent radio interview, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger committed a couple of faux pas (or however you say that in Spanish). First, he said the U.S. government was failing to secure the border with Mexico. Second, he said the Arizona Minutemen, a bunch of old men in lawn chairs, "have done a terrific job." "Shameful" was the reaction of Nativo Lopez, state national president of the Mexican American Political...

ACLU Aiding And Abetting Illegals On Border? Tucson, AZ - April 15, 2005 - PipeLineNews - Informed sources have reported to us that the ACLU is aiding and abetting smugglers of Mexican illegal aliens - often called "Coyotes" because of their rapacious behavior - and intentionally hampering the activities of the US Border Patrol as they seek to police the Arizona/Mexican border. Our source stated the ACLU group was "acting as spotters for the coyotes." Specifically, a gang of approximately 15-25 ACLU members - operating out of their Phoenix office - have been driving around in a caravan blaring loud...

Mexico on the brink April 4th, 2005 CIA director Porter Goss wasn't kidding when he put Mexico in with Venezuela, Haiti, Bolivia and Nicaragua as the most unstable countries in the hemisphere. Right now, the potentially dangerous development is political, and may affect us very tangibly in the U.S. Here is the political rundown: Like much of Latin America, there is a terrible leadership deficit in Mexico. One thing's for sure - the next President of Mexico probably won't come from President Vicente Fox's PAN party in the 2006 presidential election. Fox has been nothing but a disappointment to Mexico's...

All they needed to complete the farce were the huge black sombreros with tassel fringe. Meeting in Waco, the new "three amigos" -- W, Canada's Paul Martin, and Mexico's Vicente Fox -- got together about a week ago to promise each other continued cooperation. At the end, they announced a "Security and Prosperity Partnership Initiative" which is supposed to stop the flow of terrorists into all three nations, further increase the flow of commerce across mutual borders, and increase cooperation on the environment and bioterrorism. Forget Social Security for the moment. This "continued cooperation" crisis is undeniable. Such exercises in...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's political, church and business elite are expressing concern that Latin America's rising tide of charismatic leftists may soon sweep into Mexico. The warnings are clearly aimed at Mexico City's free-spending mayor, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who leads the polls for the 2006 presidential race. "Here come the messiahs who offer the earth and the sky ... populists with magic recipes for everything," President Vicente Fox said recently. "In the end they are only cheating people and taking money away from hard working people." But the mayor insists he's just focusing on "social justice, helping the...

The eyes of Texas were waryBy Bob MacDonald March 24, 2005 ON THE outside they talked friendly co-operation, but a watchful wariness was still present yesterday in the Texas talks between U.S. President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Paul Martin. And you can hardly blame Bush for being cautious. A smiling, mannerly greeting, but nothing beyond that. Oh, and just a lunch and quicky truck tour of Bush's favourite spot, his Crawford ranch. No overnight invite -- something that Mexican President Vicente Fox, the other guest, had experienced previously. After all, this was the same Martin who declared before...

Editorial: American pardners Prime Minister Paul Martin's political critics are forever complaining that Ottawa has squandered credibility with Washington by sitting out the Iraq war, saying No to missile defence and opposing U.S. plans to drill oil in an Alaskan wildlife reserve. But how seriously can that criticism be taken? Not very, given U.S. President George Bush's comments yesterday on our "stormy" relations. "I'm amazed that we don't have more ... sharp disagreements, because we're doing a lot together," Bush said during the one-day Canada-U.S.-Mexico summit in Texas. "I think the relationship is very strong and very positive." Bush's eagerness...

Posted on Wed, Mar. 23, 2005 Bush to push for more lenient immigration laws By RON HUTCHESON Knight Ridder Newspapers WACO, Texas - President Bush told Mexican President Vicente Fox on Wednesday that he would keep pushing for more lenient immigration laws, but said he couldn't guarantee that Congress would go along. Bush renewed his commitment to a guest-worker program during a daylong summit with Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin. The leaders pledged to work together on a host of issues, but they acknowledged some of the differences that have strained relations in the past. Bush's failure to...