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02-12-2008, 01:03 AM
STEVE LEBLANC
Associated Press Writer
Mexican President Felipe Calderon addresses a gathering at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Monday Feb. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday decried anti-immigrant perceptions in the United States and argued that Mexican immigrants complement American workers.
On his first trip to the U.S. as Mexico's president, Calderon said he is working to combat anti-Americanism in Mexico and to improve job prospects there to reduce migration. He said he hopes that Americans resist anti-Mexican sentiments.
"The worst thing that happened in this country is this anti-Mexican or anti-immigrant perception of people. We need to contain this," Calderon said after a speech at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
"I need to change in Mexico the perception that the Americans are the enemy, and it is important to change the perception that the Mexicans are the enemy," he said. "We are neighbors, we are friends and we must be allies."
Mexican President Felipe Calderon addresses a gathering at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Monday Feb. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
The combination of American wealth and Mexican labor is an irresistible economic force, Calderon said.
"You have two economies. One economy is intensive in capital, which is the American economy. One economy is intensive in labor, which is the Mexican economy," he said. "We are two complementary economies, and that phenomenon is impossible to stop."
Calderon's trip has been billed as a high-stakes effort to shape the immigration debate during the U.S. presidential race, though Calderon is not meeting with any of the candidates or with President Bush during the trip. He said he will not endorse a candidate but will work with whomever is elected.
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Associated Press Writer
Mexican President Felipe Calderon addresses a gathering at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Monday Feb. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday decried anti-immigrant perceptions in the United States and argued that Mexican immigrants complement American workers.
On his first trip to the U.S. as Mexico's president, Calderon said he is working to combat anti-Americanism in Mexico and to improve job prospects there to reduce migration. He said he hopes that Americans resist anti-Mexican sentiments.
"The worst thing that happened in this country is this anti-Mexican or anti-immigrant perception of people. We need to contain this," Calderon said after a speech at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
"I need to change in Mexico the perception that the Americans are the enemy, and it is important to change the perception that the Mexicans are the enemy," he said. "We are neighbors, we are friends and we must be allies."
Mexican President Felipe Calderon addresses a gathering at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Monday Feb. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
The combination of American wealth and Mexican labor is an irresistible economic force, Calderon said.
"You have two economies. One economy is intensive in capital, which is the American economy. One economy is intensive in labor, which is the Mexican economy," he said. "We are two complementary economies, and that phenomenon is impossible to stop."
Calderon's trip has been billed as a high-stakes effort to shape the immigration debate during the U.S. presidential race, though Calderon is not meeting with any of the candidates or with President Bush during the trip. He said he will not endorse a candidate but will work with whomever is elected.
read the rest..
http://ap.cjonline.com/pstories/us/20080211/245980953.shtml