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By Emily Schmall - AOL NewsMEXICO CITY (June 9) -- The killing of a Mexican teen by a U.S. Border Patrol agent raised tensions between the U.S. and Mexico as President Felipe Calderon calls for better protection of migrants' rights and President Barack Obama has announced plans to dispatch additional troops to the border. The border patrol agent, whose name has not been released, shot and killed 15-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca after a group of suspected illegal migrants threw rocks at the agents at an international bridge near downtown El Paso, Texas on Monday evening, according to the FBI, the lead agency ...
Mexicans Differ Over National Guard Buildup
By Emily Schmall - AOL NewsMEXICO CITY (May 26) -- President Barack Obama's decision to dispatch 1,200 further National Guard troops to the Mexican border and spend $500 million to step up border patrols gets the approval of the Mexican government, but many in Mexico see it as a northern reflection of a failed policy of militarization south of the border. Upon entering office in 2006, Mexican President Felipe Calderon unleashed federal police and the military on Mexican border towns to help local law enforcement stop Mexico's powerful drug cartels from moving an estimated $50 billion per year in drugs and illicit goods ...
Obama-Calderon Summit: Drugs, Immigration, Trucks, Ceviche
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyIf there's a theme for tonight's White House state dinner for Mexican President Felipe Calderón, it might be "Los labios sueltos hunden barcos," or "Loose lips sink ships" (thank you, Google Translate). As my colleague Lynn Sweet reports, access to the most basic details of the dinner has been treated with Defcon Level 5 security, and the public has been forced to sate itself with chef-for-the-night Rick Bayless' Twitter crumbs (sorta) detailing the "rather small White House kitchen." That, and we know there will be an herb ceviche. For those interested in the meat of the summit between ...
Immigration Reform: First Secure Border, Says Sen. Lindsey Graham
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailySen. Lindsey Graham and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano clashed Tuesday over whether the Senate should move forward immediately on immigration reform, with Graham betting "everything I own" that a comprehensive bill will not pass this year unless the nation first secures its border with Mexico. An angry Graham (R-S.C.) earlier backed away from his support for a climate change bill after learning the Obama adminstration wants to begin a new push for immigration reform, with legislation likely to grant legal status to undocumented workers -- if certain conditions are met. The ...
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