Tancredo: Mexican President Advocated Illegal Immigration

Tancredo says Mexican president advocates illegal immigration

Associated Press - February 15, 2008

DENVER (AP) - Republican congressman and former presidential candidate Tom Tancredo is accusing visiting Mexican President Felipe Calderon of meddling in U.S. affairs, telling him he should focus on his country’s own problems instead of “encouraging illegal immigration.”

Tancredo made his comments yesterday in a letter sent to the Mexican Embassy, responding to remarks that Calderon made to the California Legislature on Wednesday.

Calderon said Mexico and the United States “will never find prosperity by closing their doors.”

Tancredo says he appreciates Calderon’s concern for joint prosperity, but wrote that Mexico’s economic and social ills can’t be resolved by exporting its citizens to the U.S.

Tancredo ran on an anti-illegal immigration platform before abandoning his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination.

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