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Sunday, July 25, 2004

Mexican president campaigns in US

NewsMax (6/28/94) said: "Mexican President Vicente Fox can't run for re-election, but he is on the campaign trail ... in the United States. Fox has been traveling through Detroit, Chicago and Minneapolis asking Mexican migrants to vote. Calling them "heroes" because of the $13.3 billion in U.S. dollars they sent back home last year, that country's second-largest source of foreign revenue, Fox is asking his congress to let millions of Mexico's citizens abroad vote for president in 2006. Under Mexican law, those living in foreign countries must return home to vote. The law Fox proposes would allow them to vote outside the country. Nearly all 10 million of them live in the U.S. In view of the human tsunami spilling over the border as you read this, many would argue that Mexico's election s not a priority for America. The real question is how Mexican Americans will be integrated into our society if they are busy voting in a foreign election. "One citizen, one vote -- it's the basics of democracy," said Fox. But it's not the basis of the Democrat party in America. How many of these Mexicans in the U.S. will be double dipping? Democrats are already notorious for registering illegal aliens and other foreigners to vote illegally".

RH; As of now, the issue is stymied in the Mexican Congress. It seems that there is concern that Mexican Americans would vote for PAN, the party of Fox.