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Article: The Limits Of Immigration: The United States cannot be a sponge for Mexico's poor, even to help the new president.(Judgment Calls)(Business)(Brief Article)
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- Newsweek
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- July 24, 2000
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Americans ought to hope for the success of Vicente Fox Quesada, the new president-elect of Mexico. He broke the 71-year rule of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), creating a broader and more genuine democracy. He promises to attack corruption, curb the drug trade, encourage private investment and increase economic growth. Fox deserves our support and sympathy. But we should not let good will slip into sentimentality. American and Mexican interests sometimes collide--on immigration, for instance, where Fox seems to have large ambitions.
Our interest lies in less immigration from Mexico, while Mexico's interest lies in more. The United States has long ...