Mexican Pres. Says U.S. Immigration Policies Violates Human Rights of Illegal Aliens

[bobbyw24]

"To the extent to which they continue to put absurd curbs on migration, to the degree to which they continue to persecute migrants in the United States in an irrational way that sometimes violates their human rights, in that measure American society will continue to lose competitiveness..." he said.

That was an apparent reference to tough immigration laws like the one implemented in Alabama in late September. While courts have blocked some provisions of the law, judges let stand provisions that allow police to check a person's immigration status during a traffic stop.

Under the measure, courts also can't enforce contracts involving illegal immigrants, such as leases, and it is a felony for an illegal immigrant to do business with the state for basic things like getting a driver's license.

Calderon said immigration shouldn't be seen as a threat or invasion; he noted that net migration of Mexicans to the United States is approaching zero, as fewer people leave and more come back.

Rafael Fernandez de Castro, head of the International Relations studies at the Monterrey Technological Institute, told the conference that about 200,000 Mexicans per year are returning to their country, and that Mexican schools are facing a new problem: tens of thousands of Mexican children are coming back each year with little or no Spanish.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/mexi...-violatestheir

[Sean]

Maybe the Mexican president can enlighten us on what happens to illegals in his country. I will give him a hint. They are treated rather poorly compared with how they are treated here even if our laws were enforced.

[oyarde]

Maybe he can defend throwing Guatemalans in prison for several years for illegal entry into Mexico ???

[erowe1]

Maybe the Mexican president can enlighten us on what happens to illegals in his country. I will give him a hint. They are treated rather poorly compared with how they are treated here even if our laws were enforced.

I'm sure that's true. But he's still right that we have plenty of laws that violate their rights, to say nothing of our own.

[specsaregood]

Maybe he can defend throwing Guatemalans in prison for several years for illegal entry into Mexico ???

I thought they just shot the majority of them.

[DamianTV]

I say 20 million+ Illegal Immigrants shows they have absolutely no regard for the law. What good does it do to pass a law when people dont obey, or enforce the laws to begin with?

[erowe1]

I say 20 million+ Illegal Immigrants shows they have absolutely no regard for the law.

It shows they have no regard for certain particular laws. But I don't see how it shows they have no regard for any laws.

The correct approach we should all take to laws is to have regard for the right ones and not for the wrong ones, with immigration laws being in the category of wrong ones.

[roughridersten]

Guys, be careful. Based on the experience of Libya, I'm pretty sure that if a president of a foreign country decides human rights are violated, that gives him the right to drop bombs on that country.

[Johnny Appleseed]

I never hear any Mexican activist speaking out against the obvious corrupt Mexican government. Its always how unfair the US is. Is Mexico really any different than Libya?