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Dysfunctional Mexico

Your reading assignment for Sunday. "President Felipe Calderon hopes to accomplish the sweeping immigration reform Washington has failed to adopt - not just cracking down on the southern border but also creating a guest-worker program and improving conditions for illegal Central American migrants." Full article... "Mexico has a radical idea for a rational immigration policy that most Americans would love. However, Mexican officials haven't been sharing that idea with us as they press for our Congress to adopt the McCain-Kennedy immigration reform bill. "That's too bad, because Mexico, which annually deports more illegal aliens than the United States does, has much to teach us about how it handles the immigration issue. Under Mexican law, it is a felony to be an illegal alien in Mexico." Full article... "At a time when the Supreme Court and many politicians seek to bring American law in line with foreign legal norms, it’s noteworthy that nobody has argued that the US look at how Mexico deals with immigration and what it might teach us about how best to solve our illegal immigration problem." Full article... Mexico’s Glass House - Article about the hypocrisy of Mexico's demands on the United States for immigration "reform," and a look at highlights of the Mexican constitution. Mexican Constitution (from Organization of American States)

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