Mexican president tells U.S. governors: migration inevitable, natural

By: MARK STEVENSON – Associated Press

PUERTO PENASCO, Mexico — President Felipe Calderon told U.S. governors Thursday that immigration is an inevitable, natural phenomenon and he urged the U.S. Congress to approve reforms that would allow more Mexicans to work legally north of the border.

Calderon demanded that the United States respect “the right to work wherever one can make the greatest contribution.”

“Immigration is a natural phenomenon that is economically and socially inevitable,” he told the meeting in this seaside resort.

In a rare acknowledgment of the costs of migration for Mexico, Calderon said his country “doesn’t not celebrate migration … our best people are the ones who go.”

Immigration and border security were among the top issues at the meeting, the 25th annual such event between Mexican and U.S. governors from states along the two countries’ common border.

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