Several papers reported on the Mexican

foreign minister’s threat that if American courts don’t overturn Arizona’s

Proposition 200 (which requires proof of citizenship to vote and proof of

legal status to receive public benefits) Mexico may take the issue to an

international human rights tribunal. This is one more example of the

Mexican government’s long-term strategy of extending its reach into the

United States, not so much to control territory as to share sovereignty,

and assert a veto over any federal, state, or local government policy that

in any way affects people of Mexican (or any Hispanic) ancestry. Reaction

from our State Department? Zilch. Bupkes. Nada.