September 7, 2006

Calderon to U.S; Illegal immigration is a fact of life…get used to it

Posted by D.A. King at 9:37 pm - Email the author   Print This Post Print This Post  

From the Washington Post

No ignoring US immigration reform: Mexico’s Calderon

By Alistair Bell
Reuters
Thursday, September 7, 2006; 3:54 PM

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon said on Thursday the flow of illegal workers to the United States would not stop, saying the two countries needed to work together to solve the problem.

A court this week named Calderon winner of the July presidential election after throwing out fraud claims by his leftist rival.

Calderon, from the same conservative party as President Vicente Fox, is expected to be a U.S. ally in Latin America, but he warned that U.S. lawmakers should recognize that illegal immigration was a fact of life.

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