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 //**Mexico**// //Morelia (Michoacan, Mexico) //
 * Felipe Calderon **

Personal Information: (Relevant/Interesting Biographical Info.)


 * Full name Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa, born August 18, 1962 in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico by mother Carmen Hinojosa de Calderon and father Luis Calderon Vega who used to belong to a Pro- Business National Action Party as a student activist in 1939. Felipe then when on to get married to a former PAN activist and now Congress member Margarita Zavala they had three children’s together. **

Career Accomplishments: (Political, Military, etc.)

Felipe Calderon when he was working at PAN he served three long years of being President of the PAN business. Also on December 1, 2006 Calderon was inaugurated into the congress building. Though most people in Mexico didn’t agree with the decision they decided to keep Calderon.

Work Experience:  Calderon when he was younger would go around the city with his mother Carmen Hinojosa and campaign with her. Felipe worked with PAN for many year and that opened a lot of opportunities for him to get where he is today

Education: 

Felipe Calderon first started studied Law at Mexico City’s Escuela Libre de Derecho, he contained also obtained a masters degree in economics at Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico and held the same degree when he went to public Harvard University Kenny School of Government.

Professional Affiliations and Interests: (what organizations was/is this person involved in?) 

Calderon started off as President for PAN. When Felipe Calderon was involved in PAN he was designated as the coordinator of PAN parliamentary group. He then moved onto be a Governor of Michoacan in 1995 but that didn’t work out so well for him it was very unsuccessful. After he became the President of Mexico he held many street protests and he thought of himself as a “legitimate President of Mexico”.

References: (what other famous people is this person affiliated with?)  Felipe won Presidency in July 2, 2006 and beat both Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador who is the mayor of Mexico City he finished in second place with a percent of 22.26% Lopez was not so happy with losing he made them recount the votes over street protest went on for weeks until they finished recounting the votes. Calderon also won over Roberto Madrazo who came in third place with a very low 0.58% of votes. When all the street protest was over and the Federal Electoral Tribunal was done recounting the votes Felipe Calderon was then announced President of Mexico on September 5, 2006.

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Political Cartoons by Liz



This cartoon features the American hypocrisy so well known to the world and most people in it. Two nameless Mexicans are invading the country, and the good ol' clean-shaven Uncle Sam isn't happy with them. So he yells at Mexico because he can't control his wild citizens. However, America is too busy yelling about this ordeal that he can't see the immigrants are directly applying what the Americans need, right at the source.

Illegal Mexican Immigrants By: Jim Shelinsky

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">"We're now 140 years into a large-scale migratory movement from Mexico to the U.S., and there's really no prospect of that flow diminishing significantly over the longer haul,” says Wayne Cornelius of the University of California, San Diego. Mexican Immigrants have been crossing the border illegally for years now even with more border control. The U.S. needs to stop this flow of immigrants for four reasons. The Mexican immigrants are taking away jobs from U.S. citizens, in particular America’s youth t <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">hat look for lower paying jobs. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">“ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Another <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> problem is that it reduces the wages of low-skilled Americans. As we flood the market for entry-level jobseekers, they lose the ab <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">ility to demand higher salaries” (Krikorian). 100 years ago we needed the immigrants to make our economy grow. Now there are too many immigrants and we need to put a stop to it in order to keep our economy going. “ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Research shows that illegal immigration has cut the earnings of poor Americans by 7 percent, and even fo <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">rced some out of the job market” (Krikorian). To add to that, the large flow of immigrants is flooding a 21st century economy with 19th century style low skilled workers. “Almost 60 percent of adult illegal immigrants lack a high school education. That's more than nine times the rate among native-born Americans” (Krikorian). With the illegal immigrants working low paying jobs they pay little taxes but still use a lot of government services like the welfare program. “By keeping wages lower, illegal immigration takes away much of the incentive to invest in labor-saving technologies that make workers more productive, thus slowing the innovation that's needed for continued economic vitality and competitiveness” (Krikorian). Many illegal immigrants could have connections to the Drug Cartel in Mexico which could lead to a migration north to the U.S. Border States. In some cities in Mexico the drug cartel is in complete control creating their own rules and enforces their own laws. If they become even more powerful it could mean another small war for America. “Some 8.5 million Mexicans live in California—a quarter of the state's population— and nearly half of New Mexico's people have roots in old Mexico. About 7 million of the nation's 12 million illegal immigrants are from Mexico” (Mark and Ginger). The U.S. has to keep control of who is coming in to the country. "No one is served by an immigration system that allows large numbers of people to sneak across the border illegally” (Smith). “Since 2000, it is estimated that 850,000 unauthorized immigrants have entered the United States each year” (Smith). It does say something about our country that people risk their lives to come here but it can also be a bad thing. If too many people are coming into the U.S. illegally the wrong people will eventually sneak in and it will spread. America needs to step up its security and promote a harsher punishment for crossing the border. If they don’t this long 140 year migration will never end.



=Illegal Immigrants should be granted US citizenship- By Tommy Ciancia=

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Illegal Immigrants should be granted U.S citizenship. Throughout North America, there is a very controversial topic about illegal immigrants. Most people say they do not belong in the United States, because so many of them come into our country illegally. However, if you put all of the effects of illegal immigrants together, you would see that they can be very beneficial to for our economy and well-being. Illegal Immigrants take care of many unwanted jobs, for little pay. This is beneficial to families who need a cheap, reliable handyman. Economically, immigrants help out the U.S. By hiring them, you will pay less money for them to do the jobs. Illegal Immigrants are misunderstood. The only reason they hop over the border illegally is to look for desperate help they need, and for opportunities for their family. If we legalize illegal immigrants, then over time, the U.S and Mexico will naturally start to accept each other, and help each other out. There are many more reasons why they should be legalized, rather than penalized. People don’t see that they are really not that bad, and also, certain people make it to be that immigrants are dirty and unsanitary. If we took the time to get to learn more about them, rather than being stereotypical, maybe we would come to an understanding about immigrants, instead of jumping to false conclusions.

TIME LINE- By Meghan Sheridan

1994: During the Zapatista Rebellion, nearly 150 people died. Mexico is filled with much violence that has been going o for years. 1997: After 70 years of ruling politics, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, was finally defeated. The democrats became the new leading Party of the country.

2000: Vicente Fox was elected president, keeping the Democratic Party in rule. This established that Mexico was now a Democratic Government.

2001: A law was passed that did not give Mexican Indians political independence. Many Mexicans are upset about their rights as a citizen. July 2006: Felipe Calderon, a conservative National Action Party member, PAN, was elected as the new president, ending the democratic domination. The government was not Democratic any more, but it was PAN.

Dec. 1, 2006: Felipe Calderon took office, and his opponent demands a recount of the votes, not accepting the fact that Calderon had won. Felipe Calderon was officially the president of Mexico.

2008: The recession in the U.S. affected Mexico’s economy, and lowered the approval rates of the president. Felipe Calderon was respected less. 2008: Media states that Mexico was the most deadly country in the Americas for Journalists to visit. This was because of the violence and drug cartels going on.

2009: Although many attempts to demolish drug cartels, the number of deaths due to drug-related murders, rose up to 6,500. This was a devastating event for Mexico, and Calderon had promised to fight against the violence. 2009: During mid-term elections, the PRI made come-back by being the biggest force in the Chamber of Deputies. The Mexican people were punishing Calderon, and letting him know they did not approve his presidency.