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Friday, December 27, 2002 Mexico bypassing U.S. sovereignty? Forms 'representative' council north of border to assist emigres --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- December 27, 2002 5:00 p.m. Eastern By Jon Dougherty � 2002 WorldNetDaily.com The Mexican government has formed a 100-member council in the United States comprised of U.S. residents whose stated mission is to advise Mexico City on the needs of its 9.5 million citizens living north of the border - legal and illegal. Carlos Flores Vizcarra, Mexico's consul in Tucson, told the Arizona Daily Star the committee was a "representative entity" set up to "voice the concerns of the Mexicans who are here" in the U.S. But critics of the committee say it is an attempt by Mexico to bypass U.S. sovereignty and set up representative branch of the Mexican government on U.S. soil. "I think in general what the Mexican government wants is a joint sovereignty with the United States over Mexican nationals living in this country," Steven Camarota, research director of the Center for Immigration Studies - a group that favors restricted immigration - told the paper. Vizcarra discounted that, saying the committee was not "a House of Representatives" or "a parliamentary assembly." And C�ndido Morales, director of the Mexican government's Institute of Mexicans Abroad, said one of the committee's functions is "to tell us what government programs that are targeted to their benefit in the United States are working, and which ones are not." One example, he said, is the Mexican government's literacy program, which provides books to U.S.-based Mexican communities. And, he said, groups like Arizona's Yaquis could seek the committee's intervention in securing permission to cross the border to bring donated materials to the Yaquis in Sonora, Mexico. Despite those explanations, however, there are other hints that the council may be more of a U.S.-based entity representative of the Mexican government. If nothing else, it seems to have the official backing of Mexico City. The paper said seats on the council were distributed in proportion to the concentrations of Mexican nationals living in the U.S. Members were not chosen by election; they were selected by Mexico's consulates. Also, the council itself will be chaired by Mexican President Vicente Fox and will feature representatives from Mexico's government ministries. Vizcarra said the representatives will serve as contacts for solving problems. Glenn Spencer, an immigration reform activist, said he believes the council is a veiled attempt by Mexico to increase its power and influence in the U.S. He has called the new committee a "colonization council" and its members "Mexican agents." He also linked the formation of the council to ongoing efforts by Mexico to establish a system in which Mexican nationals residing in the U.S. can cast absentee ballots in Mexican elections. Currently, the Arizona Daily Star reported, the Mexican congress is considering proposals that would grant those voting rights. Mexican lawmakers are also considering a bill that would form a Mexican congressional district encompassing the entire United States. U.S. Census Bureau figures estimate that 5 million Mexican-born U.S. residents are in the country legally, compared to about 4.5 million who reside here illegally. Poverty and joblessness south of the border drives much of the illegal immigration to the United States, but a Mexican government report said earlier this year that even if the Mexican economy were to blossom, massive illegal immigration is still "inevitable." "The migratory phenomenon between Mexico and the United states is structural and permanent," said a study by Mexico's National Population Council, a ministry of the Interior agency. The report, entitled, "Migration: Mexico-United States," says regardless of improvements to Mexico's economy, by 2030 the Mexican-born U.S. population will at least double to 16 million to 18 million. "Diverse factors such as geographic proximity, the asymmetrical and growing economic integration and intense relations and exchanges between both countries make the creation of migratory flow inevitable," said the report. The report was published a year ago but ignored in the U.S. until David Simcox, board chairman of the nonprofit Center for Immigration Studies, produced an analysis and summary of the document for the Washington Times in March. 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