Category Archives: Mexico

To stem illegal immigration, cut labor demand in U.S.

By doris | Published: May 19, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — News that Mexican authorities found 513 would-be illegal immigrants packed tightly into trucks, with the United States as their destination, should shock Americans into action. They were from Mexico, Japan, China, India and Nepal, and authorities said each had paid $7,000 to gangsters to be smuggled in. Coming only [...]

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Calderon blasts Arizona immigration law, seeks assault weapons ban

By doris | Published: May 21, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Mexican President Felipe Calderon addressed two of America’s most contentious political issues during a speech to the U.S. Congress Thursday, asking for a return of the assault weapons ban and blasting Arizona’s controversial new immigration law as a “terrible” endorsement of racial profiling.

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U.S. split over Ariz. immigration law

By doris | Published: May 14, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com Michael Clausen owns the Quality Inn in Nogales, Ariz. For now. Clausen says the hotel, which caters to people streaming across the Mexican border just seven blocks away, is in danger of closing, thanks to the state’s new illegal immigration law and the official and unofficial boycotts it has inspired.

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Obama in Mexico for North American summit

By doris | Published: August 10, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com A broad range of issues is expected to be discussed — including the economy, drug violence and the environment — but no major announcements are expected, officials said in the days leading up the North American Leaders’ Summit. Obama will meet with Calderon before the three leaders gather at a working [...]

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Study: U.S. lacks strategy to fight arms smuggling into Mexico

By doris | Published: June 19, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com In Mexico last year, drug violence was blamed for the deaths of 78 soldiers and more than 6,000 others. This year, the drug violence has claimed more than 2,900 lives, according to the newspaper El Universal. Much of the violence has affected the U.S.-Mexico border. Over the last five years, about [...]

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Obama lacks key leaders in drug cartel crackdown

By doris | Published: June 6, 2009

Full Story At Obama lacks key leaders in drug cartel crackdown – Yahoo! News WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has unveiled a broad new strategy to fight violent Mexican drug cartels on the border. It only lacks the presidential choices to run the top U.S. agencies battling drugs, border smuggling and illegal guns. The White [...]

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Avoid ‘confined spaces’ such as planes, Biden says

By doris | Published: May 1, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com Biden made the remarks on NBC’s “Today Show,” after he was asked what he would tell a family member about traveling to Mexico, where the first cases of the virus — technically known as 2009 H1N1 — were detected. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, is advising [...]

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Analysis: Don’t expect deal with Mexico on assault weapons ban

By doris | Published: April 18, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com Mexican officials say criminals use assault weapons from the U.S. in the violent border region. Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Arturo Sarukhan, Mexico’s ambassador to the U.S., say reinstating the ban would stop the deadly flow of weapons across the border. Under the Clinton administration in 1994, Congress banned possession of [...]

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