Mexican president defends emigration

May 14, 2005

spoke out on Friday in defense of Mexican workers headed North. Fox claimed that United States actions to halt illegal immigration are a step back from bilateral relations. Fox also said that the anti-immigration movement building in America is not "the road we should be building between friends and partners."

In the past year, U.S. Senators John McCain and have proposed a bill that would allow illegal immigrants to obtain legal jobs and provide the option of becoming U.S. .  Others are proposing bills that would step up funding for border security and require U.S. government-issued I.D. cards.