Mexico WARNS of Retaliation for New Arizona Law

Good one, Whiteheather! The law signed by AZ Gov. Jan Brewer is exactly what our whole country and Mexico BOTH need, whether they or the flaming, crazy liberals, and whining idiot Janet Napolitano chose to recognize it. We have every RIGHT AND OBLIGATION TO PROTECT OUR BORDERS AND CITIZENS. As most sane people know, Phoenix, AZ is the kidnap capital of the US due to Mexico's inability to police itself and provide for its own citizens. We do not need Mexican wars spilling onto our streets. Of course, were the situation reversed, Mexico would have long ago come down hard on us. Would any of us allow strangers to come into our homes at will and expect us to provide for them - even if we could? Part of America's economic decline is due to this overreaching on the part of Mexico, as well as the misguided "charity" of Americans. Finances are FINATE, and we must first take care of and provide for our own, as any family must. The analogy to countries holds. Illegal immigration is just that ILLEGAL and this disregard for the law is prevalent in those practicing it; just look at how many Americans are killed by those illegals, either driving drunk, or some other blatant disregard for the law. When you make it OK to do what is illegal, that message carries over to all aspects of behavior. When illegal alien Barack Obama (remember the youtube capture of Bill Richardson telling a group of illegal aliens that O was one of them?)and useful idiot Janet Napolitano want to grant amnesty, it is only to garner more votes for their ILLEGAL selves. Nothing noble there. But, should their will prevail, it might backfire since it would just be another nail in our economic coffin, and we would continue on our downslide into the third world country status which they are engineering right now. So, maybe ILLEGALS would go home and Mexico would figure out how to support its own. How beautifully you articulate the vital point of Mexico "forbidding" AND DECLARING IT "ILLEGAL TO BE AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT"! Whoa, buddy! It would be a giant weight off our back, because, among other things, we have nothing left to give. The cost of our generosity has been too great, even if only one life had been lost. This illegal administration in our country has no right to declare "AMNESTY" in order to allow illegals to continue in illegality, and foolish Americans to be swayed by double-talk, double-think ,and deception. THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES. As for Espinosa, she ought not to waste words and should rather put on her thinking cap, along with the rest of the Mexican government. What AZ Gov. Brewer has done is magnificent, more than admirable, and is rational, sane, and historical. It is good government, something we have lacked for eons here; she is doing her duty to American citizens and we should be so grateful.

whiteheather - i suspect all this means is that mexico will require tourists to provide documentation. another country further south (ecuador) did a similar thing for the same reason - it now requires visitors to get visas.

Well, let them go ahead. If they actually want to "use all the resources at its disposal to defend the rights and dignity of Mexicans." they can keep them home where they belong in the first place. "Espinosa said the Mexican government had already taken "various measures" to convey its concerns to the state of Arizona, but that these were ignored." - Of course they were "ignored. Since when does any foreign government have the right to dictate policy to the state government of another country? Restrict travel by US citizens to Mexico - that will just hurt their own people more than it does ours. Most border towns rely heavily on US dollars and so do other resort areas - Cancun, Acapulco, Mexico City, etc. What is really a shame about all of this is, that Mexico has everything it needs to develop into a world power if they put their minds ot it. The climate is good, plenty of natural resources, plenty of workers, and a good central location in this entire hemispheere. They need to start fixing what they have instead of raiding other countries by sending their workers into other countries illegally and having them send money back home to Mexico. To be perfectly honest about it, a large percentage of the illegal workers here do not want to become US citizens. They want to make money here, send it home to their families to improve their lives, and secure their own future retirement when they finally return home.

Why would anyone want to be anywhere that treats them like they are stupid? The U.S. thinks Mexicans are too stupid to learn English so we print their language all over everything. It makes you wonder how the heck they learned Spanish.

What "rights" do illegal aliens have in our country? They're criminals and should be treated as such. Do you think the Mexicans would put up with an influx of US citizens, the same number as the Mexicans that have come here, crossing over into their country? I'm sure they wouldn't. I don't blame the Mexicans for wanting to better their situation, and I realize they're going to have little opportunity in their own corrupt country, but they are a drain on our economy and it's past time something was done about this problem. Perhaps if we'd stop making coming here so attractive, they'd stay in their own country. If we had the "Fair Tax" instead of an income tax which they don't pay into since most of their pay is under the table, they wouldn't be able to get public services for free any longer. I suppose that's what bothers me as much as anything - they're getting social services without putting anything into the public coffer. I know I sound unkind, but the problem has gotten to monstrous proportions.

I'm pretty sure Mexico is expressing its concern about Mexican citizens who come to Arizona legally, and the potential for harassment they'll face now that every time someone tells a cop they have a funny accent they're going to get asked to show their papers and penalized if they happen to have left them in their hotel room. Given that Mexican tourism provides over a billion dollars a year to the economy of Tuscon alone, the risk that Mexico will advise its citizens to spend those dollars elsewhere should be giving someone pause. It's quite telling that the only context in which you can imagine Mexicans coming to Arizona is illegally.

Maybe Mexico should look at its economic policies at home and see what can be done to improve conditions at home. People do not leave because they are doing well they leave because they aren't making it at home. If you look at our Immigration History you will see that it was the poor that came to this country and not the wealthy. Who settled the Midwest and West, It was the poor and those who wanted to get ahead. People who were wealthy did not move and take the risk.

ya we can get all our work back that teh iileagles are taking!. Years ago I put a post in here about what mexico had to say about us coming over there to live I will have to see if I can go back my 4 years and find it!

Considering that they actually distributed instruction on how to sneak in a few years ago (in the form of a comic book), I doubt they will discourage illegals. What everyone is missing here, and what we really need someone to stand up and shout, is that we are a sovereign nation with every right to control who comes into our country. People who are not citizens have human rights but have no right to the accommodations and legal status that is afforded to our CITIZENS. If they are here illegally, they are criminals and nothing else. That won't happen. The string-pullers in the government want amnesty for as many as possible so that they can have more votes in coming years, people loyal to them because this administration gave them citizenship without any of the dedication or work that it takes to become naturalized. I have nothing against people fleeing oppression and tyranny, which is rife in Mexico. But come here the right way. We need a streamlined immigration process. Arizona passed that law out of desperation because the feds weren't doing the job given to them by the constitution. I think it was a push for action more than anything. I used to live there and know how desperate the illegal immigration problem is.

Mexican governments cooperation with Arizona? That's rich. What cooperation? They've been shoveling those illegals over the border since before Reagan was president. The Mexican government is going to, "use all the resources at its disposal to defend the rights and dignity of Mexicans." Pity they haven't put as much effort into building their own economy, maybe the illegals wouldn't have to break our laws just to survive. "...does this mean that the Mexican government will forbid/stop/not allow it's citizens to sneak into USA? What will this mean to the USA if the illegals are not allowed to be illegal...?" I'd like to find out. Maybe it would mean more Americans working. I would really like to see the Mexican government stand on its own two feet, and get off of ours. I'm not holding my breath, though. You really can't expect much from a do nothing country.

What some people don't seem to realize is that illegals don't have any rights in this country, because they are not supposed to be here. Being american citizens guarantees our rights, but they don't extend to everybody in the whole world. They can have all their rights in Mexico. Its up to the Mexican government to see that their citizens stay in their own country, and then they can have rights there.

I think this law is being blown out of proportion. It is not racial profiling. If you are here legally you have no problem. All it does is reinforce the fact that being in America illegally is illegal.