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Mexico protests military and new walls on border

by Mark5019 May 18, 2006 2:39PM PDT

May 18, 2006 ? MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico will complain to the U.S. government about plans to build security fences and deploy National Guard troops along the border to curb illegal immigration, the foreign minister said on Thursday.

Mexico has pushed for sweeping immigration reforms to help millions of Mexicans work legally in the United States but it fears Washington is more interested in keeping them out.

Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez said Mexico would send a note protesting the plans to build new walls and send the National Guard to the 2,000-mile (3,200-km) border that hundreds of thousands of Mexicans sneak across every year in search of jobs.

"There are 12 million Mexicans on the other side, 12 million people who live every day in anguish about the need for a reform to let them live peacefully," Derbez said.

The U.S. Senate passed a bill on Wednesday

whats wrong with this picture? they upset screw them

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1977232

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(NT) (NT) You know what he can do with that note

by tomron May 18, 2006 3:01PM PDT

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What else would you expect him to do?

by EdH May 18, 2006 10:09PM PDT

It's for consumption of Mexicans back home. I doubt Derbez (or anyone in the Mexican gov't) expects anyone in the US to take this seriously. It's the usual diplomatic noise.

Mexico needs to work on the problems they have at home that make people want to leave.

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(NT) (NT) Will it be wriiten in english?

by WOODS-HICK May 18, 2006 10:55PM PDT

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