Immigration Politics: Mexican Senate passes progressive immigration law

Mexican Senate passes progressive immigration law » peoplesworld: "On March 24, the Mexican Senate by a vote of 86 to 0 passed a new comprehensive immigration law decriminalizing the presence of undocumented migrants in Mexico. Language in the bill states: “Nobody shall be declared illegal because of his/her condition as an immigrant, and adequate guarantees have to exist so that citizens of other countries can pass through Mexico.”

Mexico has been under pressure from the United States to halt the movement of hundreds of thousands of Hondurans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans and others who pass through its territory without documents each year on their way to the United States.

Although the Mexican government, as well as opposition parties and civil society organizations, have been critical of mistreatment of Mexican immigrants in the United States, human rights organizations in Mexico have pointed out that mistreatment of undocumented migrants by Mexican police has been a growing problem. "