Illegal immigration is a felony in Mexico

December 20, 2010

In 1970, after splitting up with two friends in San Miguel D’Allende, I discovered that they had accidentally taken my visa with them and I was an illegal alien in Mexico. Under the protection of the American embassy, I got a new visa.

Mexican officials explained that had I been caught while undocumented, I would have had to spend two years in a Mexican prison and my family in the United States would have had to pay for my food as well or I didn’t eat.

This Mexican policy remains in effect today, with illegal immigration a felony, punishable by up to two years in prison. Immigrants who are deported and attempt to re-enter can be sentenced to six-year terms. Mexicans who help illegals are considered criminals.

And El Presidente Felipe Calderon has the nerve to insist that Arizonans comparatively mild law is “racist?â€