From Bloomberg.com:

April 27 (Bloomberg) — Mexicans in Arizona should carry documentation and “act carefully” after the state passed a law requiring local police to determine the immigration status of anyone suspected of being in the country illegally, Mexico’s Foreign Ministry said.

The ministry said the warning is directed toward Mexicans living, studying or planning to travel to the southwestern U.S. state, which shares a border with northern Mexico, according to the e-mailed statement sent today. It comes as members of U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration said they have concerns about the new law and may seek to overturn it in court.

“There is an adverse political environment for migrant communities and all Mexican visitors,” Mexico’s ministry said. “It’s important to act carefully and respect the local laws.”

The Arizona law makes it a state crime to be in the U.S. without proper documentation. The state has an estimated 460,000 residents living there illegally, the seventh highest total in the country, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Opponents say it will lead to discrimination and racial profiling by law enforcement authorities.

Once again, the Leftists, DEM/MSM and Demorats purposely fail to tell you the truth with regard to illegal immigration. First thing of note: it is actually illegal. Imagine that.

Second, even at Ellis Island people were not allowed to enter this country willy-nilly and with no vetting whatsoever. Those persons found unfit were simply returned to their country of origin. There were actual screenings and screening points. People had to fill out questionnaires, were examined in terms of physical and mental fitness, checked for diseases, their financial standing noted. Today, none of this occurs on our southern border and — despite that — the United States is still excoriated for objecting to being forcefully boarded against her will.

You wish to examine regulations? How about those Mexico has, itself, with regard to entry on its own borders? From ng4779 on Texas Fred’s:

* Foreigners are admitted into Mexico “according to their possibilities of contributing to national progress.” (Article 32)

* Immigration officials must “ensure” that “immigrants will be useful elements for the country and that they have the necessary funds for their sustenance” and for their dependents. (Article 34)

* Foreigners may be barred from the country if their presence upsets “the equilibrium of the national demographics,” when foreigners are deemed detrimental to “economic or national interests,” when they do not behave like good citizens in their own country, when they have broken Mexican laws, and when “they are not found to be physically or mentally healthy.” (Article 37)

* The Secretary of Governance may “suspend or prohibit the admission of foreigners when he determines it to be in the national interest.” (Article 38)

Mexican authorities must keep track of every single person in the country:

* Federal, local and municipal police must cooperate with federal immigration authorities upon request, i.e., to assist in the arrests of illegal immigrants. (Article 73)

* A National Population Registry keeps track of “every single individual who comprises the population of the country,” and verifies each individual’s identity. (Articles 85 and 86)

* A national Catalog of Foreigners tracks foreign tourists and immigrants (Article 87), and assigns each individual with a unique tracking number (Article 91).

Foreigners with fake papers, or who enter the country under false pretenses, may be imprisoned:

* Foreigners with fake immigration papers may be fined or imprisoned. (Article 116)

* Foreigners who sign government documents “with a signature that is false or different from that which he normally uses” are subject to fine and imprisonment. (Article 116)

Foreigners who fail to obey the rules will be fined, deported, and/or imprisoned as felons:

* Foreigners who fail to obey a deportation order are to be punished. (Article 117)

* Foreigners who are deported from Mexico and attempt to re-enter the country without authorization can be imprisoned for up to 10 years. (Article 118)

* Foreigners who violate the terms of their visa may be sentenced to up to six years in prison (Articles 119, 120 and 121). Foreigners who misrepresent the terms of their visa while in Mexico — such as working with out a permit — can also be imprisoned.

Under Mexican law, illegal immigration is a felony. The General Law on Population says,

* “A penalty of up to two years in prison and a fine of three hundred to five thousand pesos will be imposed on the foreigner who enters the country illegally.” (Article 123)

* Foreigners with legal immigration problems may be deported from Mexico instead of being imprisoned. (Article 125)

* Foreigners who “attempt against national sovereignty or security” will be deported. (Article 126)

Mexicans who help illegal aliens enter the country are themselves considered criminals under the law:

* A Mexican who marries a foreigner with the sole objective of helping the foreigner live in the country is subject to up to five years in prison. (Article 127)

* Shipping and airline companies that bring undocumented foreigners into Mexico will be fined. (Article 132

Yes, people, it would appear that Arizona’s law is actually beginning to be effective — something the federal government is not.

Next focus: Fornicalia!

BZ

From YahooNews:

TUCSON, Ariz. – Gov. Jan Brewer is dismissing the threat of an economic boycott over the new state immigration law she signed last week.

Appearing Monday at an Arizona Town Hall in Tucson, Brewer said she doesn’t believe the law is “going to have the kind of economic impact that some people think it might.”

U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, a Tucson Democrat, has called for a boycott of convention business for the state and other calls have come for a boycott of Arizona goods, services and tourism because of the nationally controversial immigration law.

The Arizona Daily Star reports that Brewer says outrage over the ability of police to ask people for citizenship documentation will fade. She recalled how another uproar faded when she was secretary of state and rode herd over a requirement that voters show ID at the polls.

And by the way, showing ID at the polls is an excellent idea which should be nationally mandated.

Let’s ask some real questions and perhaps proffer some real answers:

What isn’t being told about the Arizona illegal immigrant bill is that police would need

The end result is this: boycotts never work. In fact, they tend to create a reverse flow: frequently they make people want to purchase goods, services and products from the boycotted subject — such as I would care to do. Problem is, I can’t think of things, endemic to Arizona, that I can buy.

BZ

Mr Obaka has decided to pull the Race Card out in the open:

If you’re a Caucasoid you are immaterial; you are not the future Mr Obaka is looking for, as he wants “African-Americans, Latinos, and women who powered our victory in 2008 [to] stand together once again.”

This, of course, on the heels of the state of Arizona deciding on its own that it will begin to enforce the very immigration laws that the federal government has purposely ignored for years. A move like that threatens Mr Obaka, the Demorats and Leftists because it could negatively impact the number of potential votes for Free Cheese, hence the Demorat Party.

And please note this: whilst, on one hand, the Obaka Administration excoriates Arizona for daring to push the federal system to enforce the laws on its own federal books — it decides to close down a French restaurant in Pacific Beach, Fornicalia — and then it wants to take the property on which the restaurant sits — because it has allegedly hired illegal workers. In Fornicalia, that means Mexicans.

But let’s look, for a moment, at the example the federal government wants to set with this action. The “Do As I Say, But Not As I Do” Mr Obaka speaks drivel from both sides of his mouth.

On one hand he condemns Arizona for racism. On the other hand he secretly steps up stepping down on illegal workers at their work sites. From The San Diego Union-Tribune:

The indictment is in one sense the latest example of a stepped-up effort by the Obama administration to attack illegal immigration by cracking down on the employers who hire them.

Several high-profile cases, including one in Maryland and another in Illinois, targeted restaurants, an industry that historically has been a magnet for illegal workers.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has increased its investigative audits of employers by scouring their books and employment records for evidence they were illegally hiring.

You cannot have both things at once.

Mr Obaka plays the American public as nothing more than a quivering, ignorant mass.

You, my friends, have to prove him wrong.

Come November.

We’ll give the ballot box the first try.

After that. . . ?

BZ

Mr Bush set precedent.

My parents were married 68 years ago yesterday.

They — ahem — “displeased” their parents by eloping to Reno, Nevada in 1942.

My mother passed away in 2002 at the age of 80; my father last year at the age of 88.

Happy Anniversary, Dad and Mom. I love you both.

See? We’re still thinking about you.

BZ

P.S.
My wife and I did the same thing, in Nevada, in 2007.