Judge Lets Mexico Have Voice in Court Case Against U.S. Immigration Law

Fox News ^ | 6-2-10

[Justaham]

Mexico gets its a say in one of the lawsuits challenging Arizona's immigration enforcement law.

A federal judge on Thursday granted Mexico's request to be allowed to file a legal brief supporting the challenge. That means the judge will consider the brief Mexico submitted previously.

Mexico says it wants to defend its citizens' rights and that the law would lead to racial profiling and hinder trade and tourism. It also says the law would hinder work against drug trafficking and related violence.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed the law on April 23 and changes to it on April 30, has lawyers defending it in court.

In a statement issued last week, Brewer said she was "very disappointed" to learn of Mexico's filing and reiterated that "Arizona's immigration enforcement laws are both reasonable and constitutional."

[yarddog]

I guess I am getting more extreme in my old age, but I think the judge should be taken to the nearest tree and hanged. Assuming that would be legal of course.

[WOBBLY BOB]

what about some Scottish law while they're at it?

[Bernard Marx]

What federal judge, where? The link doesn’t say.

[Gay State Conservative]

There’s a source of appeal right there.Foreign governments should have no say in US courts except in cases where a law targets a *specific foreign government*.Neither this AZ law nor US immigration residency laws do any such thing.

[autumnraine]

Isn’t that nice. So would the same Federal Judge uphold a lawsuit against Mexico for their “citizens” coming over and committing crime? I highly doubt it.

[muawiyah]

The judge could be making fun here ~ according to an official motion of the United Nations Mexico is an officially "white nation".

They asked for that status back at the very beginning of the UN.

Now their lawyers can go into court and argue that they aren't really "white" but something else.

[El Cid]

...I think the judge should be taken to the nearest tree and hanged....

There are quite a few judges who have merited that treatment. I'm thinking of 'Judge' Thelton Henderson who by 'fiat' overturned California's Proposition 186 (? ... I probably got the number wrong -- this was California's earlier version of the recent Arizona law) some 10 years ago... And more likely than not the homosexual 'Judge' who is poised to overturn California's Proposition that defined that marriage is between one man and one woman...

Various 'freak judges' are allowed to define 'law' as they see fit and to ignore Constitutional guidelines. And the Legislative branch neglects their duty to remove such outlaws...
So yes ... the 'tree option' is not outrageous (although 'tar and feathering' is probably a better approach).

[Road Warrior ‘04]

I’ve searched high and low and the judge isn’t named.

[FrankR]

The Feds are obviously just trying to get some kind of domestic war started. That has to be it. There is no other reason for this kind of ruling.

I got this in the email this morning:

MEXICO IS ANGRY !

Three cheers for Arizona, the shoe is on the other foot and the Mexicans from the State of Sonora, Mexico do not like it.

Can you believe the nerve of these people? It's almost funny. The State of Sonora is angry at the influx of Mexicans into Mexico .

Nine state legislators from the Mexican State of Sonora traveled to Tucson to complain about Arizona's new employer crackdown on illegals from Mexico. It seems that many Mexican illegals are returning to their hometowns and the officials in the Sonora state government are ticked off.

A delegation of nine state legislators from Sonora was in Tucson on Tuesday to state that Arizona 's new Employer Sanctions Law will have a devastating effect on the Mexican state. At a news conference, the legislators said that Sonora - Arizona's southern neighbor - made up of mostly small towns, cannot handle the demand for housing, jobs and schools that it will face as Mexican workers return to their hometowns from the USA without jobs or money.

The Arizona law, which took effect Jan. 1, punishes Arizona employers who knowingly hire individuals without valid legal documents to work in the United States. Penalties include suspension of, or loss of, their business license.

The Mexican legislators are angry because their own citizens are returning to their hometowns, placing a burden on THEIR state government.

“How can Arizona pass a law like this?” asked Mexican Rep Leticia Amparano-Gamez, who represents Nogales . 'There is not one person living in Sonora who does not have a friend or relative working in Arizona ,” she said, speaking in Spanish.

'Mexico is not prepared for this, for the tremendous problems it will face as more and more Mexicans working in Arizona and who were sending money to their families return to their home-towns in Sonora without jobs”, she said. “We are one family, socially and economically,” she said of the people of Sonora and Arizona.

Wrong!

The United States is a sovereign nation, not a subsidiary of Mexico, and its taxpayers are not responsible for the welfare of Mexico's citizens.

It's time for the Mexican government, and its citizens, to stop feeding parasitically off the United States and to start taking care of its/their own needs. Too bad that other states within the USA don't pass a law just like that passed by Arizona.

[circlecity]

"I guess I am getting more extreme in my old age, but I think the judge should be taken to the nearest tree and hanged."

Don't be so quick to judge the judge. There are practical reasons which must be considered. Judges are most concerned with not being reversed by a higher court. If he decides to accept the amicus brief and ignore it there's no chance for reversal. If he rejects it there is always the chance for reversal, however slight, and the inevitable criticism and innuendos from the liberal legal community. (He/she does have to live with them whether they like it or not). The safest choice is to accept the brief. Then again, the Judge could just be a globalist wack job intent on carrying Mexcio's water in which case he should be taken to the nearest tree and hanged.

[Yo-Yo]

C'mon, realistically, what argument could Mexico make?

"Our citizens who are in your country illegally may be unfairly arrested and deported"?

"We reserve the right to send our citizens into your country illegally so they can work illegally, and send back hard currency to Mexico"?

"This law will force our citizens who are in your country legally to have to carry identification with them at all times, which just also happens to be a Federal requirement"?

I can't wait to read this amicus brief.

[marron]

Mexico says it wants to defend its citizens' rights and that the law would lead to racial profiling and hinder trade and tourism

They're worried their citizens might be mistaken for foreigners.

[naturalized]

Relax. It’s just an amicus brief. You could file one if you wanted to.

[major-pelham]

Amicus Curiae (friend of the court) briefs are involved in many cases. This sounds awful but it’s really not.

[pennboricua]

In filing an Amicus Curiae, does the filers motives comes into issue?

Can the filer be questioned regarding their own treatment of the illegal population in their land?

[Sister_T]

Mexico says it wants to defend its citizens' rights and that the law would lead to racial profiling and hinder trade and tourism.

Well, this should be noted and used by those who want to bring clarification the 14th Amendment. Notice that Mexico calls Mexican illegals "their citizens", thus these illegals are not subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S., therefore their children who are born here are NOT American citizens but citizens of Mexico.

[Blado]

Too bad that other states within the USA don't pass a law just like that passed by Arizona.

It will be interesting to see what happens when all the illegals are squeezed out of Arizona and end up in other states, even non border states. Might be a rude awakening for them. A real attitude adjustment awaits down the line.

[Rational Thought]

While that's true, I view this has strangely bizarre.

Perhaps Obama could seek the help of Mexico in writing an immigration reform measure.

[FrankR]

That SB1070 was like putting a Mentos candy in a diet coke....swoooooooosch.