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...Mexican side of the border, President Vicente Fox has actively encouraged the migration. He made his goal clear in 2000 when he called for a fully open border within 10 years, with "a free flow of people, workers" moving between the two countries. When U.S. opposition to the proposal intensified after 9/11, Fox sought the same goal through the back door. He pushed U.S. businesses and city and state governments to accept as legal identification a card called a matricula consular, issued by Mexican consulates. That has allowed illegals to secure driver's licenses and other forms of identification...
...Perhaps they should ask why NAFTA-which took effect 12 years ago amid promises to raise the fortunes of Mexico?s beleaguered workers-hasn?t done more to reduce desperate labor migration over the U.S. border. That illegal flow, about a million migrants a year, is as heavy as ever. (Just ask CNN's Lou Dobbs, who?s broadcasting live from Canc?n this week because he?s so aggravated about it.) NAFTA has not been an altogether bad deal for Mexico; it has buoyed the economy and improved opportunities for workers in the more technologically advanced north...
...female politicians, tears are, of course, toxic. No one wants to imagine the tragedy grand enough that Hillary Clinton or Condoleezza Rice could let their waterworks flow. I am, however, less confident that this means they are raring to engage in direct debate. Hillary and Condi will never cry in public - but that doesn't mean we'll ever know what they're really thinking, even...
Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure Design blogger Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan of apartmenttherapy.com shares his secrets on how to transform an apartment into a stylish and healthy home. There's even a questionnaire on personal taste and energy flow...
...government, non-profit, and private-sector global health initiatives. School of Public Health officials were unavailable for comment yesterday. According to a copy of his prepared remarks released to The Crimson, Summers said he looks forward to a “mutually valuable partnership with a substantial two-way flow of students, faculty, and ideas” with India through the School of Public Health. “The Harvard School of Public Health cannot have the leverage it wishes without strengthening its Indian ties,” he said, according to the remarks. In his speech, Summers said...