A Modest Proposal: Adopt Mexico's Illegal Immigrant Laws

Article 67 of Mexico's Population Law says, "Authorities, whether federal, state or municipal ... are required to demand that foreigners prove their legal presence in the country, before attending to any issues."

Amnesty International seems to think Mexico's application of this law is brutal. Read it yourself and decide if Mexico's objections to Arizona's new law are justified.

Central American migrants are frequently pulled off trains, kidnapped en masse, held at gang hideouts and forced to call relatives in the U.S. to pay off the kidnappers. Such kidnappings affect thousands of migrants each year in Mexico, the report says.

Many are beaten, raped or killed in the process.

One of the main issues, Amnesty says, is that migrants fear they will be deported if they complain to Mexican authorities about abuses.

Full article at: AP, April 28, 2010