1/28/2005 07:46:38 AM|||Toni|||El Universal Online

So do you get this? Mexico is considering legal action against the state of Arizona to stop the implementation of Prop 200. I'm having a difficult time wrapping my mind around the hubris of such action by the Mexicans.

Mexico may turn to international courts in efforts to block a new Arizona law limiting services to undocumented workers, Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said Wednesday.

He said in an interview on W Radio that Mexico might take such a step after it has exhausted all possibilities under U.S. law to halt Proposition 200.

"We are seeking all the legal opportunities that exist, first using the legal capacities of the United States itself and ... if that does not work, bringing it to international tribunals," Derbez said. He did not specify to which international bodies Mexico could appeal.

Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat and lawmakers have repeatedly complained about Proposition, 200, which took effect this week. The measure requires proof of citizenship to vote or to receive state benefits.

Derbez said the government already has made a verbal protest to the United States and now will file a written protest at the request of Mexican lawmakers. He did not say when it would be issued.

He expressed regret that, according to polls, about 40 percent of Mexican-Americans in Arizona had supported the measure.

"It's sad and it gives an idea of how we have to work to educate even our own Mexican-Americans about why it is important that these proposals are not accepted," Derbez said.

In December, the Foreign Relations Secretariat issued a statement expressing "complete rejection" of the proposition, calling it "a measure that could generate actions of discrimination based on ethnic profile."

So by this logic, anyone of any country should be able to come to the US and the US would be required to support and provide unending benefits for these people. US politicians are responsible for allowing the Mexicans to get to this point of delusional thinking.

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