Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region
104 North Belmont Street, Suite 200
Glendale, California 91206
Phone: 818.500.1918 Fax: 818.246.7353
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PRESS RELEASE

Thursday, June 8, 2006
Contact: Maral Habeshian

ANCA-WR among Exclusive California Leadership Honoring Mexican
President

LOS ANGELES, California–The Armenian National Committee of America –
Western Region (ANCA – WR) was among a select group of civic and
business leaders at a dinner hosted by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa to honor Mexican President Vicente Fox.

ANCA – WR Chairman Steven Dadaian attended the May 26 event at the
Getty Center Museum, and had a chance to brief President Fox about
Armenian Genocide recognition efforts, and urge the President to
consider passing such legislation in Mexico.

President Fox, who was on a four-day trip through Utah, Washington and
California, repeatedly said that Mexico must regulate the migration of
its citizens to the U.S. and must bolster its economy so would-be
migrants no longer see leaving as an economic necessity.

In his remarks during the dinner, Mayor Villaraigosa lamented what he
called `so much heat and so little light illuminating the debate over
the relationship between our two countries.’ Addressing the economic
ties between the two countries, the mayor said, `Our economy is driven
by the labor of Mexican immigrants.’

The ANCA is the largest and most influential Armenian American
grassroots political organization. Working in coordination with a
network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout the United
States and affiliated organizations around the world, the ANCA
actively advances the concerns of the Armenian American community on a
broad range of issues.