Mexican president welcomes migrants returning home for the holidays
Tagged: border, MexicoPosted on: December 20th, 2006“Felipe Calderon said Wednesday in his first trip as president to the U.S.-Mexico border that he will focus on creating jobs to keep Mexicans at home, placing less emphasis on a U.S. migration accord to stem illegal immigration.
Calderon, who took office Dec. 1, has so far not pressed for a U.S. accord that would give millions of Mexicans a legal path to working in the United States ”” a top priority of his predecessor and fellow National Action Party member Vicente Fox.”
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