Mexico's Vicente Fox stumps for Senate bill and hemispheric merger.On May 25, hours after the U.S. Senate approved an immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. bill that may eventually provide citizenship to more than 12 million illegal aliens, Mexican President Vicente Fox told the California legislature that such a "monumental step forward" will benefit both nations. "It is a moment that millions of families have been hoping for," Fox said in the assembly chambers. "This is the moment that millions of people have been working for." He added: "We are your partners in security against terrorism. We are your allies in the war against drugs and crime. We are your partners in the drive for economic prosperity. Let us work together as neighbors, as friends, as partners." This speech and one delivered before the Utah legislature on May 24 were clearly crafted to advance the program he has been working on with President Bush known as the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP (1) (Scalable Parallel Processor) A multiprocessing computer that can be upgraded by adding more CPUs. (2) (Standard Parallel Port) The Centronics parallel port that was used on the first PCs. ) for North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Officially launched in March 2005 at a Waco, Texas, summit by Presidents Fox and Bush, along with then-Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, the SPP envisions the eventual economic and political merger of the three NAFTA NAFTA in full North American Free Trade Agreement Trade pact signed by Canada, the U.S., and Mexico in 1992, which took effect in 1994. Inspired by the success of the European Community in reducing trade barriers among its members, NAFTA created the world's nations, following the model used to merge the countries of Europe into the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community . |
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