US-MEXICO: Fencing Out Hope for Broad Immigration Reform

Posted on: October 1st, 2006
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“Despite the storm of diplomatic protests from abroad and historic social mobilisations in the United States, the U.S. Congress decided to build a 1,226-km fence along its border with Mexico, in an attempt to curb immigration.

The Mexican government immediately protested the measure, which it said would hurt relations between the two countries. Similar statements are expected from the rest of the countries of Latin America and from the Latino community in the United States, which held enormous protest between March and May to demand comprehensive immigration reform. “

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