Saturday, January 19, 2008

Mexico complains to Arizona about Mexicans crossing border into Mexico

From www.slate.com

Another country is complaining about an influx of Mexicans crossing its borders looking for work. That country is Mexico. From the Tucson Citizen:

Sonoran officials slam sanctions law in Tucson visit
SHERYL KORNMAN
Tucson Citizen
A delegation of nine state legislators from Sonora was in Tucson on Tuesday to say Arizona's new employer sanctions law will have a devastating effect on the Mexican state.
At a news conference, the legislators said Sonora - Arizona's southern neighbor, made up of mostly small towns - cannot handle the demand for housing, jobs and schools it will face as illegal Mexican workers here return to their hometowns without jobs or money.
The law, which took effect Jan.1, punishes employers who knowingly hire individuals who don't have valid legal documents to work in the United States. Penalties include suspension or loss of a business license.
Its intent is to eliminate or curtail the top draw for immigrants to this country - jobs.
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"Mexico is not prepared for this, for the tremendous problems" it will face as more and more Mexicans working in Arizona and sending money to their families return to hometowns in Sonora without jobs, she said.
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Ed: It is obvious why they want the "tremendous problems" of the "hordes of Mexicans" from Sonora to be bourn by Arizona instead of by Mexico. What is not obvious is why they think we would want to continue to take on the burden of these tremendous problems that the hordes of illegal aliens are causing in Arizona.

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