Why Mexicans Jump the Fence...

If you follow this blog I repeat this post, about how the government in Mexico suppresses labor unions as the main reason for illegal immigration into this country. We protect our labor leaders... of course they make more money here.

They've done it again.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/world/americas/01mexico.html?_r=1

The union leader, Margarito Montes Parra, 56, had built up a powerful organization spanning several states to demand land rights and press for government support of peasants. The group, the Worker, Peasant and Popular General Union, is based in the southern state of Oaxaca, and a leader there said Mr. Montes’s killing was linked to his work.

Hat Tip to Jonathon Tasini, Working Life blogger and candidate for Senate.