Posted on 05/20/2010 8:01:43 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has been ripping into Arizona's immigration law as he tours Washington -- while appearing to disregard the way his own country cracks down on immigrants along Mexico's southern border.
Mexico repeatedly has been cited by human rights groups for abusing or turning a blind eye to the abuse of migrants from Central America. Until recently, Mexican law made illegal immigration a criminal offense -- anyone arrested for the violation could be fined, imprisoned for up to two years and deported. Mexican lawmakers changed that in 2008 to make illegal immigration a civil violation like it is in the United States, but their law still reads an awful lot like Arizona's.
Arizona's policy, which Calderon derided on Wednesday as "discriminatory," requires law enforcement to try to determine the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant -- provided they are already in contact with that person. They can't randomly stop people and demand papers and the law prohibits racial profiling.
The Mexican law also states that law enforcement officials are "required to demand that foreigners prove their legal presence in the country before attending to any issues."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Somebody needs to teach Chico some manners.
But the kids at Kos eat this up at their little kid kult. They border on treason when they side with a foreigner telling us how to run our border.
Can we really call Mexican immigration policy tough when people are scrambling to get out?
SnakeDoc
What percentage of his population has fled north? He is in charge of this.
It is Mexican national policy to allow the US to supply social services to Mexican nationals...
Hey Felipe. Stop invading our country or Mexico will become US territory in six weeks! How does that sound?
I understand that. I was refering to the percentage of population that needs to flee. 10 to 40 million puts that at 10-40% of the entire population of Mexico. He is king of a hell hole.
The gutless and complete lack of dignity that President Jughead espouses never fails to embarass me. Why he didn’t throw himself to his knees and offer his services to the President of Mexico is beyond me. Maybe that was offered behind closed doors.
If I were the President, and the leader of Mexico were to stand in MY country, at the White House, and insult a state - I would ask him to leave, and have him escorted to his aircraft, and fighters escort him to the border. The President would then be followed by his Ambassidors.
But, I like to think that America should have a leader with a backbone. Guess I’m just a racist.
Yepper, we should do as they do -- reciprocity is the answer -----as in, FOR EXAMPLE, TRASH the Koran at the airport as they disembark from the plane?
Oh, their immigration policy is quite strict. Their emmigration policy, on the other hand, consists one word “Run!”
Finally somebody mentions this. That should be our motto - just make our laws the same as Mexico’s on their southern border. What would the pro-illegal side have to say to that?
Is anyone listening to Calderon at all?
There are a lot of areas where we should simply pass a law that says we will treat violations as they would be handled in the home country of the offender. Then, if they want better treatment of their citizens they can get it changing their own law. Works for taxes and tariffs too. Pass the law and tell them “make it easy on yourself!”
One way to make up for the taxes not paid by illegals is to put a hefty fee (tax) on funds sent out of the US. Make it what the amount would be if it had been withheld from a paycheck. Waive the tax if the sender chooses to present proof of American citizenship. Or let the sender take it as a credit on their income tax if they file a return.
Borders? We ain’t got no borders! We don’t need no borders. I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ borders!
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Indeed, this “threat to Hispanics” and these “abuses in law enforcement," have been ongoing for years.
The Associated Press carried a story where a Maria Elena Gonzalez, reported how female migrants were “forced to strip by abusive Mexican police officers, supposedly to search them, but the purpose is to sexually abuse them." Jose Ramos, 18, reported “that extortion by Mexican border police occurs at every stop on their migratory route. Until migrants are left penniless and begging for food.”
According to AP: “Others said they had seen migrants beaten to death by Mexican police, their bodies left near the railway tracks to make it look as if they had fallen from a train.
"If you're carrying any money, the Mexican police take it from you," said Carlos Lopez. "Federal, state, local Mexican police--all of them shake you down. If you're on a bus, Mexican police pull you off and search your pockets, and if you have any money, the Mexican police keep it all and say, get out of here.” Mexican Police shake down motorists on bogus traffic stops so regularly it is like going through a toll - money paid right there on the spot or your car gets impounded.
All of the above “hate” and “abuses in law enforcement” as reported by the Associated Press, befell Central American migrants who enter Mexico. (Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com
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Get outta my country, Calderon----we spit on you, your countrymen, and your ambitions to undermine US national security bu grabbing US Territory via Azatlan.
F off Flippy Calderone.
“oopsy daisy” nothing!
Mexico has long held these laws, yet no one seems to call them out on it. Why should Calderon keep quiet when he knows no one has the courage to challenge him?
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