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Fox blasts U.S. xenophobia

October 16, 2007

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox doesn’t get manybreaks these days. He was slapped around on The O’Reilly Factor, had a new statue of his likeness yanked down by an angry mob in Veracruz, and along the way promoted his memoirs, which were published in English. But he’s not letting up on the immigration issue.

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Fox, whose U.S. tour is taking him from New York to California and points in between, stopped off in Houston on Monday, where he signed autographs, posed for photographs and spoke of his plans to follow the leads of former Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush by staying active and visible.

Top of the order for Fox is continuing his fight to get the U.S. Congress to approve temporary work permits for millions of Mexicans and a path to permanent residency for those who want to remain in the United States. Seeing such an agreement through was the chief foreign policy goal of his administration, which ended last December.

The challenge now, he said, is that racism and fear are shaping the debate.

“You get the xenophobes trying to influence the debate and take it to their side,” he said in English during a meeting with the Houston Chronicle’s editorial board. “Fear, very unfortunately, is guiding the debate and the decision-making process on immigration.

“Immigrants are not terrorists, but still many people are dealing with the issue through fear.”

Written by Ernie · Filed Under Immigration 

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