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Mexican and U.S. lawmakers call for deportation moratorium

08:31 PM CST on Thursday, February 8, 2007
New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON -- The United States should stop deporting illegal immigrants and separating families while Congress works on reforming immigration laws, a group of lawmakers from Latin America and several Democratic House members said Thursday.

The foreign delegates from Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua, on a two-day visit to Capitol Hill, pledged to work with their U.S. counterparts to fix the immigration system, which they said has led to a "family crisis" in Mexico and a staggering loss of life along the border. They also promised to help improve security, which they said was of paramount importance, especially after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

"About 550 Mexicans are dying (each year) in their effort to cross the border -- 1.5 each day, an alarming number," said Jose Edmundo Ramirez Martinez, a member of the Mexican Congress and secretary of the Commission on Population, Borders, and Migration issues, at a Capitol Hill press conference.

In addition, he said that "one Mexican per minute is leaving his family" to go the United States, which disintegrates families and leads to other problems such as alcoholism and drug addiction.

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[b]These foreign meddlers should NOT be consulted. I hope thehy start minding their own business. Just because their countries have failed, doesn't mean we have to help them.