(The Hill Blog) Mexican President Felipe Calderon condemned Arizona's tough new immigration law during a joint speech Thursday to Congress. Calderon said Arizona's law, which is meant to stem the tide of illegal immigration into the state, primarily from Mexico, "introduces a terrible idea that uses racial profiling as a basis for law enforcement. "I am convinced that a comprehensive immigration reform bill is crucial to securing our common border," the Mexican president told lawmakers in both parties gathered for the speech. "However, I strongly disagree with your recently adopted law in Arizona." Democrats stood and applauded Calderon's remarks at that point in the speech while many Republicans remained seated with no applause.
Republicans criticized Calderon for using an appearance with President Obama on Wednesday at the White House to attack the Arizona law, which compels law enforcement officials to confront individuals whom they suspect of being an illegal immigrant to ask them for paperwork verifying their legal status in the U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee said on Fox News Thursday, "I just don't think it's right for the president of another country to come here and criticize our nation or our states for wanting to stop human smuggling, stop drug trafficking, or frankly securing their borders."
I've never seen such hypocrisy come from Felipe Calderon like I did this past Thursday. Calderon was chastising the U.S. for Arizona's new immigration law when Mexico has also is strict with their illegals. Mexico has very strict immigration laws themselves. Which I don't blame them. However, don't be a hypocrite and come before Congress and tell us that Arizona's new immigration law amounts to nothing more than possible racial profiling. Does Mexico utilize racial profiling when they suspect someone in that country may not be a Mexican citizen? I'm certain they do. The problems we have in America is due to illegal immigration. The street gangs, drug cartels, and the problems we face as a result of illegal immigration stem mostly from Mexico. I do recognize some cross the border for no other reason than to work and to find a better way of life. I understand that. However, America's economy in certain states such as California is bankrupt due to the influx of illegal aliens that cross the border. Many of them that cross the border receive free medical care and that all costs the state. I don't blame them for the desire to want to come to America for a better way of life. However, those that are here need to be documented. We need to know who's here that's not an American citizen. If there are Mexicans here to work, then they need legal work permits. America needs a tracking system to know who's in our country. It's for security purposes.
Arizona's law mirrors that of the federal law. Arizona, under the leadership of Gov. Jan Brewer, passed an illegal immigration law due to the problems Arizona faces with crime and drug cartels. They're doing it for their own security. Our own federal government has refused to crack down on illegals for decades. That's why there's so much problem with crime, for example. Before we ever think about passing some type of immigration reform bill, we must force close the border except at certain checkpoints before we try to reform our immigration laws. That's the first line of responsibility our country has. Then afterward, they can decide what to do with those illegals that are already living here. One thing's for certain. Anyone that crosses the border must be documented so we know who's here that's from another country. Also, those prisoners that are in prison that are from another country should be deported immediately. We don't want to harbor criminals that are from another country in the United States. Also, we need to build a border fence across the U.S. Mexican border to make it more difficult for illegals to cross our border.
Felipe Calderon has a lot of audacity to criticize the United States for Arizona's immigration policy when Mexico's own immigration policy is tough. The fact that many Mexicans cross the U.S.'s border speaks volumes about the type of country Mexico is. Mexico is impoverished in many sections of the country. The leadership is corrupt. Instead of trying to make life better for Mexican citizens, Calderon is content to push them off to America. If Calderon could care less about the welfare of his citizens, then he needs to keep silent about America's immigration laws. Also, since we possess millions of illegals in America, Mexico should give the U.S. several barrels of their own oil in exchange for all the illegals that live in America. I believe that's just proper.
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