Mexico rejects US border fences
Mexico says it opposes a US plan to build more fences along the border in order to control illegal immigration.
Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said his country “does not believe physical barriers are the solution".
President George W Bush announced the construction of more fences in the 3,200km (2,000 miles) border while touring US states earlier this week.
About 10 million Mexicans live in the United States and more than four million are said to stay illegally.
More than a million are arrested every year as they try to enter the US to look for work.
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Mexico: No Fences On Borders
Mexico opposes putting fences along borders, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez said Dec. 1. U.S. President George W. Bush recently announced the construction of more physical barriers between Mexico and the United States. Mexico is also opposed to the fence Israel build in the Gaza Strip, and against the fences Spain built in Melilla.
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Mexico Senate rejects beverage tax plan
Mexico's Senate has rejected a proposal to eliminate the 20 percent tax on beverages made with high-fructose corn syrup, a tax that was ruled discriminatory by the World Trade Organization.
The Senate voted 47-31 late Thursday against the bill, which had already passed the lower house of Congress.
Congress imposed the levy in 2002 at the height of a dispute between Mexico and the United States over sweeteners that pitted Mexican sugar producers against U.S. corn refiners.
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US-Mexico border wall would be 'disgraceful' - Fox
Mexican President Vicente Fox denounced as "disgraceful and shameful" yesterday a proposal to build a high-tech wall on the US-Mexico border to stop illegal immigrants.
Concerned about the huge numbers of illegal immigrants streaming across the border and worried it could be an entry point for terrorists, a US lawmaker has proposed building two parallel steel and wire fences running from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Coast. But Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has said a wall running the length of a border would cost too much.
Mexico has expressed indignation
Mexico's ambassador to the United States says many Americans opposed to border wall
Many Americans are opposed to a U.S. proposal to build 1,100 kilometers (700 miles) of additional fences along the U.S.-Mexico border, Mexico's ambassador to the United States said Thursday.
Carlos de Icaza told W Radio in Mexico City that U.S. businesses, church groups and even politicians have "clearly indicated their opposition to measures that could put the economy of the country in danger."
Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez has called on other Latin American countries to unite against a U.S. House of Representatives bill to toughen border
Mexico, Latin America rally against U.S. fence
Mexico's ambassador to the U.S. said Thursday, many Americans are opposed to a proposal to build a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Carlos de Icaza told W Radio in Mexico City that U.S. businesses, church groups and politicians have shown opposition to measures he says "could put the economy of the country in danger."
Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez called on other Latin American countries to unite against a U.S. House proposal to toughen border enforcement.
The bill would make illegal entry a felony and enlist military and local police to help stop undocumented
Mexico presidential challenger vows protests after court rejects full recount
Mexico leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador [campaign website, in Spanish] has vowed to continue with street demonstrations after the Federal Electoral Tribunal [official website, in Spanish] on Saturday rejected his request for a full ballot-by-ballot recount [JURIST report] of all votes cast in the July 2 presidential election [JURIST news archive], which Obrador lost by less than a percentage point to conservative Felipe Calderon [campaign website, in Spanish]. Obrador slammed the seven judges unanimous ruling, telling followers that were going to continue our movement of peaceful civil resistance...If
Mexico's Congress seeks support against US wall
The Mexican Congress is asking legislatures in Spain, Portugal and Latin American countries to join a coalition against a proposal by U.S. lawmakers to build some 700 miles of barriers along their nation's southern border as part of efforts to stop illegal immigration.
The request is contained in a letter drafted by the speaker of the Mexican lower house, Heliodoro Diaz.
"I hereby ask you, in an act of unity among Ibero-American Congresses, that you share our concern about and condemnation of (the U.S. wall), and that you express the deepest solidarity with the
Bush gets tough down Mexico way
The President of the United States, having noticed that the illegal-immigrant issue has rent asunder both the nation at large and his own core constituency, proposes now to dispatch 6,000 National Guard troops to the Mexican border, thereat to provide temporary backup to an overwhelmed Border Patrol in stanching the flow of interlopers currently interloping unchecked.
Millions of Americans approve and applaud, as they surely will also cheer the rest of the border-tightening plans Bush outlined in prime time last night: a bigger civilian Border Patrol to allow the troops to resume other duties,
Mexicos Fox to see migrants
With the United States planning triple-layered fences along its border and thousands of National Guard troops likely heading south, Mexican President Vicente Fox is northbound -- to Washington state.
Wednesday, with debate over immigration reform and border security roiling Congress and cities across America, Fox will tour a fruit orchard in the Yakima Valley and pay homage to the regions growing Latino population and influence. During later stops in Seattle, hell huddle with Latino business and community leaders.
The message behind the visit: Dont underestimate the importance of Mexican immigration -- both legal and illegal.
More: seattlepi.nwsource.com
Mexico's Congress seeks support against US wall
The Mexican Congress is asking legislatures in Spain, Portugal and Latin American countries to join a coalition against a proposal by U.S. lawmakers to build some 700 miles of barriers along their nation's southern border as part of efforts to stop illegal immigration.
The request is contained in a letter drafted by the speaker of the Mexican lower house, Heliodoro Diaz.
"I hereby ask you, in an act of unity among Ibero-American Congresses, that you share our concern about and condemnation of (the U.S. wall), and that you express the deepest solidarity with the
