Michelle Malkin had a great editorial on “How Mexico treats illegals” in her Creators Syndicate column. She wrote that illegal entry into Mexico is a felony punishable by two years in prison and visitors who do not have proper identification are subject to arrest as illegal aliens.

There is much more in the hypocrisy of Mexico.

U.S. citizens in Mexico cannot own property within 50 kilometers of the coasts or within 100 kilometers of the border without having to go through unpredictable bureaucracy involving payoffs

Mexicans, and people of Mexican parentage, may become dual citizens of Mexico and the U.S. However, U.S. citizens who are NOT of Mexican descent are prohibited from becoming citizens of Mexico, unless they renounce USA citizenship. A U.S. citizen who is not of Mexican descent and not legally recognized as a Mexican citizen cannot legally vote in Mexico.

More: immigrants must show ability to contribute to national progress:  immigrants must prove they can provide for themselves and their family; foreigners can be disallowed residence if they “upset demographic balance;” foreigners can be immediately kicked out for misbehavior, criminal activity, or sickness; and, all law enforcement officers and the military are expected to enforce immigration law.

It is estimated that there are as many as 20 million Mexico-born Mexicans living in the U.S.

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Raging drug violence and rampant corruption have posed serious perils for Mexicans and Americans alike. Understandably, steady intimidation of police, politicians and journalists has caused many to hold back and not press the drug lords.

More than 15,000 people have been killed in Mexico since President Felipe Calderon launched a military-led offensive against better armed drug cartels almost three years ago. Murders and attacks cut so deeply at the heart of the population that it is hard to see any real action to stop the drug wars any time soon.

Some cities in Mexico, like Durango, have become so violent and drug gunmen known as the Zetas, challenge the long-dominant cartel, which controls the so-called Golden Triangle that grafts together parts of Durango, Sinaloa and Chihuahua states.

Durango is only one of the most serious dangers confronting the government and particularly journalists in Mexico.

Last month in Michoacan, Calderon’s home state, under siege by a ruthless drug-gang, which has infiltrated most local government and police forces, a veteran crime reporter and mother of two, left home and hasn’t been seen since. Her news reports helped push a drug connected police chief to be removed.

We hear much about the drug wars with the police and the military. However, the Mexican news media has been a special target of the drug lords.

According to the Mexican Human Rights Commission, 57 journalists have been killed in Mexico in the last decade, and many are missing. Another went missing this week

Out of 320 complaints filed in the courts since 2006 with a special prosecutor for crimes against journalists, which include murder, bombings of newspaper offices, threats and other acts of intimidation, only four cases have ever made it to court.

In America we have long heard of the drug war fights with Border Patrol Agents, local police and political leaders. We are beginning to hear reports that Mexican drug lords are pressing their intimidations on journalist and independent writers in Mexico and the U.S.

Maybe the drug wars are as much a threat as any form of terrorism

Until the U.S. can curtail its insatiable desire for drugs, marijuana, cocaine, etc., we will continue to be faced with as much a national security threat as all of the Al Qaeda affiliates and franchises.

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