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Mexico campaigns on immigration issue
By UPI Staff
United Press International
May 30, 2006

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Mexican President Vicente Fox's government reportedly is making a concerted effort for a favorable outcome of the U.S. debate on illegal aliens.

Noting Fox's recent tour of U.S. Western states while the U.S. Congress debates further tightening of the border with Mexico, The Washington Times said Fox's administration is conducting a well-financed campaign to shape public opinion in favor of more Mexicans coming into the United States.

The Times said the campaign is working through a coalition of U.S.-based immigration rights groups, Mexican-American organizations and grass-roots Hispanic groups to lobby U.S. lawmakers and civic leaders for amnesty for the estimated 12 million illegals in the United States.

One U.S. prosecutor complained to the newspaper he is outraged by what he called Mexico's efforts to overturn U.S. laws being used to arrest and prosecute illegal aliens. He accused Mexico of being behind a lawsuit challenging Arizona's alien-smuggling law, the report said. But a lawyer involved in suit denied he is working for the Mexican government.

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