Mexico cheers backing of immigrant bill by panel
Mexicans cheered the proposal approved Monday by the Senate Judiciary Committee to legalize undocumented migrants and provide temporary work visas, and credited huge marches of migrants across the United States as the decisive factor behind the vote.
President Vicente Fox of Mexico said the vote was the result of five years of work dating to the start of his presidential term in 2000, and puts Mexico one step closer toward the government’s goal of ‘’legalization for everyone” who works in the United States.
‘’My recognition and respect for all the Hispanics and all the Mexicans who have made their voice heard,” Fox said. ‘’We saw them turn out this weekend all across the United States, and that’s going to count for a lot as we move forward.”
Some Mexican media outlets were even more euphoric, predicting final approval for the committee bill as drafted, and suggesting the weekend demonstrations showed Mexico still holds some sway over former territories that it lost in the 1846-48 Mexican-American War.
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A Mexican immigrant has been given asylum after a U.S. court ruled the man would suffer persecution for being gay if deported back home.
The ruling by a federal appeals court panel in San Francisco overturned immigration court rulings, the BBC reports.
The panel said the 45-year-old would also have problems finding AIDS treatment.
Jose Boer-Sedano came to the United States in 1990 on a six-month visa and now works as a waiter in San Francisco.
He lived here seven years until immigration authorities began deportation proceedings.
Boer-Sedano told the court that he has been virtually kicked out of his family for being gay.
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WTO panel: Mexico unfairly imposed tariffs
A World Trade Organization panel ruled Tuesday that Mexico had unfairly imposed antidumping tariffs on U.S. rice, rejecting a Mexican appeal against a previous ruling.
Mexico imposed the tariffs on U.S. white long grain rice in June 2002, claiming it was being sold in Mexico at unfairly low prices, damaging Mexican producers.
U.S. officials raised the issue before the WTO a year later. In its ruling, the appellate body said Mexico must bring its measures into line with WTO rules, confirming an earlier WTO ruling from June 2005.
U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman hailed the decision as
WTO panel sides against Mexico tax on US corn sweetener
A World Trade Organization panel has found that Mexico violated global trade rules in a soft-drink dispute with the US.
The issue is a 20-percent tax that Mexico slapped on beverages made with imported sweeteners such as high-fructose corn syrup and sugar made from beets. Drinks made with Mexican cane sugar are exempt.
Before the tax was imposed in 2002, Mexico was a top market for high-fructose corn syrup from the US. However, the tax made it too expensive to use the corn sweetener in soft drinks, and now the US share of
Senators push for drilling in Eastern Gulf of Mexico
A bipartisan group of powerful senators on Tuesday proposed opening up a large chunk of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico to energy production that would come to within 100 miles of Florida's shores Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., who chairs the Senate Energy Committee, said high home-heating energy prices are yet another reason to increase the domestic natural gas supply by opening up an area off Florida called Lease Sale 181.
"This bill will not interfere with the viewscapes from the coast, the environment or the military activity in the area," said Domenici, who
WTO panel sides against Mexico tax on U.S. corn sweetener
Mexico violated global trade rules in a soft-drink dispute with the United States, a World Trade Organization panel ruled Friday.
At issue is a 20-percent tax that Mexico imposed on beverages made with imported sweeteners such as high-fructose corn syrup and sugar made from beets. Drinks made with Mexican cane sugar are exempt from the tax.
Mexico said that regardless of the WTO panel decision, unless it can reach an agreement with the United States, it will continue to adopt the measures it considers necessary to protect the interests of its sugar sector.
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Mexicos Fox reverses on bill decriminalising drugs
Vicente Fox, Mexicos president, has made a rapid U-turn on a bill that envisaged decriminalising the possession of small amounts of drugs such as heroin, cocaine and LSD.
Mr Fox will ask Congress to undertake the necessary corrections to make it absolutely clear that in our country the possession of drugs and their consumption are, and will continue to be, a crime. Mexico must deepen the fight against drugs.
Only three days ago, the presidents office had said he would sign the bill into law.It is understood the US pressed Mexico over the proposed legislation.
Mexico Criticizes U.S. Immigration Bill
The Mexican government slammed the U.S. Congress for approving an immigration bill that would tighten border controls and make it harder for undocumented immigrants to get jobs.
The House of Representatives voted 239-182 in favor of measures that would enlist military and local law enforcement to help stop illegal entrants and require employers to verify the legal status of their workers.
The House also authorized the building of a fence along parts of the U.S.-Mexico border, but did not include any new temporary work program for migrants, something Mexico insists is needed.
"The government of Mexico ... believes
Mexico criticizes U.S. immigration bill focusing mostly on border security
The Mexican government Friday slammed the U.S. Congress for approving the construction of a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, while Mexican human rights groups said it will only cause more deaths.
The U.S. House of Representatives late Thursday approved building 700 miles of fence along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border, giving priority for construction in Laredo, Texas. The city is across the border from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, where warring drug cartels have been blamed for more than 140 killings this year.
The measure is part of a wider immigration enforcement bill that
Mexico assails US border fence immigration bill
A bill moving through the U.S. Congress that demands security fencing with lights and cameras be built along the Mexico-U.S. border will not stop the flood of illegal immigrants, Mexico said Friday.
The House of Representatives voted 260-159 late Thursday to require the high-tech fencing along parts of the U.S. border, while seemingly moving away from a White House plan for immigration reform that includes a guest worker program and is backed by Mexico.
Mexican presidential spokesman Ruben Aguilar said Mexico would keep pushing for a comprehensive immigration reform that expands temporary worker programs.
"An immigration reform
Mexico Oil Bill May Be Revised
Mexican President Vicente Fox has sent a tax-reform proposal for state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, back to Congress for revisions.
Fox shares the objectives of the reform, which was designed to help Pemex direct more funds to invest in exploration, production and other operational activities, a news release from the Interior Department said.
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