LOL: Mexico Issues Travel Warnings to Arizona
So the Mexican government, upset by Arizona’s smart new law that enforces its border security, has issued a dire travel warning for its citizens, alerting them that they might be “bothered” to show their papers.
From the AP here:
Mexico’s government is warning its citizens about travel to Arizona because of a tough new immigration law there.
The travel alert from the Foreign Relations Department urges Mexicans in Arizona to “act with prudence and respect the framework of local laws.”
It says that the law’s passage shows “an adverse political atmosphere for migrant communities and for all Mexican visitors.”
It says that once the law takes effect, foreigners can be detained if they fail to carry immigration documents. While enforcement details are not yet clear, the alert says “it should be assumed that any Mexican citizen could be bothered and questioned for no other reason at any moment.”
What a friggin’ laugh! OMG you might have to show papers, which to any citizen of one country travelling in another, you might have to show papers. How is this not standard procedure world wide? And why do you have to alert people that when you visit a foreign country you have to have documentation?
Meanwhile, our government has a real travel warning for US citizens visiting Mexico. Remember when our Embassy workers were murdered in cold blood in drug-gang-related violence? Our warning here says:
Recent violent attacks have prompted the U.S. Embassy to urge U.S. citizens to delay unnecessary travel to parts of Durango, Coahuila and Chihuahua states (see details below) and advise U.S. citizens residing or traveling in those areas to exercise extreme caution. Drug cartels and associated criminal elements have retaliated violently against individuals who speak out against them or whom they otherwise view as a threat to their organizations. These attacks include the abduction and murder of two resident U.S. citizens in Chihuahua.
So there you have it. If you’re Mexican you might get stopped and asked for papers visiting Arizona. If you are an American citizen, however, you might get raped or abducted by illegal aliens in Arizona. Sounds to me that its safer to be Latino in AZ.
