Relatives of Mexican Immigrants: Immigration Reform Passed in US a Setback Ciro Perez - La Jornada
go to original June 28, 2013

For Some, Senate Immigration Bill Passage Prompts Hope (AssociatedPress)

Immigration reform that doesn't promote regional integration or freedom of movement is a setback for citizens throughout that region, which includes Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, warned groups representing the relatives of immigrants from Oaxaca, Guerrero and New York, among others.

"While the rest of the world is looking for mechanisms to ensure human mobility within a framework of rights, the governments of Mexico and the United States are implementing criminalizing measures that only promote discrimination and fear of the other, embodied in the figure of the immigrant," they said.

In a statement, relatives of immigrants in Mexico rallied for the legalization and full exercise of rights for the more than 6 million undocumented Mexicans living in the United States.

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