" Arizona Insult!"

I believe in respecting the beliefs of others. Because of the varied cultures in America, we all benefit. We were founded with the idea that individual rights were the key to giving our citizens the ability to reach their greatest potential. The root of our Congress is its ability to express the wishes of the states which each member represents; to respect the will of the American citizens, and honor their opinions.

Foreign dignitaries often visit our nation, and they are usually greeted with honor and respect. We have had the former Soviet Union Premier, Nikita Khrushchev, visit this country during the cold war. While he was here, he made the usual communist rantings on his visit, criticism of our free market, and our "oppressed" people. Most Americans looked at his statements as foolish ideological garbage. He was not invited to speak to Congress, we knew he would say things that would be an insult to America, and the house of democracy was not a place for his criticism. By the way, the U.N. let him rant to his heart's content.

A little over a week ago, the President of Mexico went before our Congress to complain and criticize the people of Arizona, a sovereign state, about its policy on illegal aliens within its borders. He had the audacity to criticize a state that has suffered countless criminal acts of violence, unnumbered acts of drug smuggling, and fear of possible kidnapping from illegal entrants over our porous border. There has yet to be any proof to say that this law is possibly unconstitutional. As it is a reflection of the federal law, its opponents will be hard pressed to continue in their criticism.

The most heinous act in this whole debacle was those members of our Congress giving the Mexican president a standing ovation over his condemning statements about a sovereign American state and its' citizens. Those standing were mostly democrats; after all those illegals are all potential democrat voters. Those who stood up should be ashamed; current polls have shown a heavy majority of Americans all across the nation are in support of Arizona's effort to protect its citizens in spite of a federal system that has virtually done nothing to correct the problem.

Mexico should clean its' own home first. We are not the dumping ground for Mexico's problems; we are not responsible for their economic problems. We need not feel guilty for those who have problems south of our border. The Mexican president would be better served by addressing his own congress, correcting their own immigration policy, and putting their own criminals in jail.

Those who stood up should stop and remember who they are representing, legal American citizens, not border jumping criminals; and not the Mexican government! After all, the Mexican president was just a visitor, not a citizen!