Mexico for continental integration. (Insider Report).Jorge Casteneda, Mexico's Marxist foreign minister, told Canadian Foreign Affairs foreign affairs pl.n. Affairs concerning international relations and national interests in foreign countries. Minister Bill Graham
William C. "Bill" Graham, PC, QC (born March 17, 1939, in Montreal, Quebec) is a former Canadian politician. that "Mexico wants its North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. neighbors to move more quickly towards integration on a continental scale," reported the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation “Radio-Canada” redirects here. For the French language TV arm of the CBC, see Télévision de Radio-Canada. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. on February 23rd. "We would like to continentalize as much as possible," remarked Casteneda. "We have been pushing for this. And we have been encountering a receptive ear both in Canada and the United States The United States and Canada share a unique legal relationship. U.S. law looks northward with a mixture of optimism and cooperation, viewing Canada as an integral part of U.S. economic and environmental policy. at a certain level of intensity. We would like to move more quickly. We would like to move more deeply." Mexico's continental agenda is behind some interesting actions undertaken by Mexican consular officials in the United States. The March 8th Houston Chronicle reported: "An identity card routinely issued by the Mexican Consulate to citizens living in Houston will be considered official identification by Houston police officers." Houston is the first U.S. city to recognize the validity of the document, called a "matricular card." "Because their 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. status may be in question," notes the Chronicle, "some Mexican citizens have no valid U.S. forms of identification, such as a driver's license." Made in consultation with Mexican authorities, Houston's decision to accept the "matricular card" is a significant step toward dispensing altogether with considerations of "immigration status." Leticia Calzada, Mexico's consul general for Colorado, has an even more ambitious suggestion. According to Colorado's Summit Daily News, Calzada has called "for the repeal of a state law prohibiting undocumented residents [that is, illegal Mexican immigrants] from obtaining driver's licenses." Court cases involving illegal immigrants "are clogging courthouses in many counties because these Mexicans need to drive," complained Calzada. |
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