USAToday November 19. 2012
President Obama will meet next week with Mexican President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto, with one of the topics likely to be possible changes to U.S. immigration law.
Congressional Republicans say they are more amenable to a comprehensive immigration bill in light of the recent election in which GOP candidates fared poorly.
Obama says he wants an immigration bill that will provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who are already in the country, as well as tighter border security.
Here is the White House announcement on next week's U.S.-Mexico meeting;
"President Obama will host President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico at the White House on Tuesday, November 27.
"The president looks forward to meeting President-elect Pena Nieto and hearing about his vision for leading Mexico over the next six years. Read more.
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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