Mexico Joins Suit Against Arizona's Immigration Law

[FasterThanYou]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06 ... ation-law/

Mexico on Tuesday asked a federal court in Arizona to declare the state's new immigration law unconstitutional, arguing that the country's own interests and its citizens' rights are at stake.

Lawyers for Mexico on Tuesday submitted a legal brief in support of one of five lawsuits challenging the law. The law will take effect July 29 unless implementation is blocked by a court.

The law generally requires police investigating another incident or crime to ask people about their immigration status if there's a "reasonable suspicion" they're in the country illegally. It also makes being in Arizona illegally a misdemeanor, and it prohibits seeking day-labor work along the state's streets.

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 President Felipe Calderon derided during a recent U.S. trip as "discriminatory," states police can't randomly stop people and demand papers, and the law prohibits racial profiling.

Mexican law, however, requires law enforcement officials "to demand that foreigners prove their legal presence in the country before attending to any issues."

[FasterThanYou]

How in the hell is Mexico even allowed to join in the suit? It has nothing to do with Mexico but has to do with their - and all other counties - citizens here illegally.

This is the statement that really gets me.

Mexican law, however, requires law enforcement officials "to demand that foreigners prove their legal presence in the country before attending to any issues."

They say they can do it but we can't. This is one the biggest loads of crap I've seen.

It's estimated that 10% of the workforce in the US are illegal aliens. The unemployment rate is approximately 10%. Send them back, hire the US citizens.................problem solved. The only problem is there are too many lazy asses that would rather get a check for nothing than to work. QUIT GIVING THEM CHECKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[katie]

How in the hell is Mexico even allowed to join in the suit? It has nothing to do with Mexico but has to do with their - and all other counties - citizens here illegally.

The only problem is there are too many lazy asses that would rather get a check for nothing than to work. QUIT GIVING THEM CHECKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Faster, I too am at a disbelief that we allow other countries to even have an opinion about our laws against their people!! This is just a waayyy bad situation. I believe it will take another killing to get the gov't to wake up! I wish I had stock in Winchester, I think Arizona is just about to return to the wild, wild west. And I support them. DITTO on the extended unemployment checks, if you can't find a job where you live.... move where there is a job. We cannot possibly continue to support people where they will never find a job!! Ditto if your home is continuously destroyed by natural acts of GOD!