Texas Border Mayors Attack Planned Fence (2/3)

In an unusual move, critics of the fence plan have been joined by both Mexico's current president, Felipe Calderon, and the immediate former President Vicente Fox, both of whom have appeared in recent days on U.S. television news programs criticizing the planned fence.

President Calderon appeared on ABC TV's Good Morning, America program last week. He said the flow of workers from his country to the United States is natural, given the demand for lower cost labor in the United States and the ready supply of young workers willing to migrate from Mexico.

"It is impossible to stop that by decree, it is impossible to try to stop that with a fence."

While acknowledging the right of the United States to control its border, the Mexican president said the proposed fence is not the solution to the immigration problem. He said the ultimate solution is for Mexico to keep these hardworking laborers at home by providing them with good jobs there.

"I do not want to see Mexico as a permanent provider of workers to the United States."

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让大家觉得比较不寻常的一件事是，围墙计划的批评者中又加入了墨西哥现任总统费利佩·卡尔德龙和参与和解的前总统比森特•福克斯。他们还都出现在最近的美国电视新闻节目中抨击围墙计划。

墨西哥总统卡尔德龙在ABC电台上周 “早安，美国”的节目中表示墨西哥工人大量涌入美国是很自然的事情，它满足了美国对廉价劳动力的需求，又给美国提供了现成的从墨西哥迁入的年轻劳动力。

"这不可能因为法令而停止，也不可能试图由一道围墙来制止。”

虽然墨西哥总统承认美国有权控制其边境，但修建围墙的计划并不能解决非法移民问题。他说对于墨西哥而言，最终的解决办法还是在本国给这些辛勤的劳动者提供好的工作使他们可以留在这里。

“我不希望看见墨西哥成为美国工人的长期供应者。”