We have a foreign country suing one of our sovereign states claiming that the new law, which mirrors the federal law, is unconstitutional and promotes racial profiling. What it really does is keep them from sending us their castoffs and undesirables.
But it goes farther than that. This crack monkey stated on June 8 that the law "opens a Pandora's box of the worst abuses in the history of humanity".
Worse than the slaughter of 6 million Jews in Nazi Germany;
Worse than the slaughter of 800,000 Rwandans;
Worse than the slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians;
Worse than the slaughter of 20 million dissidents in Stalinist Russia;
Worse than the slaughter of 10 million Nationalist Chinese;
Worse than the slaughter of 36 million Red Chinese under Mao;
Worse than the slaughter of 300,000 Ugandans;
Worse than the slaughter of 2 million Cambodians;
And worse than the slaughter of 200,000 Guatemalans.
Imagine how a simple 10 page piece of paper could do so much damage to the world.
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Mexico Files Lawsuit in U.S. to Overturn Arizona Immigration Law
Published June 22, 2010 | Associated Press
PHOENIX -- Mexico on Tuesday asked a federal court in Arizona to declare the state's new immigration law unconstitutional, arguing that the country's own interests and its citizens' rights are at stake.
Lawyers for Mexico on Tuesday submitted a legal brief in support of one of five lawsuits challenging the law. The law will take effect July 29 unless implementation is blocked by a court.
The law generally requires police investigating another incident or crime to ask people about their immigration status if there's a "reasonable suspicion" they're in the country illegally. It also makes being in Arizona illegally a misdemeanor, and it prohibits seeking day-labor work along the state's streets.
Citing "grave concerns," Mexico said its interest in having predictable, consistent relations with the United States shouldn't be frustrated by one U.S. state.
Mexico also said it has a legitimate interest in defending its citizens' rights and that the law would lead to racial profiling, hinder trade and tourism, and strain the countries' work on combating drug trafficking and related violence.
"Mexican citizens will be afraid to visit Arizona for work or pleasure out of concern that they will be subject to unlawful police scrutiny and detention," the brief said.
It will be to a U.S. District Court judge to decide whether to accept the brief along with similar ones submitted by various U.S. organizations.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed the law on April 23 and changes to it on April 30, has lawyers defending it in court.
In a statement issued late Tuesday, Brewer said she was "very disappointed" to learn of Mexico's filing and reiterated that "Arizona's immigration enforcement laws are both reasonable and constitutional."
"I believe that Arizona will ultimately prevail and that our laws will be found constitutional," Brewer added.
Brewer and other supporters of the bill say the law is intended to pressure illegal immigrants to leave the United States. They contend it is a needed response to federal inaction over what they say is a porous border and social problems caused by illegal immigration. They also argue that it has protections against racial profiling.
Mexican officials previously had voiced opposition to the Arizona law, with President Felipe Calderon saying June 8 that the law "opens a Pandora's box of the worst abuses in the history of humanity" by promoting racial profiling and potentially leading to an authoritarian society.
Calderon voiced similar criticism of the law during a May visit to Washington.
U.S. officials have said the Obama administration has serious concerns about the law and may challenge it in court. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton recently went further by saying a lawsuit is planned.
