Texas senator urges migration laws reform

[Judi Lynn]

Saturday August 16th, 2003

Texas senator urges migration laws reform
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEXICO CITY - Despite his home state’s often-combative relationship with Mexico, a U.S. senator from Texas is pushing hard for greater rights for millions of Mexicans living and working illegally in the United States.

Speaking in Mexico City on Friday, Republican John Cornyn said it was ‘‘past time’’ for his colleagues in Congress to consider legislation making some form of guest-worker program a reality.

‘‘This is an appropriate time to restart negotiations,’’ said Cornyn, who met with Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez during a three-day trip to Mexico’s capital.

Last month, Cornyn presented a bill that would provide Mexican workers with a card allowing them to get jobs in the United States and requiring that they be paid at least the minimum wage.

U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe, Rep. Jeff Flake and Sen. John McCain, all Republicans from Arizona, also have presented a guest-worker proposal. (snip/...)

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