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Article: Mexico considers 'ban' on street children.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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Byline: Sara Miller Llana Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Mexico City -- Children selling gum or washing windshields in the streets of Mexico are as ubiquitous as traffic lights. But a new proposal here would forbid the presence of street children in cities and towns across the country. Under a proposed modification of a federal child protection law, state and municipal authorities would be required to round up kids living or working on the streets and place them in the care of social service agencies. Authorities who fail to do so would face fines. The proposal, now being studied in congressional commissions, could be modified, and a final vote is ...