Mexican Immigration Hypocrisy and Politically Correct Death

The United States has arguably the most liberal immigration laws in the world.

According to Wikipedia 1,266,264 people emigrated to the U.S legally in 2006. The US also issued hundreds of thousands of work and student Visas.

This is in stark contrast to our "progressive liberal friends" in Europe who seek to strictly limit migration and have extremely tough naturalization requirements.

This is done primarily to protect the welfare-state from doling out medical and social entitlements to new immigrants.

Unlike liberals here, European socialists understand that a constant inundation of unrestricted immigration will eventually overwhelm any entitlement system.

However, when sensible Americans criticize the process of un-restricted illegal immigration they are often labeled as "xenophobic" and "racist".

Mexico has been criticizing the US for George Bush's half hearted attempts to secure our borders.

Surely the Mexicans must have one of the most liberal immigration policies in the world right?

Well it turns out that 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 300 to 5,000 pesos will be imposed on the foreigner who enters the country illegally." (Article 123)

_ Foreigners with immigration problems may be deported, rather than imprisoned. (Article 125)

_ Foreigners who "(make attempts) against national sovereignty or security" will be deported. (Article 126)

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

_ 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)

The Mexicans have gone so far as to station their army on the southern border to prevent illegal entry by migrants.

Meanwhile our border is in chaos, drug and human traffickers ply their deadly trade with immunity, our schools and social services are overwhelmed and up to a 1/3 of the criminals in federal prison are illegal immigrants that cannot be deported.

Here in LA an African American High School Honor Student and Football captain Jamil Shaw was executed outside his home by an Illegal Alien gang member and convicted felon.

The killer had been in prison only a month before for a weapons assault charge but was released.

This has led to renewed calls for the repeal of the executive order prohibiting police officers from inquiring about a suspects immigration status in LA County.

Of course the democrats including the mayor and city council would denounce this revision as "racist". One city council member disgracefully went so far as to imply that Jamil Shaw was a gang member to his embattled and heartbroken father.

I guess that's just good old left wing politically correct socialist compassion at best!

Well hypocrisy is understandable when dealing with the Mexicans.

After all, the policy allows them to export their disenfranchised poor to the U.S while boosting their economy from remittances.

So helping America secure the borders is diametrically opposed to Mexico's geo-politcal and social ambitions.

I just have one thing to say to the Mexican government and PC activists.

Why doesn't Mexico reform their immigration laws and treat their own migrants with respect instead of criticizing the U.S for enforcing far more liberal regulations?