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From: LindyBill	7/30/2005 6:50:07 AM
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A Slap In The Face By Kudlow Money Politic$ In a state teeming with immigrants from Central America and the Carribbean, it is incredible that Senators Schumer and Clinton voted against CAFTA. As Democratic House member Henry Cuellar told Kudlow and Company last night, CAFTA free trade will bolster Central American and Carribean economies, strengthen democracy, bind those nations closer to the US, and reduce the flow of immigration. This last point is especially important. If the economies of Central America and the Carribean improve because of stronger trade and investment, then the migration flow to the US will slow, simply because economic opportunities are improving in the home countries. In other words, free trade solves immigration problems. The strongest opponents of free trade in the hemisphere were Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez. So now Schumer and Clinton find themselves taking the Castro-Chavez line and sending the wrong message to the millions of Latinos and Hispanics with close family ties back home who are living in the New York city metro area. Texas Democrat Cuellar, who counts himself in the John F. Kennedy Alliance for Progress tradition has the story exactly right. Schumer and Clinton have it exactly wrong.

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