Fox’s Voting Proposal

Re “Fox Vows Better Ties With Mexican Immigrants in U.S.,” Nov. 11: Mexican President-elect Vicente Fox’s idea to create congressional seats in the Mexican Congress to represent the 7 million immigrants who reside in the U.S. violates U.S. territorial sovereignty. Fox needs to understand that the Mexican government’s authority stops at the border. A system of absentee voting similar to that which the United States has should be adequate to allow Mexican nationals to vote in Mexican elections.

ARCH MILLER

Arcadia

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After reading your recent profile of Fox and his plans to reach out to U.S. Latinos, I think, who needs Bush or Gore? In California we’ve got Fox!

ANDRE PAGE

Van Nuys

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Walter Russell Mead writes about American influence (Opinion, Nov. 12), listing some of the problems the new president will face. Among them he mentions Mexico and “on issues like immigration [the need for] a more generous policy from the United States.” California spends close to 30% of its tax money on our immigrants for education, health care and subsistence. This means that we should spend more? Does he mean we should have open borders or more amnesty for those illegals who successfully made it here?

BOB MANDESON

Glendale