Mexican president defends emigration
{{date|May 14, 2005}}

[[Image:Mexican President Vicente Fox.jpg|thumb|100px|Vicente Fox]]
{{w|President of Mexico}} {{w|Vicente Fox}} spoke out on Friday in defense of Mexican workers headed North.  Fox claimed that [[United States]] actions to halt illegal immigration are a step back from bilateral relations. Fox also said that the anti-immigration movement building in America is not "the road we should be building between friends and partners."  

In the past year, [[U.S. Senator|U.S. Senators]] [[John McCain]] and {{w|Edward Kennedy}} have proposed a bill that would allow illegal immigrants to obtain legal jobs and provide the option of becoming U.S. {{w|citizen|citizens}}.  Others are proposing bills that would step up funding for border security and require U.S. government-issued I.D. cards.

== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050514/ts_nm/mexico_usa_dc
    |title=Mexico's Fox toughens talk on U.S. immigration law
    |author=
    |pub=Reuters
    |date=May 14, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050513-074358-4758r.htm
    |title=Mexico: Fox to protest immigration law
    |author={{w|UPI}}
    |pub=Washington Times
    |date=May 13, 2005}}

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Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox spoke out on Friday in defense of Mexican workers headed North.  Fox claimed that United States actions to halt illegal immigration are a step back from bilateral relations. Fox also said that the anti-immigration movement building in America is not "the road we should be building between friends and partners."  

In the past year, U.S. Senators John McCain and citizen|citizens.  Others are proposing bills that would step up funding for border security and require U.S. government-issued I.D. cards.
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