Mexico's foreign secretary said that the failure of an immigration reform bill last week "aggravates" the problem of illegal immigration in the United States and "cancels the possibility that millions of families may progress."
"These are hard times for immigrants in the United States," Patricia Espinosa said Friday night in Atlanta, where she had traveled to mark the 30th anniversary of the opening of Mexico's consulate general in the city. The celebration was attended by consular officials from Mexico and other countries, as well as by Georgia officials, including Secretary of State Karen Handel.
"Millions of human beings are forced to live in the shadows, in the margins of society," she said. "Families are divided, migrants are abused, and almost 400 lives are lost each year in the attempt to reach this country under inhuman and dangerous conditions."
Addressing the audience of more than 200, Espinosa said the Mexican government, particularly through its consulates, will continue to demand that Mexican workers and their families are treated with dignity "independently of their migratory condition."
Good grief these people have cojones.
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