New travel alert: avoid Arizona
Virtually all travelers by now are accustomed to travel warnings from the US State Department, but in a real turnaround, Mexico is warning visitors to be careful when visiting Arizona.
The reason; the new and highly controversial state law requiring people to carry proof of legal status or face arrest.
"As was clear during the [Arizona] legislative process, there is a negative political environment for migrant communities and for all Mexican visitors," the Mexican Foreign Relations Ministry said in its alert, posted in Spanish and English on the ministry’s website.
Although details on how the law will be enforced remain unclear, the ministry said, "it must be assumed that every Mexican citizen may be harassed and questioned without further cause at any time."
If nothing else, the state law has underscored the continuing void in federal immigration policy, suggests The New York Times.
By David Wilkening
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