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Mexican President Felipe Calderon got the tough new Arizona immigration law wrong when he told Congress on Thursday, "It is a law that not only ignores a reality -- but also introduces a terrible idea of racial profiling as the basis for law enforcement."
To the contrary, Arizona Senate Bill 1070, which makes it a state crime to be in the United States illegally, expressly prohibits police actions based on "race, color or national origin."
Some senators and representatives frequently applauded during Calderon's speech. What a spectacle. Senators and House members were cheering a foreign leader for bashing...
Mexico City, Washington Gang up on Phoenix
It's like chess game the U.S. having to keep one step ahead and the country in question no doubt using threats that they'll try somewhwher else if they don't get enough in concessions; plus their leaders get power they do not deserve.
It bothers me that,in these big get togethers we do not continually remind Mexico of their own laws re illegals. It's mentioned enough on here but rarely by the President - or the last one. We always end up fawning. See those...