Felipe Calderon and Wolf Blitzer

Felipe Calderon is such a hypocrite. He slams the Arizona immigration law while enforcing tough laws on immigrants in Mexico.

The U.S. lawmakers giving Calderon an ovation for bashing Arizona should be ashamed.

They should admit their wrong. If they don't, voters should toss them out of office the first chance they get.

Calderon lies about the Arizona law.

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FELIPE CALDERON: However, I strongly disagree with the recently adopted law in Arizona.

(Applause, standing ovation from U.S. lawmakers)

It is a law that not only ignores a reality that cannot be erased by decree, but also introduces a terrible idea using racial profiling as the basis for law enforcement. And that is why I agree, I agree with the President saying the law carries a great amount of risk when core values that we all care about are breached.

I don't want to deepen the gap between the feelings and emotions between our countries and our peoples.... I believe in communication. I believe in cooperation. We must find, together, a better way to face and fix this common problem.

Calderon protects the Mexican border.

Why don't we protect ours? Let's adopt Mexico's policy. Calderon can't complain about that.

In an interview with Wolf Blitzer, Calderon revealed how terribly hypocritical he is when it comes to immigration. What he considers good for Mexico in terms of policy he considers a violation of human and civil rights if employed by the United States.

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WOLF BLITZER: All right. Let's talk a little bit about Mexico's laws. I read an article in "The Washington Times" the other day. I'm going to read a paragraph to you and you tell me if this is true or not true. This is from "The Washington Times": "Under the Mexican law, illegal immigration is a felony punishable by up to two years in prison. Immigrants who are deported and attempt to reenter can be imprisoned for 10 years. Visa violators can be sentenced to six year terms. Mexicans who help illegal immigrants are considered criminals."

Is that true?

FELIPE CALDERON: It was true, but it is not anymore. We derogate or we erased that part of the law. Actually, the legal immigration is not a -- is not a crime in Mexico. Not anymore, since one year ago. And that is the reason why we are trying to establish our own comprehensive public policy talking about, for instance, immigrants coming from Central America...

BLITZER: So if...

CALDERON: -- (INAUDIBLE).

BLITZER: So if people want to come from Guatemala or Honduras or El Salvador or Nicaragua, they want to just come into Mexico, they can just walk in?

CALDERON: No. They need to fulfill a form. They need to establish their right name. We analyze if they have not a criminal precedent. And they coming into Mexico. Actually...

BLITZER: Do Mexican police go around asking for papers of people they suspect are illegal immigrants?

CALDERON: Of course. Of course, in the border, we are asking the people, who are you?

And if they explain...

BLITZER: At the border, I understand, when they come in.

CALDERON: Yes.

BLITZER: But once they're in...

CALDERON: But not -- but not in -- if -- once they are inside the -- inside the country, what the Mexican police do is, of course, enforce the law. But by any means, immigration is a crime anymore in Mexico.

BLITZER: Immigration is not a crime, you're saying?

CALDERON: It's not a crime.

BLITZER: So in other words, if somebody sneaks in from Nicaragua or some other country in Central America, through the southern border of Mexico, they wind up in Mexico, they can go get a job...

CALDERON: No, no.

BLITZER: They can work.

CALDERON: If -- if somebody do that without permission, we send back -- we send back them.

BLITZER: You find them and you send them back?

CALDERON: Yes. However, especially with the people of Guatemala, we are providing a new system in which any single citizen from Guatemala could be able to visit any single border (INAUDIBLE) in the south. And even with all the requirements, he can or she can visit any parts of Mexico.

Obama is derelict in his duty by failing to call out Calderon on this inconsistency.

Obama is putting politics ahead of his duties as president of the United States.

As commander-in-chief, Obama is charged with the responsibility of protecting our borders. He's not only failing in that regard, he's actively and knowingly ignoring that responsibility.