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not be “frustrated by the actions of individual U.S. A 28-page amicus curiae brief filed in U.S. states” and in “ensuring that its citizens are accorded human and civil rights” while they are in the U.S. District Court says that Mexico has a “substantial and compelling interest” in seeing its diplomatic relations with the U.S.

The “friend of the court” brief asks the court to declare SB 1070 “unconstitutional in its entirety.” The filing is the Mexican government’s first official foray into the debate over the law, although President Felipe Calderon called SB 1070 a “terrible idea” while addressing a joint session of Congress.

The brief says SB 1070 raises issues “of great importance to the people of Mexico, including the almost twenty million Mexican workers, tourists and students lawfully admitted to the United States throughout 2009, those already present or who will similarly be admitted to the U.S in the future, and the countless millions affected by international trade, immigration policies and drug violence.”.

SB 1070’s discriminatory objective runs against the fundamental rights of people living in the United States,” says the Mexican government’s filing. “When aligned with other drastic measures, such as the recently enacted bill intended to ban the multicultural studies program in the Tucson Unified School District, it becomes unavoidable to see that Arizona’s legislative efforts constitute a discriminatory policy.

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