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Mexico hangs fire while US debates immigration

Wednesday, January 30, 2013


As the US Congress debates a sweeping immigration overhaul, Mexico is not aiming to become involved.

Though Mexico is the country with the most at stake as Washington considers changing its policy toward illegal immigrants, Mexican diplomats and government officials are expected to keep a low profile to avoid the appearance of meddling in US affairs and to minimize any potential backlash among conservatives in the States.

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, and the foreign minister and our new ambassador have all more or less said the same thing about Mexico's role in this, and the message is, 'We're interested, and we'll help if you think we can, but we're not going to take an active role,'" said Andres Rozental, a Mexico City consultant and former deputy foreign minister.

Source: Los Angeles Times