Mexico Says Immigration Reform Unlikely in 2010

JyArete · 01-09-2010, 12:50 AM

This is not looking good...

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Mexico Says Immigration Reform Unlikely in 2010

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's ambassador to the United States said Friday he expects immigration reform is unlikely to pass in that country in 2010 because of unemployment and midterm elections.

In an unusually frank assessment, Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan said Mexico will continue its quiet, ''under the radar'' lobbying for a reform that would benefit the estimated 11.8 million Mexicans living in the United States. A large percentage are undocumented.

''It's not that it is unachievable. It is possible, but it will be difficult,'' he told a news conference. ''And this year, especially, the conditions ... will be particularly difficult.''

''If the (U.S.) economy grows, but there continues to be the unemployment and the job losses that occurred in the United States in 2009, it is politically impossible for the Republicans or the Democrats, as much as they might be interested ... to put an integrated immigration reform on the table,'' Sarukhan said.

Sarukhan also said past pronouncements on the issue by Mexico may have done more harm than good.

''Having spoken about it publicly at times in the past ... has done a great deal of damage to our countrymen and our allies in the United States,'' he said.

Sarukhan said a general amnesty that would automatically legalize undocumented migrants ''cannot be the solution,'' because ''the radical conservative wing in the United States would immediately mobilize to torpedo it.''

He said a more realistic goal is a program of temporary work visas and a ''regularization process'' -- presumably, what has been called ''earned legalization'' involving fines or other qualifying factors.

Sarukhan said chances for reform may depend on how much political capital the administration of President Barack Obama has left after the divisive debate over health care.

Daniel Hernandez Joseph, director of overseas citizen protection services for Mexico's Foreign Relations Department, told reporters that anti-immigration rhetoric ''has permeated in (U.S.) society'' and that anti-immigration groups in the United States currently ''feel empowered.''

Hernandez Joseph also said preliminary estimates indicate that 396 people assumed to be Mexican citizens died trying to cross into the United States last year, up from 340 in 2008.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010...Migration.html

thebeast · 01-09-2010, 01:04 AM

WTF ..pathetic....just wrong...

ecs1792 · 01-09-2010, 01:15 AM

It is really sad to know that is going to be tough to a legalization this year, but what is more depressing is the fact that anti-immigration groups feel empowered. This country's economy is build upon immigrants and they should face that reality.

txdream · 01-09-2010, 01:37 AM

Its stuff like this I wanted to hear. Thanks a lot I'm going to bed angry... :[

ecs1792 · 01-09-2010, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by txdream

Its stuff like this I wanted to hear. Thanks a lot I'm going to bed angry... :[

i know right?
they should be the ones supporting it

txdream · 01-09-2010, 01:44 AM

Over all when its the ambassador of your own native country

Jeez maybe they want their Mexicans back since they are all leaving.

ecs1792 · 01-09-2010, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by txdream

Over all when its the ambassador of your own native country

Jeez maybe they want their Mexicans back since they are all leaving.

hahaha i know right especially when there are 11 million outside the country that is a lot

unthinkable · 01-09-2010, 04:11 AM

Fak this

freshh. · 01-09-2010, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by txdream

Over all when its the ambassador of your own native country

Jeez maybe they want their Mexicans back since they are all leaving.

He's just telling us what we already know. A comprehensive deal is unlikely to pass unless there are adequate signs of economic recovery.

questionsihave · 01-09-2010, 08:46 PM

I think there is a consensus that somethings needs to be done in regards to the issue. The main question is how does one do it.

I just can't imagine that democrats wouldn't try something especially with their large majority. I mean it isn't going to get any easier to tackle immigration reform down the road especially when you it is projected that your going to lose a few senate seats.

I still predict that democrats are going to try pass something immigration. But as with a lot of their other bills, it will get watered down.

That is why I think a smaller bill similar to this

He said a more realistic goal is a program of temporary work visas and a ''regularization process'' -- presumably, what has been called ''earned legalization'' involving fines or other qualifying factors.

with added enforcement would be a better pill to swallow.

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