Mexico’s EPN fortifies US ties
Talks continue for Mexico, California cooperation
THE NEWS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Enrique Peña Nieto recognized the state of California for being open to multiculturalism and offering better living conditions and a brotherly atmosphere to communities during a two-day visit to California.
Speaking to California Gov. Edmund G. Brown, business leaders and politicians, Peña Nieto said that he hoped California’s vision and attitude spreads to other U.S. border states.
Peña Nieto said Gov. Brown’s policies are aimed at safeguarding the human rights of all citizens, regardless of whether they are legal or illegal immigrants, believing that they all contribute to the development of California.
“For these reasons, Gov. Brown, the Mexican government has great respect and sympathy for your government’s efforts,” Peña Nieto said.
On Brown’s recently visit to Mexico City he took part in discussions on different projects to strengthen cooperation and ties between Mexico and California. The projects discussed included education and infrastructure to improve the transit of Californians and Mexicans across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Peña Nieto also spoke of the need for U.S. immigration reform saying those who reject diversity and inclusion will ultimately be proven wrong.
“We want to be a factor of cohesion, not division, with full respect for the sovereignty of the United States,” Peña Nieto said Monday. “This, at the end, is about — and only about — a matter of justice for those who contribute so much to the development of the American society.”
During an upbeat speech embracing the ties between Mexico and California, Brown didn’t entirely gloss over a relationship that has, at times, been fraught with tension.
California voters in 1994 passed Proposition 187 that sought to ban immigrants who are in the country illegally from access to social services including health care and education, though it was reversed by the courts.
Hispanics have now become a force to be reckoned within California.
They now make up the largest of any racial or ethnic group in the state, though their voter registration numbers still lag behind whites.
In related news, The Sacramento Bee published on Tuesday an article in which Peña Nieto talked about the significance of his visit to California and the importance of California-Mexico ties.
“My country offers new investment and collaboration opportunities in areas such as education, energy and trade,” Peña Nieto said. “For the first time in decades, both local and foreign private companies will be allowed to participate in Mexico’s promising energy industry, resulting in more investment and better employment opportunities.”
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