Mexican president pushes immigrant rights on visit to Sacramento

Edwin Garcia
Mercury News
February 14, 2008

Mexican President Felipe Calderón pleaded Wednesday for California to recognize that immigration should be “legal, safe and organized,” yet he also sought to assure state lawmakers that his government does not encourage its residents to migrate to the United States.

“While my government is committed to protecting the rights of all Mexicans, including those living beyond our borders, we are taking great efforts,” he said, “to ensure that in the future no Mexican needs to leave our country to find job opportunities elsewhere.”

“I am a president who is not glad to see Mexicans migrating to the United States.”

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