2 Latin American countries object to Arizona immigration law

Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services
July 14, 2010 11:34 am
PHOENIX — Two more Latin American countries added their own objections Tuesday to Arizona's new immigration law.

In legal papers filed in federal court, Luis Gallegos, the ambassador to the United States from Ecuador, said his country wants to join Mexico in the fight to convince U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton to block the state from enforcing the law.

“Similar to Mexico, Ecuador has a substantial and compelling interest in ensuring that its bilateral diplomatic relations with the government of the United States of America are transparent, consistent and reliable, and not frustrated by the actions of individual U.S. states, in this case, Arizona,â€