Unbelievable!
"But Mexico said it has a legitimate interest in defending its citizens' rights and that Arizona's law would lead to racial profiling, hinder trade and tourism, and strain the countries' work on combating drug trafficking and related violence."
Diplomatically put. Let's just lift the veil:
"racial profiling" - if you are in the USA, barely speaking language and you get pulled over diving a vehicle which is clearly in your name and you cannot produce valid US driver's license your immigration background check should be next logical step.
"hinder trade and tourism" - this one made me laugh. I'm afraid that 99.9% of Mexican citizens cannot AFFORD vacation in the USA, they are barely surviving in Mexico. So that leaves 0.1% who are actually visiting here.
Tourists should have no problem producing, upon request, their passports with valid B1/B2 visa.
"strain the countries' work on combating drug trafficking and related violence" - I'm at loss on this one, can somebody explain to me how is checking immigration background gonna HINDER this???
Overall, there is very simple solution, make a law (and strictly enforce it) that will require ANYBODY to carry either EAD card, I-551 card (green card) along with US issued driver's license in case of immigrants/workers or valid foreign passport with B1/B2 visa with departure stamp.
Plain and simple. (I'd have no problem carrying mine around)
"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..."
Why not?
"The law's provisions include a requirement that police enforcing another law ask people about their immigration status if there's a "reasonable suspicion" they're in the country illegally"
100% agree