(20 May 2010)
1. Wide shot of lawmakers in House chamber waiting for Mexican President Felipe Calderon arrival
2. Midshot of lawmakers as Calderon is announced
3. Various shots of Calderon shaking hands with lawmakers and walking up to speaker's podium
4. Cutaway of Calderon's wife, Margarita Zavala, and others in gallery
5. Wide shot of lawmakers sitting down as Calderon starts to speak
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico
"I strongly disagree with the recently adopted law in Arizona. It is a law that not only ignores a reality that cannot be erased by decree but also introduces a terrible idea using racial profiling as a basis for law enforcement. And that is why I agree with the president who says the new law carries a great amount of risk when core values that we all care about are breached."
7. Wide shot of Calderon speaking
8. Cutaway of lawmakers
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico
"What we need today is to fix a broken and inefficient system. We favor (applause), we favor the establishment of laws that work and work well for us all. So the time has come for the United States and Mexico to work together on this issue. The time has come to reduce the causes of migration and to turn this phenomenon into a legal, ordered and secure flow of workers and visitors."
10. Wide birds-eye view of Calderon speaking in House chamber
11. Cutaway of lawmakers
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico
"We cannot ignore the fact that the challenge to our security has roots on both sides of the border. At the end of the day, its origin is the high demand for drugs here and in other places."
13. Wide shot of Calderon speaking
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico
"There is one issue where Mexico needs your cooperation. And that is stopping the flow of assault weapons and other deadly arms across the border."
15. Various shots of lawmakers applauding
16. Wide shot of lawmakers applauding as Calderon stands at podium
STORYLINE:
Mexican President Felipe Calderon took his opposition to a new immigration law in border state Arizona to Congress Thursday, saying it "ignores a reality that cannot be erased by decree."
Calderon's comments on the Arizona law and his request that Congress do something about the availability of high-powered weapons along the border drew criticism from several lawmakers saying he was interfering in U.S. internal matters.
The Mexican leader also told lawmakers reluctant to take up the immigration issue this year that comprehensive immigration reform is crucial to securing the two countries' common border.
Calderon, the first foreign national leader to address Congress this year, said he strongly disagrees with the Arizona law that requires police to question people about their immigration status if there's reason to suspect they are in the country illegally.
"It is a law that not only ignores a reality that cannot be erased by decree but also introduces a terrible idea using racial profiling as a basis for law enforcement," he said to cheers, mainly from the Democratic side of the chamber.
Speaking in English, he warned of the risk when "core values we all care about are breached."
Calderon also took up the Arizona law in a meeting Wednesday with President Barack Obama, who referred to the law as a "misdirected expression of frustration."
The Mexican leader said his country was doing its best, by promoting more jobs and opportunities at home, to reduce the flow of immigrants to the United States.
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