AP: Mexico to lobby for immigration reform

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Mexico to lobby for immigration reform

By JULIE WATSON, Associated Press Writer

Tue Feb 20, 10:41 PM ET

MEXICO CITY - Mexico plans to begin an aggressive lobbying effort in the
United States to secure an immigration reform agreement, the country's
new ambassador in Washington said Tuesday.

Mexican consulates in the United States will talk with state and federal
lawmakers, business chambers, civic organizations and "all actors of U.S.
society" who support comprehensive immigration reform, Arturo Sarukhan
said.

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The ambassador said Mexico has a brief window to convince Washington
to approve immigration reforms before campaigning begins for the 2008
U.S. presidential election.

"We are going to put into place the same kind of diplomatic and lobbying
effort that we did in the early 1990s when NAFTA was being decided,"
said Sarukhan, referring to the North American Free Trade Agreement.

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