US Immigration Reform Would Be an Advance, Not the Solution - Father Alejandro Solalinde La Jornada/NOTIMEX
go to original May 4, 2013

Members of several organizations, including Acción Migrante, marched from the Embassy of the United States towards the Estela de Luz, in Paseo de Reforma. (María Luisa Severiano/La Jornada)

LOS ANGELES, California - Immigration reform, if carried out, will be a step forward but not the solution of a more serious problem, said Alejandro Solalinde, a Mexican priest and human rights activist.

Solalinde, who heads the caravan Opening Doors to Hope, that plans to arrive in Washington on May 26, said it is urgent that the U.S. promote a comprehensive development program for Central America.

"The millions of dollars the U.S. spends on walls and new technologies at the border should be invested in development in that region," he said.

The priest is carrying out various activities in Los Angeles as part of his caravan that started on April 29 in Calexico, California, adjacent to Mexicali, Mexico. The activist said that today and tomorrow he will meet with the Catholic hierarchy of Los Angeles and will be meeting with the Zacatecas Club of Southern California.

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