Mexico urges Bush to veto U.S. border fence bill
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Mexico pleaded with President Bush on Monday to veto a Senate proposal to build a new fence to keep illegal immigrants out, saying it could backfire by making the border more dangerous.
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A bill authorizing construction of a   fence along the U.S. border with Mexico advanced in the U.S.   Senate on Thursday as Republican backers pushed to get an   immigration measure to President George W. Bush desk before the   November 7 elections.
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President Bush threatened to veto legislation setting a date for a troop withdrawal from Iraq on Tuesday despite growing bipartisan calls in Congress for an end to U.S. participation in the war and sharp criticism of the Iraqi government.
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Hundreds of demonstrators marched to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City on Tuesday, attacking riot police with concrete blocks, metal bars and firecrackers and tearing down barricades to protest the visit of President Bush.
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A flap with the United States over violence on Mexico's northern border does not threaten the two nations' strong relationship, though Mexican officials maintain Washington went too far with a travel alert, President Vicente Fox said Friday.
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The Senate is taking up a bill that would erect a fence on one-third of the US-Mexico border.
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US President Bush signs a law to pay for a 700-mile fence along the Mexican border in a bid to stop illegal immigrants.
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The U.S. Senate on Friday overwhelmingly agreed to authorize construction of a fence along the U.S. border with Mexico, sending to President George W. Bush before the November 7 elections a bill that Republicans hope will showcase their efforts to stop illegal immigration.
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The US and Mexico try to defuse a row about increasing violence near their shared border.
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Mexico warned the United States  not to interfere in its affairs on Thursday after criticism by  Washington over lawlessness along the border.
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President Bush challenged lawmakers on Friday to have the political courage to pass an immigration bill amid intense pressure from critics who call it amnesty and advocates who believe the current system is broken.
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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts  - Mexican President Felipe Calderon said closing the border would be a "very, very big mistake" for the U.S. economy, although he urged Washington on Monday to do more to fight illegal drug cartels.
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President George W. Bush would veto a broad budget bill under consideration by the U.S. Congress if it does not contain money for the Iraq war, his spokeswoman said.
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Mexico sought to play down a U.S.  travel alert for Americans visiting the Mexican side of the  border and said any violence was contained to drugs gangs   and  that authorities were fighting to curb it.
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Mexico warned Thursday that the U.S. proposal to build miles of border fence, which is working its way through the Senate, will damage relations between the two countries.
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Mexico asked President Bush on Monday to veto a Senate plan to build a border fence to keep illegal immigrants out, but acknowledged that its plea was likely to fall on deaf ears.
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 11--U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva is pushing a bill that would prod the federal government to find alternatives to building a 700-mile border fence across major public land preserves.