Speech #970274872

D.C. DEAR MR. SPEAKER: In compliance with the agreement taken by the assembly of the Chamber of Senators in their session of December 8. 1982. we are making available to you a copy of the approved text. in which this Senate of the Republic of Mexico expresses its concern for the repercussions against Mexican migrant workers in the United States of North America caused by passage of the SimpsonMazzoi legislation. 1. That the Chamber (Senate) expresses as a resolution our alarm and concern for the repercussions which will impact both countries If the SimpsonMaszzoli legislation is passed. since this transcendent matter should not be considered from a unilateral perspective. but rather should be treated from a bilateral and even multilateral perspective. taking into account the farreaching migratory phenomenon of undocumented persons between our two countries. 2. That the recommendations of the Parliamentarians of the Western Hemisphere Conference on Population and Development held in Brazil November 5. 1982 be Implemented. Those recommendations were approved by several U.S. Senators. and designed to discourage laws such as this (SimpsonMazzoli). which directly and openly threaten the labor and human rights of migrant workers in the United States. and which create a repressive precedent of global repercussions. 3. That this matter be turned over to the Foreign Relations Committee of the (Mexican) Senate for detailed analysis. and that it be included as part of the memos to be treated at the next reunion of the Mexico/ U.S. Interparliamentarian conference. 4.