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"As for personal responsibility, these criminals apparently didn't act very responsibly when they got here. Nor did they consult their own gov't or ours before they crossed the border. They're invaders...infiltrators. You are suggesting we release them or commute their sentences on a technicality that their lawyers apparently made no issue of at the time of trial. Maybe because they are here illegally, they don't have the right to consular representation anyway. And how do you know these lawyers were public defenders?"

1) By personal responsibility I was mocking the idea that idea that we should sue Mexico when their citizens cross into our country.

2) The law is all about technicalities. That is the way it is. "Constitutionally" and "technically" mean essentially the same thing.

3) OK, who thinks an illegal immigrant will be able to hire a lawyer in private practice?

4) The Mexican government has been complaining about this issue for a long time. You are obviously naive about the speed with which any court works. If this ruling came down today, I'd guess the Mexican government has been working on this for 50 years or so.

It seems a bit odd that the Mexican government on one hand insists that all it's citizens be given all the rights of American citizens whether they are here legally or not, they are to be given access to any job they want, all our Social Security and other welfare programs but it insists on a separate set of laws for them.

I believe the reason is that most on death row are drug smugglers who shot a law enforcement agent and those are under the protection of the Mexican government. That government does not care about it's little people.