Mr. Speaker. my friend has mentioned President Salinas. and I think that a very important point for us to make is the fact that we have witnessed literally unprecedented economic reforms in Mexico. and those economic reforms. coupled with a freetrade agreement. will address a very serious problem that those of us in California and other border States face. and that is the flow of illegal immigration into the United States. We in the Congress have spent years anguishing over immigration and the big problem of the flow along that 2.000mile border of people from Mexico into the United States. They come for one very important and basic reason: economic opportunity. and I can point to many instances where people from Mexico come to the United States to send their proceeds back to their families in Mexico. And that will not be necessary if we are able to bring abnut this reduction of the constraints. and under President Salinas leadership we have seen for the first time in years. really since 1938. when thenPresident Cardinas of Mexico nationalized the oil industry. we have seen moves as the world has moved toward a market oriented approach to problems.
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