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[[File:Calderon at Harvard 2013.jpg|thumb|left|At Harvard's Panel on Davos Forum, 2013.]]
 
[[File:Calderon at Harvard 2013.jpg|thumb|left|At Harvard's Panel on Davos Forum, 2013.]]
It seems that Felipe Calderon will keep the successful free-trade policies that Mexico had adopted since the 1980s, but especially embraced in the presidency of [[Vicente Fox]]. He is currently fighting a war against drug traffickers, is [[pro-life]], and he is a supporter of [[George W. Bush]] in [[Latin America]], but not as much as Fox did.  Calderon has promised to govern with a firm hand.  
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Felipe Calderon kept the successful free-trade policies that Mexico had adopted since the 1980s, but especially embraced in the presidency of [[Vicente Fox]]. He did fight a war against drug traffickers, is [[pro-life]], and he was a supporter of [[George W. Bush]] in [[Latin America]], but not as much as Fox did.  Calderon governed with a firm hand.  
 
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He has said he would push for a migration agreement with the United States to legalize residency for Mexicans who have lived in the U.S. for more than three years. Also he has outlined plans to tackle poverty, including public health services and education in poorer communities.  
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He pushed for a migration agreement with the United States to legalize residency for Mexicans who have lived in the U.S. for more than three years. Also he has outlined plans to tackle poverty, including public health services and education in poorer communities.  
    
Calderon has greatly criticized the United States immigration system, stating that "unilateral measures" taken by the United States to enforce immigration laws have made "the persecution and humiliating treatment of undocumented Mexican workers worse." <ref>[http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/09/mexico-president-slams-us-immigration.php Mexico president slams US immigration rules]</ref> He is a strong opponent of a border fence and supports comprehensive immigration reform. Calderon believes that the United States has downplayed the positive effect that undocumented workers have contributed to the United States economy. <ref>[http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/09/mexico-president-slams-us-immigration.php Mexico president slams US immigration rules]</ref> <ref>[http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/homeland.php?id=811318%3Cbr+/%3E Now Official: Mexico Running US Immigration Policy by Sher Zieve]</ref>
 
Calderon has greatly criticized the United States immigration system, stating that "unilateral measures" taken by the United States to enforce immigration laws have made "the persecution and humiliating treatment of undocumented Mexican workers worse." <ref>[http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/09/mexico-president-slams-us-immigration.php Mexico president slams US immigration rules]</ref> He is a strong opponent of a border fence and supports comprehensive immigration reform. Calderon believes that the United States has downplayed the positive effect that undocumented workers have contributed to the United States economy. <ref>[http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/09/mexico-president-slams-us-immigration.php Mexico president slams US immigration rules]</ref> <ref>[http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/homeland.php?id=811318%3Cbr+/%3E Now Official: Mexico Running US Immigration Policy by Sher Zieve]</ref>

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