Mexican president calls U.S. immigration vote a ‘a monumental step forward’

“Hours after the U.S. Senate approved sweeping immigration reforms, Mexican President Vicente Fox praised the vote as a “monumental step forward” in the relationship between his country and the United States.

“It is a moment that millions of families have been hoping for. This is the moment that millions of people have been working for,” he said Thursday in an address to a joint session of the California Legislature. “Today’s historic vote is a monumental step forward, but we recognize that there is more debate ahead.””

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