Mexico President-elect, no help.

From RHCP:

President-Elect Obrador in Mexico has some goals for "immigration".

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's president-elect says he will try to do what his predecessor couldn't in six years: Win an immigration accord that will let millions more Mexicans work in the United States legally.

Felipe Calderon said Thursday he is committed to winning sweeping immigration reform in the U.S. Congress before President Bush leaves office in January 2009. Calderon, who spoke with Bush by phone on Wednesday, said he believes the White House is ready for action.

"We will work intensely over the next two years to arrive at a concrete agreement," he said

Pro-immigrant marches began anew this week in the United States as Congress reconvened, though action on immigration is unlikely given elections in November

I think we've already assumed that any assistance with illegal immigration reform will not come from Mexico, although Calderon has promised to work on creating more jobs inside of Mexico.

...Over in Mexico City, Obrador has also anounced his own parallel government, to be run from the streets, which will be meeting in a week or so to rewrite the constitution.

Alot of Obrador's success will depend on how fed up the average Mexican citizen gets with him. His polls are down, and there are reports that the tent city in Mexico is less and less populated.

It may be that Calderon may have bigger problems than illegal immigration to the USA. But, our own Congressional gerbils have no excuses for not dealing with the problem.


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