America's Immigration Problem Solved: Let's Copy Mexico's Immigration Law

Surely you've heard repeatedly on television, especially, how "racist" Americans are who want immigration law enforced are. We are told that we are not just "racist," but also, "xenophobes," "nativists," and generally "bigots." Mexican ethnic activist groups such as La Raza (literally translated "The Race" in Spanish, even though Mexicans are not a race and hypothetical discrimination against them would not be "racism") who have been allying with American (and I use the term loosely) organizations such as the ADL along with numerous Catholic organizations and other stateside ethnic interest and business lobbies to pry the American borders open like a hooker's legs have made the race card a favored weapon in their arsenal.

Never mind that the US already has grossly liberal immigration policy, they want it even more liberal; in fact, they basically don't want us to have a border at all. Mexicans, we are told, are "indigenous" to this area and that we "stole" their land from them. I for one, would like to know how the colonial land claims of a country established by white colonial rulers (and indeed still ruled by them 500 years down the road) have any more of a claim to land than another country established by white colonial rulers has? Every time I ask an amnesty proponent this question (as invariably the idiots throw out the "you stole it" canard), I never get a coherent answer. Indeed, I usually get the narrow batch of slurs as I've already mentioned above. Mexico was never any more accepting of or catering to the desires of the Indian groups occupying the American Southwest than the US Calvary was; in fact, Mexico made it a point of calling on the US government to send military forces to help them fend off Ute raids from their settlements in what is now Colorado's San Luis Valley, where Utes were known to kidnap and enslave Mexican children. So much for a "unida raza." Reconquista sentiment is built around a gamut of myths and historical distortions so numerous as to boggle the mind. In the end of course, its all just a ruse and a feel-good justification for millions of failed, impoverished poeople to leave their failed, impoverished country and venture to a better-run country for decent living conditions while saving face in the process.

The blatantly racist double standard to which pro-amnesty Mexicans and their backers are peddling in the US is especially stark when considering that Mexico's own immigration laws are extremely strict; so strict, in fact, that the US would do well for itself in adopting them. This would not only control our illegal alien problem but completely disarm race card playing Mexicans at the same time. To summarize Mexico's General Law on Population it ensures that

- immigration authorities have a record of each foreign visitor
- foreign visitors do not violate their visa status
- foreign visitors are banned from interfering in the country's internal politics
- foreign visitors who enter under false pretenses are imprisoned or deported
- foreign visitors violating the terms of their entry are imprisoned or deported
- those who aid in illegal immigration will be sent to prison

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)

Local police departments must assist - not hinder like American ones selectively do - in the enforcement of these laws :

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)

and, that

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 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 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.

"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)

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)