Mexican president criticizes U.S. fence
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's president sharply criticized President Bush's signing Thursday of a bill to build 700 miles of additional fencing on its southern border, calling the move an "embarrassment."Bush signed the bill, approved by the Senate last month, despite pleas from the Mexican government for a veto.
President Vicente Fox told reporters in the Caribbean resort city of Cancun that the fence would not stop millions of Mexicans from heading north in search of jobs.
"It is an embarrassment for the United States," Fox said. "It is proof, perhaps, that the United States does not see immigration as a subject that corresponds to both countries."
President-elect Felipe Calderon, who takes over from Fox on Dec. 1, agreed.
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- October 27, 2006
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