What I think arrogant is for Mexican consular officials to publicly criticize elected in officials and agencies in this country. Way out of line, inappropriate, and UNDIPLOMATIC. This Mexican is sitting on American soil saying, in essence, Americans have no right to enforce their own laws.
That said, Tancredo was really badly advised to have made such a call public. I can't argue with him calling the INS and saying, "Hey, might be a good idea for you to enforce the law." But the way he went about it merely makes himself look mean. Ten points for intentions; 1 point for execution.
Meanwhile, the larger message we are sending out is: come into our country illegally, make no bones about it, then whine in the major media when your kid can't get a free, all-bills-paid college education at taxpayer expense. And then expect no consequences whatsoever. Let's see, try going to Mexico, illegally and then demanding Mexican taxpayers provide you with a free elementary, secondary and college education, and see what happens.
So you want Tancredo to crawl on his belly to privately BEG the do-nothing INS? You've gotta be out of your mind!
They ALREADY know that the family is here illegally. They can read the paper too. They DON'T WANT TO DEPORT THEM. Just like the Forest Service didn't want to put out the 130,000 acre fire in my back yard. It's going to take public flogging and lawsuits against Government officials to get them to do their jobs.
Thank God Tancredo went public.
Unless we do this stuff 'Ann Coulter Style' we're going to lose.