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Law Enforcement Officials Required to Demand that Foreigners Prove Their Legal Presence

Illegal Aliens, World, Mexico

I am sure you are thinking this is about the Arizona law.  Sorry this is about Mexican law on immigration.

 

Mexico repeatedly has been cited by human rights groups for abusing or turning a blind eye to the abuse of migrants from Central America.  Until recently, Mexican law made illegal immigration a criminal offense -- anyone arrested for the violation could be fined, imprisoned for up to two years and deported.  Mexican lawmakers changed that in 2008 to make illegal immigration a civil violation like it is in the United States, but their law still reads an awful lot like Arizona's.

 

Arizona's policy, which Calderon derided on Wednesday as "discriminatory" and assailed again on Thursday, requires law enforcement to try to determine the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant -- provided they are already in contact with that person.  They can't randomly stop people and demand papers and the law prohibits racial profiling.

 

The Mexican law also states that law enforcement officials are "required to demand that foreigners prove their legal presence in the country before attending to any issues."

 

Source and Full Story: Fox News

 

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