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 November 2, 2009H. Felipe Calderón HinojosaPresidente of MexicoLos Pinos Oficial ResidencyMéxico, D.F.Mr. President:Please receive a most cordial and respectful greeting. I am writing regarding theupcoming visit to Mexico by Tim Pawlenty, Governor of the US State of Minnesota,which will include a meeting with you.
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 For the last twenty years I have had the privilege to live and work with members of Minnesota’s Mexican community. Thanks to your fellow countrymen I was able to knowthe great human diversity of Mexico, from Tamaulipas to Chiapas, from Guerrero toPuebla, without leaving Minnesota. Although I am not Mexican, Mr. President, I willalways carry your country in my heart.This is why I think it is important for you to be aware of the anti-inmigrant measures promoted by Governor Pawlenty, your future guest at Los Pinos, and their disproportionate effect on Mexicans.
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I would also like to suggest that you take advantageof his visit to let Gov. Pawlenty know that his actions in Minnesota will not passunnoticed in Mexico. Furthermore, please allow me to suggest that you afford Mexicansforced to leave their families, homes and jobs in Minnesota the opportunity to addressGov. Pawlenty in person to let him know the cost in tears and suffering caused by hisadministration’s anti-immigrant measures.
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Governor Pawlenty has aspirations to the Presidency of the United States
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and, if elected,he will set the agenda of future bilateral relations with México and migration policiestowards Mexican residing in this country. Very respectfully I ask you not to miss theopportunity afforded by this visit to request from the Governor and presidential candidatePawlenty that he stop his attacks on the most humble and vulnerable members of the
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Minn. governor to meet with Mexican president during business development trip to Mexicohttp://www.startribune.com/business/67245512.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDiO7aiU 
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GOVERNOR PAWLENTY UNVEILS ACTIONS TO COMBAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION -- January 7, 2008Minnesota teams with ICE to increase enforcement; better verification for new state employees ~http://www.governor.state.mn.us/mediacenter/pressreleases/2008/PROD008597.html
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Feds Criticized In Meat Plant Immigration Raid: Gov. Tim Pawlenty viewed the raids as "the type of proactiveenforcement needed to combat illegal immigration and related crimes."http://wcco.com/politics/swift.co.immigration.2.363877.html
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Pawlenty to Raise Cash in Washingtonhttp://kstp.com/news/stories/s1172106.shtml?cat=1
 
Mexican community in Minnesota, and urge him instead to support humane immigrationreforms that keep families together and acknowledge the contributions made by allimmigrants to Minnesota’s development and prosperity.Very truly yoursFrancisco J. GonzálezMinnesota EE UU/USE-mail:guajataca01@yahoo.com------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Versión en español
2 de noviembre del 2009H. Felipe Calderón HinojosaPresidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos MexicanosResidencia Oficial de Los PinosMéxico, D.F.Señor Presidente:Reciba un cordial y respetuoso saludo. Le dirijo esta carta con motivo de la visita aMéxico del Gobernado del Estado estadounidense de Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty, visitaque según los medios noticiosos locales incluye una entrevista con usted.
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 Por los pasados veinte años, he tenido el privilegio de convivir y colaborar conmiembros de la comunidad mexicana establecida aquí. Gracias a estos compatriotassuyos he podido conocer la inmensa diversidad de México, desde Tamaulipas a Chiapas,desde Guerrero a Puebla, sin tener que salir de Minnesota. Aunque no soy mexicano,Señor Presidente, su país esta siempre en mi corazón.Es por esto que considero importante que usted esté al tanto de las medidas anti-inmigrantes promovidas por su futuro huésped en Los Pinos, el Gobernador Pawlenty, yque han impactado desproporcionalmente a mexicanos.
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Desearía también sugerirle que
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Minn. governor to meet with Mexican president during business development trip to Mexicohttp://www.startribune.com/business/67245512.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDiO7aiU 
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GOVERNOR PAWLENTY UNVEILS ACTIONS TO COMBAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION -- January 7, 2008Minnesota teams with ICE to increase enforcement; better verification for new state employees ~http://www.governor.state.mn.us/mediacenter/pressreleases/2008/PROD008597.html
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Open letter addressed to the President of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, regarding the upcoming visit to Mexico by Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota. Carta en ingles y en español urgiendo al Pres. de Mexico que confronte al Gobernador de Minnesota por sus medidas anti-imnmigrantes.

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Open letter addressed to the President of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, regarding the upcoming visit to Mexico by Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota. In the letter I suggest that Pres. Calderón ask Gov. Pawlenty to abandon his anti-immigrant policies and instead support humane and common sense immigration reform. Carta en ingles y en español urgiendo al Pres. de Mexico que confronte al Gobernador de Minnesota por sus medidas anti-imnmigrantes.

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