“Authorities, whether federal, state or municipal ... are required to demand that foreigners prove their legal presence in the country, before attending to any issues.”
Guess whose law that is? It’s not Arizona’s. It’s Mexico’s Population Law Article 67 and it certainly reads like a “where are your papers” law.
The Mexican government opposes Arizona’s take on U.S. law that requires immigrants to carry green cards and visas. The Arizona law allows police to question and arrest suspected illegal immigrants.
The Arizona law has sparked calls for boycotts from Hispanic groups and Tucson congressman Raul Grijalva; lawsuits from groups like the ACLU and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and a travel warning from the Mexican government for Mexicans headed to Arizona.
An Amnesty International report released Wednesday said illegal immigrants in Mexico (often from Central America) face rapes, kidnappings and mistreatment, and Mexican police turn a blind eye.
“Migrants in Mexico are facing a major human rights crisis leaving them with virtually no access to justice, fearing reprisals and deportation if they complain of abuses,” said Rupert Knox, Mexico researcher of the human rights group.
“Persistent failure by the authorities to tackle abuses carried out against irregular migrants has made their journey through Mexico one of the most dangerous in the world,” the report said.
Other highlights of the AI report on Mexico include:
• Kidnappings of migrants, mainly for ransom, reached new heights in 2009, with the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) reporting that nearly 10,000 were abducted over six months and almost half of interviewed victims saying that public officials were involved in their kidnapping.
• An estimated six of 10 migrant women and girls experience sexual violence, allegedly prompting some human smugglers to demand that women receive contraceptive injections ahead of the journey, to avoid them getting pregnant as a result of rape.
Second, the law enables the police to enforce the FEDERAL LAW. If the FEDERAL LAW was racist, then it would have been challenged in court.
Third, my race, color, creed, sex, religion, etc... has nothing to do with my wanting the law to be enforced. This debate is about the law not about me. Quit trying to kill the messenger.
Fourth, you won't respond because you can not with this argument with logic or fact.
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