Force can't fix migration problems, say Mexican bishops.Mexico City Mexico City Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi -- Solutions to the problems surrounding migration "cannot be given unilaterally by one nation, or with simply restrictive measures or force," says a Mexican bishops' commission. The bishops' Commission for Culture published the conclusions of its third national congress, a three-day event three-day event a competition in the pleasure horse sport comprising usually one day each for dressage, cross country and show jumping. that ended on January 26, 2006. Its theme was "Migrations, multiculturalism multiculturalism or cultural pluralism, a term describing the coexistence of many cultures in a locality, without any one culture dominating the region. , and the pastoral care of Culture." The meeting took place at a time of tension over border crossings between Mexico and the United States Relations between the United States and Mexico are among the most important and complex that each nation maintains. They are shaped by a mixture of mutual interests, shared problems, and growing interdependence. , and the U.S. Congress' initiatives to build a wall to prevent the entry of illegal workers into the country. The meeting concluded, "the Mexican bishops expressed their support and accompaniment to the Mexican migrants who seek better conditions of life." The solution to this human situation, which is especially important in U.S.-Mexican relations, "cannot be given unilaterally by one nation, or with simply restrictive measures or force, the reason why we energetically reject the proposals of persecutions and walls against the migrants, which solve nothing and make the situation more painful and unjust UNJUST. That which is done against the perfect rights of another; that which is against the established law; that which is opposed to a law which is the test of right and wrong. 1 Toull. tit. prel. n. 5; Aust. Jur. 276, n.; Hein. Lec. El. Sec. 1080. ," notes the document (Zenit.org, Jan. 27, 2006). |
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