Mexico’s President Felipe Calder³n criticized the “insensitivity” of the Bush administration toward foreign workers who have strengthened the U.S. economy, and expressed “categorical rejection to the construction of a wall on our common border.” The Arizona Republic reports:
Mexico’s president drew a standing ovation from legislators as he chided Americans for new border fences and their “humiliating treatment” of illegal immigrants during his State of the Union speech on Sunday.
But President Felipe Calder³n leveled criticism at his own country as well, warning that Mexico is headed for a crisis if it does not create more jobs, improve education, crack down on tax evaders and find an alternative to its dwindling oil reserves.
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