Former President Fox on Undocumented Mexican Immigrants in US: 'We Want Them Back' Jason Whitely - WFAA
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Mexico's former president talks about the U.S. presidential race, immigration, and economics. (WFAA)

Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, dismissed noisy campaign rhetoric in American politics and said his country wants millions of undocumented immigrants to return home.

"We are building the opportunities in Mexico. We work hard to have jobs for them. We want them back. We need them back," said Fox during an appearance on WFAA's Inside Texas Politics Sunday morning.

For the first time in years, more Mexicans are now returning to their country rather than entering the United States, according to a Pew Research Center analysis last month.

During the wide-ranging interview, the former president sidestepped questions about Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio’s political success. Cruz, like Donald Trump, insists on expanding the wall along America's southern border to keep undocumented immigrants out.

"Right now we shouldn't even be listening to them,” Fox told Inside Texas Politics. “They're trying to [develop] their political career. It's too early."

The former president said Mexico and the United States should be building bridges rather than walls.

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